Iron Mosque Part III & IV

Iron Mosque Part III

So stressed.. I tried processing for almost about 4 hours and I keep getting an error code stating that I have insufficient memory. Spend for almost 4 hours only to notice that I'm using a 32-bits version(Photomatix) is the root cause of the problems.


So I quickly download the 64-bits version, installed it and tried it. And it run satisfactorily. But I wonder why after I uploaded it to Flickr and 500px.com, the image seems a bit dark from the original.


01/02/2012 at 1:30AM, Putrajaya Lakeside)


(ts-e 24mm, 1/3-30 of a second at f/3.5 and ISO 100, 12 bracketed exposures, tripod mounted)

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Iron Mosque Part IV

On the same day as the previous shot, I walked toward the mosque looking for another angle. It's a nice place to "hang" and relax in privacy, the wind/breeze was so nice I almost fell asleep. Wish I could place a bed and sleep in open place here all-night long. lol.. too much!

(ts-e 24mm, 1.6-13-30 of a second at f/4.5 and ISO 100, 3 bracketed exposures, tripod mounted)

Presint 18 Lakeside

fantasy voorstad

(ts-e 24mm, 1/100 of a second at f/22 and ISO 100, tilt 7° to the left, shift 3mm upward, hand held)

The photo were taken from the lakeside of Precint 18, Putrajaya.

I planned to stay here a bit longer, but sadly, there are a lot of mosquitoes around. No time to set up a tripod and enjoying the view. sigh.. But I'm satisfied with this images though there's lot more to improve. I love to make the picture more surreal.

"dependable"

(ts-e 24mm, 1/640 of a second at f/22 and ISO 100, hand held)

This tall wild-grass were taken near the lakeside of Precinct 18, Putrajaya. My car was parked here, beside these wild grass. It suddenly crossed my mind to take this photo. After that I'm done. Rushing back home, to treat the mosquito bite wounds :(

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Why I bought Canon 7D?

     What do you do on-board ship? Can you watch television? Can you go swimming when you on-board ship? How's life there? Is it boring? Have you seen a big whale or shark?

Above are some of the most common questions I receive about marine engineering from friends and etc., It's quite funny that of all the questions there, none of it... asking about 'engineering' lol

Nevermind, I must admit, for me, getting older and grown up, it makes the life on board becoming more bored, but.. that's if I joined/go for a long contract like 6 months +

It's not all the companies giving only 6 months + contract out there, there is loads of option for us.. like 2 weeks on 2 weeks off, 3months contract, freelance for 1-4weeks job, 2 months on 1 month off.. and so on.. There is a lot choice to pick. It's just that I'm still YOUNG! so I go for the long contract.. to gain experience..! :)

Anyway, lol.. this isn't what I actually want to talk about.. Everyone keep on asking about my activity on board, so here it is... The truth is, this is just a new hobby of mine..
 

     It's just a 4 months old hobby. After I lost my previous dslr 2 months back, recently, I just bought another one, Canon EOS 7D. Some also ask me, why I go for this model, since this is a hi-end semi pro model, and I'm just a newbie. Well, it's because the nature of my job. My environment are easily exposed, and rapid climate change when the ship sail to a different country and regions. From -10° Celsius to 35° Celsius. Some more, as I work as an engineer, we mostly work in engine room, and the temperature is a lots higher than outside. 

Example, in the middle east region, if the temperature over there is around 35° Celsius, we down in engine room will facing around 44°-56° Celsius! and that'll keep on changing as we enter into a different area..

The very high risk of sea water spray also has to be considered. So, that's why I chose to buy a weather sealed camera. A weather resistant. I love 7D. Considering the low-light performance, image quality are of course better than 600D and 60D. Plus, the weather resistant advantage, and also.. I love Canon. So that's why, this time, I go for 7D.

Not that I want to show off around, walking here and there, showing off the semi pro.. Please, don't judge a book by its cover. Everything we do for a reason.

p/s: actually there is a lot more reason why I want to buy 7D.. lol, just that, I think this post is already a bit long, so maybe next time lol..

Al-Fatihah to my Tokwan

this is the first time in my life spending more than 2 months break which is not actually feeling like it.. house been robbed, and losing my beloved and best person ever, my grandfather who passed away last month. He was the first person that I really cared about and lost.

thinking back now I really must say, I feel lucky and privileged to have known grandfather to this day, for in my life, you have played a special part, the memories I will treasure and keep close to your heart.

(T___T)


Al-Fatihah to my beloved grandfather, Haji Baharuddin Bin Abdullah Sahid.

Robbers

Now It's been 12 days since I signed off from the vessel. Seeing the last login was 2 months ago with no update from this blog, I guess my 'output' kind of poor. Sigh. Though I got internet connection onboard. The usage is limit to 180mb per crew. Darn! Just a 3 hour normal browsing, later a warning box will pop up, Remind the credit is LOW. jncsldnwoenwlknwkrnowrknfwkrfnwlkfenw. So pathetic. Yeah! not to mention the satellite got its own firewall which BLOCK most of unsecured website! this is include BLOGGER. Then... How can I go for blogging????? But anyway, I used Office Word to jot down for each blog post, and I plan to upload/update it once I signed off from the ship as an another alternative.

Finally, the day has come, 11th Oct 2011, I finally able to sleep freely without any machineries ALARM. ha ha.. Sooo nice! eh.. now... wait.. why the hell this post title is ROBBERS? sigh.. yeah, now here come the part I want to share.

Just a day after I signed off, during lunch time, I went out with my dad to settle some bills and banking. 40mins later, I received a phone call from my sister telling me our house been robbed. Without wasting time, I call the police and head back to our home hoping nothing bad happens. But sadly, 40MINS was good enough for them to stole everything! EVERYTHING! and for my stuff only, I lost around RM 20,0000.00, and that is include my 3months old dslr 5D Mark II which I haven't had much time to play around since I had a tight schedule onboard. Laptop, ps3, bags, all precious item now gone, all my paperwork/data/journal/notes also gone forever.. what a big disaster.. and not to mention on other bedrooms.

I don't know how to said, I must endure this. My life isn't perfect and full of trials but I hope it will all be worth it.


p/s: We are taught that God brought us into existence, gave most of us the ability to choose how to spend our lives. We are told that God created us to test us, and we will be rewarded or punished as a result. And we are taught that God created us so that we would worship Him.

I worked hard for it, I deserve it!

*sigh* In the end.. I end up buying the full-frame Canon 5D Mark II instead of Canon 7D which is what I aim for.. I love sightseeing so much! so I prefer to have a weather proof DSLR. Canon 7D is newer compare to Canon 5D Mark II, but 5D Mark II is best suited for landscape photography which is what I want. So, I went to the Echo Photo & Audio, a camera shop in Tsim Sha Shui, Hong Kong.

Although it's a small shop, this is one of the recommended shop by most pro photographer based on the survey I done on the google :) The shop located at Shop D, G/F, Hanyee Building, 19-21 Hankow Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon ( tel:23760478 ) and you can ask for Mr. Tommy or Mr. Yip.


I bought together with a Fujiyama DT-930R tripod, slim polarize filter, ND4 filter, UV filter, a 16gb flash card and the camera comes with EF 24-105mm lens. All of these cost me around RM XX,XXX.XX.. sigh.. This is the only thing I can't tell. It gives me a headache and stressed just because of my minor mistake which lead to a bigger one! *sigh* but anyway, Whats done is done, and you can not undo it!


Since I'm quite busy with my tight schedule.. I don't have much time to play around with my new girlfriend, 5D..

*Sorry for the poor resolution of the photos. It because I compressed and resize the image. Please click the photos for a larger image.

Arrival Melbourne, Australia.

The top part of the MAN 9K90MC (The Main Engine)

Loading the cargo at the Port of Yantian, China.

p/s: The choices you make, determines the results you will get!

PhotoBlog

tre.streben

heheh.. just started a new photo-blog on Tumblr.

though I'm very busy with a tight schedule, I cant resist to create a photo-blog since I already bought

a new canon dslr.