Introduction
I believe a true way towards photography is to recognized and acknowledge the beauty of our surrounding that I believe doesn’t happen by coincidence. I believe there must be a creator who creates and take care of it; our only god, Allah.
By capturing a moment in present to view it later in the future, where that moment will become history and won’t repeat again even if we want to. So, by capturing it would we appreciate time and thought about how we would end up when our times are up?
Thinking about this would make me think about life after death.
The Camera
I currently use a standard gear of Canon EOS 40D. 2 batteries and a 67mm filter
The lens - Tamron SP AF 28-75 F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF)
I like to use or I only have a constant maximum aperture lens that wouldn’t change your aperture size when you are zooming in and out. Therefore, I would have full control of the aperture size I want.
Some Lens doesn’t give you a constant maximum aperture; therefore as you are zooming in to a subject, the aperture openings decreases or the aperture number increases to another aperture value.
If you are new to DSLR, I would recommend you to go to several sites about DSLR to understand more on Depth of field in relation to Aperture size. Mind you that the bigger the aperture number, the smaller the aperture openings and vice versa.
The Picture – Bebatang Keladi
This picture is one of my favourites due to its nice bokeh (blurry background effect). I would say that it would look totally different with f1.4 compared to f2.8 that I currently used. by using the highest aperture as possible, I manage to get that bokeh (blurry background effect).
This time around, I use ISO 400. Although this is an outdoor photoshoot, but the lighting was quite dimmed due to the sunlight being covered by leafy trees.
By changing my camera setting to Av (Aperture Mode). Which means, I want my Camera to automatically choose the best Shutter speed with the aperture that I choose (f2.8). Thus, my 40D calculate it to be 1/200 seconds which is just enough for handheld camera. Normally, I would aim for a shutter speed of more than 1/60 seconds if I were capturing with no tripod (which I normally do).
However, if you are capturing sports or anticipating fast movement of subject. I would recommend the shutter speed to be at least 1/1000 seconds to be on the safe side. And use AI Servo for the AF Setting.
And that is how I manage to get Bebatang Keladi. Thank you.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Bebatang keladi
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Mini air terjun
Introduction
I believe a true way towards photography is to recognized and acknowledge the beauty of our surrounding that I believe doesn’t happen by coincidence. I believe there must be a creator who creates and take care of it; our only god, Allah.
By capturing a moment in present to view it later in the future, where that moment will become history and won’t repeat again even if we want to. So, by capturing it would we appreciate time and thought about how we would end up when our times are up?
Thinking about this would make me think about life after death.
The Camera
I currently use a standard gear of Canon EOS 40D. 2 batteries and a 67mm filter
The lens - Tamron SP AF 28-75 F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF)
I like to use or I only have a constant maximum aperture lens that wouldn’t change your aperture size when you are zooming in and out. Therefore, I would have full control of the aperture size I want.
Some Lens doesn’t give you a constant maximum aperture; therefore as you are zooming in to a subject, the aperture openings decreases or the aperture number increases to another aperture value.
If you are new to DSLR, I would recommend you to go to several sites about DSLR to understand more on Depth of field in relation to Aperture size. Mind you that the bigger the aperture number, the smaller the aperture openings and vice versa.
The Picture – Mini Air Terjun
This picture is my first try on using slower shutter speed without any use of tripod. I normally use what I have with me at that time, my steady hands; with the help of a big hard boulder to lean at.
For this picture I need to use as lower ISO (ISO 100) as possible because the effect of using slower shutter speed would let more lights to enter and we want to overcome that by letting the sensor to be less sensitive to light.
I don’t want my photo to be overexposed by the use of slow shutter speed and I don’t want my photo to be underexposed by using fast shutter speed. I just want it to be just right. However, I want to use slower shutter speed to get that silky look of water flowing. For this picture, it is 0.8 seconds.
For your information, there are certain tricks of when to use overexposed or underexposed setting. But we will discuss this in another post.
My aperture setting would be f/32 as I want my depth of field to be as wide as possible.
And that is how I manage to capture this picture. Thank you.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
UPSI Graduation
A picture worth a thousand word. Well, what about nineteen pictures above? it definitely tells nineteen thousands of explanation. Thank you all.Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Are you: Sponge-bukan-Bob
SABUN KIWIS KLEEEN VS LUX-or
Suatu hari, ketika Spongebob mandi pagi sebelum ke Krusty Crab, dia terlupa untuk mengeringkan dirinya selepas bersabun. Oleh sebab sudah terlambat untuk ke restoran paling terkenal di Bikini Bottom itu, dia terus pergi dalam keadaan sabun masih berada di dalam dirinya.
Spongebob pun terus berlari berlari dan berlari, sehingga akhirnya sampai juga di Krusty Crab tepat jam 7.30 pagi. Tanpa melengahkan masa, dia terus membersihkan lantai resotran tersebut dengan mop. Memang sudah menjadi tugasnya untuk mengemop lantai terlebih dahulu sebelum pelanggan pertama tiba di restoran.
Namun pada pagi itu, disebabkan constraint masa Spongebob sudah terlambat untuk membancuh sabun pencuci lantai yang biasa dia gunakan, Kiwis Kleeen. Dengan menggunakan pemikiran sebagai seekor sponge, dia terus menggunakan dirinya sendiri untuk mengemop lantai tersebut. Ternyata sabun mandi LUX-or yang dia gunakan memberikan seri yang lebih kepada lantai tersebut. Maklumlah, pHnya yang seimbang.
VESPA MERAH
Pada masa yang sama pula, Encik Crab masih lagi dalam perjalanan ke Krusty Crab dengan Vespa Kaput kesayangannya yg berwarna merah. Hmm, sebenarnya Vespa Kaput merah ini ada sejarahnya yang tersendiri. Untuk memendekkan kisah ini , saya telah membuatnya dalam point form seperti di bawah, dan ianya mengikut kronologi:
• Nama Model : Vespa 90 SS model of 1965
• Warna : Merah
• Pemilik Asal : Bakhil bin Kedekut
• Pemilik Kedua : Encik Crab
• Sejarah Pertukaran Hak milik: Bakhil terlupa sendal batu pada tayar vespa ketika menaiki bukit Bikini Bottom menyebabkan vespa bergolek ke dasar Bikini Bottom di belakang kedai Krusty Krab ketika Encik Crab sedang mengira duit syiling hasil dari mesin vending yang di mainkan oleh Squidword yang selalu kalah tetapi tidak pernah putus asa. Maka, servis bertukar tangan dari bakhil kepada Encik Crab.
Berbalik kepada cerita asal, memang tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa, antara sebab spongebob terpaksa mencuci restoran tersebut dengan menggunakan dirinya adalah berpunca dari keterdekutan Encik Crab untuk mengeluarkan belanja membeli Kiwis Kleeen.
KRABBY PATTY
Di sebabkan kesuntukan masa dan saya ingin menerbitkan cerpen ini secepat mungkin, maka kita tidak akan menyentuh babak spongebob bersama Krabby Patty di dalam dapur restoran Krusty Krab.
BALIK KERJA
Di penghujung hari tersebut, Spongebob dan Squidword pulang ke rumah masing-masing. Ketika itu spongebob sudah menjadi kotor akibat mengemop lantai menggunakan dirinya pagi tadi. Namun, kesan kotornya semakin ketara selepas sabun LUX-or tadi kering sepenuhnya dari spongebob.
Pada malam harinya, ketika spongebob ingin mandi dan membersihkan dirinya, dia cuba menungging dan memicit sabun LUX-or tapi seolah-olah ada sesuatu tersekat. Selepas diguntingnya bekas sabun tersebut, rupa-rupanya sabun LUX-or tadi dah abis.
Spongebob pun kehairanan, kerana sabun LUX-or tersebut baru saja dibelinya semalam, dan pertama kali digunakan pada pagi tadi. Tamat. (baca kesimpulan untuk tahu kenapa)
KESIMPULAN
1. Pastikan bilas sabun mandi anda sepenuhnya selepas bersabun
2. Pergi awal ke pejabat supaya mempunyai masa yang mencukupi untuk mandi dan membilas sabun
3. Pastikan sampai awal ke pejabat sebelum bos anda.
4. Pastikan anda memanfaatkan point-point ringkas dalam membuat nota (bukan menggunakan ayat buku teks)
5. Jangan kedekut lagi bakhil! Wang anda adalah apa yang anda belanjakan dan bukan wang yang anda simpan. Kenapa? Belum tentu wang yang anda simpan boleh jadi wang anda kerana ajal bila-bila masa saja.
6. Bekerjalah bersungguh-sungguh dalam apa saja kerja yang anda dipertanggungjawabkan walaupun ia mudah. (seperti squidword dan mesin vending Encik Crab)
7. Pastikan anda pulang dari kerja tepat pada masanya.
8. Dan mandi selepas seharian bekerja untuk menyegarkan badan anda dan orang sekitar anda di waktu malam.
9. Sedarilah kelemahan dan kekuatan diri anda! (seperti sponge, bagus digunakan untuk mencuci tapi menyerap begitu banyak sabun sehingga terlalu cepat habis dan kering)
BEDAH SIASAT DARI KESIMPULAN
1. Jangan rendam sponge ke dalam bekas sabun dan meninggalkannya sepanjang hari. Especially sabun basuh pinggan.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Internet Identity Crisis
By Ahmad,
7 September 2009.
Internet is used and opened to all of us who can access the net. thus, it is only natural that what we upload or post could possibly be viewd by others. Therefore, you can't always be sure of who could have access your page; surely it would not just your circle of friends.
Let me answer that,
it won’t hurt a bit to always be careful and cautious. I have seen many of my friend’s posts their phone numbers and personal information online, especially on social networking website. Then came another statement; that’s why it’s call social networking website dummy!
The gauges of how far you are willing to give people access about yourself depend on how far you know on how they could get access to your information. In simple terms, we won’t post our numbers to the web if we just know that only us and some friends will access it. But, the internet doesn’t work that way. There are always third parties involved. (Unless you create your own internet. And call it something else).
Until you realize there’s all these weird numbers texting you or spamming you until today. I am going to leave this article unfinished until someone else responds.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
What say you: Ramadan
It’s the thirteen day
of Ramadan today and I asked my friends from
around The World to tell us what goes
on in their country.
Ramadan is a month of fasting for Muslims. That means that
between sunrise and sunset,
you can't drink, you can't eat,
and you are constraint from doing things that would
obliterate your fast. Fasting is
an exercise in purification.
It's a demonstration of
obedience to god, and a way of heightening your piety by
following the ways of the prophets. Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam,
along with the profession of faith, praying,
giving to charity and making the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Certain aspects of the
celebration are found in most Muslim countries, for example, breaking the fast by eating
dates. But there are also cultures that come with the
event specific to each country.
So, what's Ramadan like in your place?
“As if the light has shown its way from eternal
darkness”
TAMAN MELATI: Firdaus is a tenant in Putravilla
.
thousand meanings. Ramadan is the month where you feel tempted and at the
same time, you can feel the surrounding of tarbiyah is lively, as if the light
has shown its way from eternal darkness.
“We will be having poem recitation this noon”
KLCC: Idzham is an intern from HRIS, PETRONAS.
In Malaysia, we would come to work an hour early and call it a day around 4pm.
Smokers would feel sleepy in the afternoon and an hour before going home,
we would talk about where and what we are having for
breaking fast. I also notice less gossiping going on and that's actually good for everyone.
“Stomach to be served
with famous dishes in town”
Special menu: Bubur Lambuk Kg. Baru
KG. BARU: Nu'man is a trainee from
Jurutera Perunding Zaaba, KL
We break the fast during maghrib. Between that we serve ourselves to the One,
Allah. Here, we have tadarrus of Al-Quran, "tazkirah" or reminder, adn zikrullah.
But most important, people waiting his starved
stomach to be served with famous dishes in town, “Bubur Lambok Kg. Baru”
“I could see people going after their cravings and desires”
Waiting to be serve Bubur Lambuk Kg Baru.
KG. BARU: Amir is a trainee from Jurutera Perunding Zaaba, KL
“Mosque is very much packed with people”
SUDAN: Bakri is a Mud Engineer from Scomi Oil Tools.
Ramadan Kareem where ever we are.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Kunci, kunci dan kunci
13 Ogos 2009
Tidak mungkin sebuah kunci itu lagi besar dari pintu yang dipadankan dengan kunci tersebut. Kunci menjadi simbol keselamatan daripada pencuri. Namun, pencuri masih mampu melepasinya. Ia merupakan halangan pertama yang tidak dapat tidak di elakkan oleh pencuri yang menginginkan barang haram di sebalik pintu tersebut.
Namun, sekiranya si pemilik kunci menghilangkan kuncinya secara tidak sengaja seperti terjatuh atau tembus dari kocek seluar dan terjatuh daripadakeychain yang patah. mana mungkin kunci itu dapat terbuka dengan sendirinya untuk tuan empunya kunci.
Oleh sebab iu, kunci seharusnya di jaga dengan baik dan berhati-hati. Kehilangan kunci kereta umpamanya boleh membawa kepada penukaran keseluruhan sistem kunci untuk kereta berkenaan. Apatah lagi, kunci penduanya di letakkan sekali bersama kunci yang asli.
Pada sudut yang lain, penduaan kunci berulang-ulang kali dan membuat kunci pendua daripada kunci pendua mungkin membawa perubahan fizikal kepada kunci tersebut kerana ketidak tepatan mesin pendua berkenaan. Semakin banyak kunci pendua di penduakan dari kunci pendua, semakin berbeza kunci itu dari bentuk asalnya. Akibatnya, kemungkinan kunci baru itu tidak dapat menjalankan tugasnya dengan baik. Paling teruk, kunci itu tidak dapat berfungsi langsung! Ini, menambahkan lagi sebab mengapa kita perlu menjaga kunci dengan baik.
Sebagai penutup, marilah kita menjenguk pantun di bawah yang berkait paut dengan kunci dan perkaitannya dengan tutur kata dan hari akhirat.
Kunci hotel pakai kad,
Kunci rumah pakai solex,
Kunci mulut dengan adab,
Selamat dunia, akhirat relax.