PutraJaya

Hi there,

I believed many people had visited PutraJaya, Malaysia. Most of my friends visited and they tell me PutraJaya is a very beautiful place because the government spend a lot of money to build it. The streets, highway, buildings, garden and even the street lamps are imported from ... ...somewhere, I can't recall. hehe.

But guess what, I never been to PutraJaya before. It just like if you going to a vacation or tour, you will try to discover that specific place because you might not coming back or visit the same place again. But, if you live there, or near that specific place, you will not discover until you become your friends or family tour guide. :P

Anyway, I'm glad I'm not the tour guide today because you probably lost in PutraJaya since the signboards in Malaysia bring you to nowhere. You better start learning in using Landmark or get a GPS before you visit Malaysia. No offence.

It was not a sunny day and we arrived there around 5pm. Too bad, the weather was not very good, I can't get a clear blue sky or twilight photo. Oh well, perhaps my "pet" should at least be my model today.

Actually, we were just simply walk around the pool side, garden and the administration buildings (outside of course).  I felt like I'm in some other country because the design were totally different compare with Kuala Lumpur or Petaling Jaya.

I heard most of my friends say the night scene is very beautiful, maybe we should wait until the night comes. There are still a lot of skills I need to improve, especially in night shooting and landscape. My friend told me there is no difficult in Landscape because as long as the colour looks vivid, the photos will look nice. And it can be edited in photoshop.

Ya right, maybe... ...the problem is I do not know how to use photoshop LOL. Actually, the shooting angle is more important to me. Why? It is because I like black and white photo.

And back lighting photo as well.

Maybe I should try another angle.

You know what, the mother nature is beautiful. Plant and insect, they are just adorable. :)

This little dragonfly just keep flying around me and back to the same leaf, and it caught my attention. Let me get closer and zoom in, as near as I can. Closer......closer...... *snap*

It is just difficult to wait until the dark comes. And there is no room for me to have my dinner because our Malay friends need to "buka puasa" as all the fast food restaurants were reserved. Hehe. Never mind, I'm glad I have chance to experience different culture :)

By the way, where is the chinese restaurant?

I do strongly recommend YOU to visit PutraJaya because the night is beautiful here, for shooting only :P. Why? It is because PutraJaya is a place for administration buildings. If you are here to enjoy the crowded night, beers and food, you should visit Kuala Lumpur.

The night of PutraJaya is not crowded, I should say it is a good place for you to enjoy the time with your bf or gf.

Oh, I almost forgot, the lunar was in orange colour. Too bad, 18-135mm lens is not enough to capture the moon. Hrm... slow down the Shutter Speed, turn off the flash, and get a NIKE before leaving PutraJaya.

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Night Shooting

The most difficult in photography, for me, is night shooting. While the environment is dark, you can use Portrait Mode to make the subject sharp and clear, which we discussed few weeks ago. Portrait Mode will make the subject skin tone looks softer and the background will be blurred in order to make the subject stand out more. But what if you want to capture the background as well?

This photo captured in Auto Mode because I got a blur background in Portrait Mode. The reason I used Auto Mode is because I helped a tourist to take a photo in the same background, and guess what, the tourist selected Auto Mode before he passed his camera to me. I remember it was Canon 550D and the result was really nice, both subject and background are bright and clear. 

I tried to shoot in Auto Mode and the same angle as well but the result is different. As you can see, the subject is quite dark and the background does not look sharp. I wonder there is any different between 550D and 50D in Auto Mode?

I tried to take a few more photos in the same angle in different Mode but I did not get the best result, too bad. Well, I guess I should not "occupy" the place too long because there are many tourists and even Malaysian like to walk and take photos around the Twin Tower :)

Sometimes I feel a 18-135mm is not enough for photography, but a photographer told me that I should "master" this Lens before I move further in photography. He believed it is very happy to own another or more Lenses, but Lenses are not cheap. As a beginner like me should work hard in photography tutorials instead of work hard to own more Lenses. 

He is just a strict teacher, but I guess I should listen his advise ^^

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