Pulau Ketam aka Crab Island -part 1.

Sorry for long waiting. Being busy with works and new toy recently. Friends non-stop sms, msn, ym and pm me for the new update in my blog. Hey dude... I am back.


New toy came with the standard kit lens. 18-135mm lens f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED. Guess it is good enough for a beginner like me to pratice. But still feeling like forever not enough or satisfy me. Eyeing on the 80-200mm f/2.8D ED, 14-24mm f/2.8G ED ultra wide angle lens and the 105mm f/2.8 IF-ED macro lens. Oh man...this will cost another RM10,000!!!

Forget about it. Must get the dry cabinet and flash gun first.

Sometime shooting alone is quite boring. Because of can't share the opinion and others. So, decided to join this trip to Crab Island http://www.pulauketam.com/ which was organized by my photographer friend - Shaun. Knew him through the aquascaping forum. A young man full of energy who giving up aquascaping recently. Gonna brain wash him back into aquscaping later on.


Actually we were msn for quite sometime. But never meet up in person. Managed to get few of my friends to join this trip... This shaun seems like too excited and non-stop msn and sms me to confirm the time and venue to meet up. Hahaha..and the last sms was around 8:30pm a day before the trip. Said he is going to sleep now for tomorrow trip! Wow....sleep at 8:30pm!!!! Or... may be he got an agenda with his gf? Who knows? haha...

Woke up at 6:30am (was slept around 12am). Feeling blur and tired. Steven sms said that he is arrived at Stan's house and waiting for him to wash up. I can't waste a single second and quicky wash up. Waiting for them to arrive and we will car pool to KTM station (Keretapi Tanah Malaysia) aka train station. 7:30am...didn't see their shadow and Stan called up. Said they were lost and stop somewhere near my living place.


Promised to Shuan that we will arrive in Port Klang at 8:30am. And the trip from my living place to Port Klang will take an hour +. Ai.....gonna screw by Shaun later on. I was drove like F1 and meeting up with Steven and Stan. Then to KTM station. We were quite lucky. Because of the train yet to depart. Manage to get in around 7:45am. If we miss the train, we hafta wait for another hour...

It was quite a cooling morning in KTM, Thought to ZZzzzzzz along the journey. But this 2 fellas - Stan and Steven talking non-stop. Guess I gonna have a sleepless journey. Shaun arrived around 8:20am and he sms me....While we were still 10 stations away. Then Wai Ye sms me said that she is going to arrive. Get her Shaun's number and lets Shaun give her a warm welcome hug. :p

We were arrived at 8:45am when the first boat to Crab Island has left. Settle our breakfast at nearby Kopitiam (Local coffee shop) and had the ice breaking session.

The Port Klang...


The speed boat to Indonesia. I was mistaken it is the boat to Crab island.


The cabin of the ferry to Crab Island. Air-conditioned and load with tons of life jackets.



My rangefinder camera Argus C-3bought from ebay...Yet to try it out.


The ferry to Crab Island. They just load all the stuff on top of the ferry.


The ferry which allow to take 100 people. RM7 per trip...

Above pictures courtesy from Wai Ye.


Peeping out from cabin. Check out those old folks just standing outside the ferry while it is moving quite fast.


Shaun busy with his toy...


Ferry vs fishsing boat...


I was quite blur and didn't really take out my camera to shoot any potraits before reaching the island. I should shoot some pictures of the workers in the Kopitiam. I should should shoot pictures of Stan, Steven, Shaun, Wan Yee and Wai Ye... I think I need to have enough sleep for my next trip.

Here is the first potrait of mine.... He was just standing there and let me and Shaun shooting on him. Was kind of worry that he will punch us or slap us. Hahaa... I didn't use PS (Photoshop) to do the cropping or color adjust. Just use the Microsoft Office Picture Manager to do some basic and simple cropping. So, please be patient for my lousy skill.. Trying to shoot more and learn...


Owner of Chinese clinic. Shooting next to his herbs garden.


Shaggy...


Main transport...

Stan (with cap), Shaun with sun-glasses, Steven at the bottom...

Lazy sunny day...

Look Out Point!

Really have no time to go for photoshoot after got my new toy. New office hours. New assignments and etc. Back at home late. Too tired or too lazy to go out again. (Hahaha...actually I am just got the new toy last 2 weeks only.)

Look Out Point. http://allmalaysia.info/news/story.asp?file=/2006/5/1/state/14076874&sec=mi_selangor (You can get more info from the link) Passing by this place few times. But I am never pay attention on it. Perhaps, I am the driver most of the time and just pay attention on the road. It is around 30 minutes drive from my living place. Was told by my friend that it is a cooling place...IF RAINING! And he mentioned this in the email. But all of us just skipped this or never pay attention on it. So, all of us keep thinking it is a cooling place. (Guess what? I went with a jean, a long sleve shirt and brought along a sweater!)

Journey start at 4:45pm. Reached LOP around 6:00pm. Friend - Jason drove slow as there is a pregnant lady with us. Were kind of enjoyed on the journey. Topics were all about photography, lens, cameras, lighting and etc.

Weather is hot. No rain for weeks. Littar and his wife just run to the restaurant which nearest to the car. Sit down and enjoy the cold drinks. The rest of us climb up to a 4 storey height tower for photoshoot. A newbie like me was thinking that...So damn hot. Not yet sunset. Anything to shoot? Once we reached the top floor...we found this cloud and sun light....



I couldn't stand of the thirst and quicky running down to the restaurant after 30 minutes of the shooting. Due to lack of experience. Nothing much i can get. Friends had the best shoots.

We settled down at one of the restaurant near to 7:00pm. Occupied 5 tables which full with our kits and accessories. And where we were sitting giving us the best view of Kuala Lumpur city. None of us can sit steady. Squeezing here and there to have a better shoot of the day. I was kind of busy with testing different apperture and shutter speed. Missed out lot of nice scene....

Sunset...


Had around 20 pictures of this.... Just with different settings. Sky isn't clear enough. Due to air-pollution and make the sky look very hazy. (Guys, please car pool or take public transport, don't use air-con so frequent, reduce the usage of hair spray and etc.)

Petronas Twin Towers.

Working in Petronas Twin Tower for years. Never take a camera to shoot any picture here. Kind of shame. As I can see lot of tourists everyday and having different kind of posing to take the best angle of the towers. Perhaps, this make me feel like it is nothing great about.

Was invited by my belove to Philharmonic Orchestra in KLCC on 7th July 2008. To attend the Hossan Ramzy (Tabla King) & his Egyptian Ensemble feat. Serena Ramzy (one of the world wide famous belly dance super star). While waiting for her friends and with a new toy on my hands. Spent around 15 minutes to shoot the below pictures. No tripod was used. No Photoshop CS or Element to adjust the color or cropping.

The horizontal is a bit out...Friend said over exposed. I am remember that. Will try again to figure out the correct apperture.


Was told by many friends that this is the best angle.


And this angle is not nice?


This is the nicest... But horizontal is out! Damn...


Hahaha...Friend said this look like the ID4 spaceship. It is the ceiling at the Tower 2 entrance. Hand shake a bit... (Old man hands shake all the time ya...)