Piala Perantau 2009

Piala Perantau organized by Kelab Umno Salford & Manchester. Held in Brookhouse Playing Field, Buckthorn Lane, Peel Green Eccles. (Panjangnya alamat!)

I guess sports photography is not everybody cup of tea. This will test your equipment limitation and experience handling the camera parameters. Viewing the subject through the viewfinder is a dissappointing event where the ball move across the field faster than the autofocus motor. All I wanted to do is tight shot with the ball in the frame. Wide shot easier but not that compelling. Somebody who has been long enough in sports photography told one need to learn to use both eyes, one to frame the shot and the other one to predict the movement. Hail to sports photographers!

Playing football in cold winter must be very exciting to the boys. They need to keep running to manage the cold weather. Wearing gloves while playing must have been their dream like sports figure in EPL.

Sharing some pictures..I thought it's the shot of the day.

Unfortunately, that's not the opponent goalkeeper but the referee. Chit! Hampeh! Or else must have been dramatic.

more pics after the jump..

Action...close but cropped ball & slanted horizon. dang!

Another cropped one :(

Penalty shoot out..kacang je I thought. That meshed net confuse my autofocus. Sharp net but out of focus subject.

Manual focus saves the day however.

Goal!

Berbetov spend some time with the boys..

He must be a dangerous striker. 3 orang jaga.

Celebration

Credit given where is due. Kudos to volunteers

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Newcastle & Edinburgh Travel Photos.

Two days to Newcastle & Edinburgh. I didn't bring anything except some photos for my family collection. We didn't really cover the whole city but went to few significant places.

Really huge monument called Angel of North in Newcastle. It was erected back in 1998.

It was a perfect timing as I was waiting for the crowd to clear at the back.

smooching by the ray of light

Rock kapak pose for cover album near millenium bridge Gateshead,Newcastle. The illumination will change its colour after certain time.

Near Meadows Park in Edinsburgh. Looks like the winter is going to end soon. My wife really lovesssss those colurful flower. I guess they are wild flower..or maybe the city council plant the seed with specific pattern. I know nuts about flower but these are beautiful.

Low angle shot to make the grass look flooded with flowers.

Not really well prepared for this trip to Edinburgh. We came across this ancient building inside University of Edinburgh. The weather was beautiful and perfect, not much post processing being done to get this picture.

We found our way to view Edinburgh city of Scotland from above at Calton Hill Holyrood Park. We can see the old town and the castle here. From time to time I need to polish my location portraiture technique.

I believe a lot of beautiful postcard of Edinburgh were taken in Holyrood Park. It was freezing cold and I couldn't spend time long enough to capture the whole view.

He didn't remember it but he will know that he loves when his father do the superman to him.

My lense got really dirty and condensation from the cold weather smears the view. Taken near the city. I'll load a couple more pics soon.

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London trip part 4

Berapa banyak edition dah ini trip...anyway saya sambung saja selagi
ada orang nak tengok :). Di samping tu selit sikit-sikit la macamana gambar diambil.

London Tower Bridge

Jambatan kat tengah tu boleh turun naik nak bagi kapal lalu. Kitorang tak check pulak dia punya schedule. Gambar ni kalau camera takde high ISO capabilities kena pakai tripod la gamaknya. Okey, bila rasa macam nak ambik gambar banyak kat satu tempat, kita pelbagaikan angle dan perspective gambar kita. Jangan takut nak mencuba, kita bukan nak menjual gambar kat orang tapi untuk simpanan sendiri dan bereksperimentasi. Jom..


Lepas gambar melintang, gambar menegak pulak..

Ha..kan lain sikit feel dia.

Tak cukup, kita bagi black n white pulak. Google je macam mana nak bagi gambar black n white ni. Knowledge is free di zaman IT ni but experience is priceless by the way.

Dua orang berlainan ambil gambar yang sama tapi mempunyai sudut pandangan yang berbeza.

Thaqif masa ni dia dah tidur, jadi malas nak kejut dia. Lepas ni kitorang ke underground pulak. Keretapi bawah tanah yg tersohor di London

Nak turun ke tempat menunggu keretapi ini melalui berpuluh-puluh anak tangga. Nasib tak baik takda lif di stesen ni. Kami berdua terpaksa mengangkat Thaqif yg tengah tidur dalam 'stroller' untuk sampai ke bawah.

Kitorang pun naik keretapi ke rumah member lama saya..Syam. Pekena nasik dan bum-bum untuk hari esoknya.

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Learning to See Differently

I constantly train my eyes to compose different views of some common pics.
Two people looking at the same subject in one location may have different perspectives.
One may see hidden objects and one may see plain postcard view.
Sometimes it just plain luck to capture the great image.
Practice makes perfect macam latih tubi la.


View from the bus tour top.

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London trip part 3

Now...sambung lagi..



Dari Madam Tussaud..terus ke sini lak


Kita just lepak kat entrance aje. Nak masuk muzium kena bayar lagi.
Di luar kita dihiburkan dgn the Sprats. Patung yang boleh nyanyi ikut miming
penyanyi asal. Memang unique robotics nih



Then ke Trafalgar Square. Landscape view..sayang tak banyak burung merpati macam
selalu tengok kat TV tu.. Boleh click the picture to view large version


My wife sgt terharu berada kat situ. Selalu berangan aje tapi tak sangka dah
sampai di sini. Photographer kena bertugas untuk merakam perasaan gembira pelanggannya. :)

Info : Gambar ni pakai built in flash. banyak shot traveling ni saya pakai built in flash nak kasi subject terang sikit. Tapi kena make sure subject tak terlalu jauh sangat sampai 8-10 kaki. flash dia tak power macam speedlight.
Manual metering kasi expose kat belakang tu gelap sikit. ISO pakai agak tinggi sikit @640 sebab dah nak gelap dan pakai maximum zoom.

Dah siap setting..photographer pun nak sebijik gak.


Big Ben dari jauh..Saya ambik ni kat atas tangga national library. Waktu-waktu nak petang langit dah keluar colour biru gelap dia. Saya nak make sure masa di Big Ben nanti waktu senja. Senja hopefully akan keluar warna-warna yang dramatik.


Di sini kadang-kadang ada orang buat exhibition/free show. Mamat ni nak promo dia punya show nanti. Dia panggil volunteers dan susun diorang macam tu. Mula-mula dia tahan badan diorang dengan kotak buah tu. Lepas dia cabut kotak dia, dia campak pulak minah ni kat formation diorang. Tak jatuh wa cakap lu!


Kalau nak tau pukul berapa boleh tanya patung tu. Setiap saat dia tau.


Tube station yang dekat dgn Big Ben ni ialah Westminster Station.


Tak sah kalau tak snap bas merah klasik ni. Driver dia nak sambung bertugas lepas pekena kopi. Tapi nombor plat bas ni macam dari KL lak.


Time yang cantik..


Memang halus diorang bikin bangunan ni.


Dah ambik gambar-gambar wajib big ben, kita belasah angle pelik-pelik pulak.


Tiket Bus Tour ni boleh naik free boatride sepanjang sungai Thames. Nampak la Eye of London. Tak naik sebab kasi fair la sebab kat Malaysia pun tak pernah naik. :)


Lepas setengah jam naik boat, kitorang exit dekat dengan tower bridge. (london bridge is falling down). Dekat dgn tower bridge ini ada satu tourist attraction-tower of London. Kitorang just ambik gambar jelah..Masa tak cukup nak pergi semua tempat.

Sekali lagi..built in flash digunakan. Manual mode, slow sync.


Next entry..Tower Bridge. Thanks for viewing!

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London trip part 2

Gambar building yg pertama diambil atas bas.
Hard Rock Cafe yang pertama di dunia. Kat bawah tu haa.
Kitorang tak pergi tengok dekat-dekat pun. I remember last time masa study dulu,
pergi hard rock cafe cuma pergi dia punya store dan beli baju Hard Rock Cafe version City. Takde apa yang menarik pun kat dalam



Ini kerja arkitek dulu-dulu. Design bangunan bertingkat mesti pakai tingkap yang makin lama makin kecik ke atas. Nak bagi nampak tinggi la kira. Langit memang cantik hari tu. Cerah dan biru tapi sejuk.


Madame Tussuads punya kubah.


Nak masuk ke?


Tak payahlah! hari-hari tengok kat TV diorang ni. Apa faedahnya..tapi kalau ambik gambar diorang pun menarik gak..Tapi kitorang ingat, kamera memang prohibited sebab ada nampak mamat ni keluar bawak photo siap dgn frame warna merah keluar dari building tu. Sekali lagi, tak payahlah, tiket pun mahal.

Kitorang snap poster kat luar tu je. Ha, cuba teka hasil kerja wax diorang ni. Ada yang nampak sebijik, tapi dua kali pandang macam action figure thaqif.





Yang ni obvious lah..




Lepas tu, kitorang naik bas lain pergi ke destinasi seterusnya.


Gambar ni sebab warna gold tu timbul.hah takde yang special tapi mengingatkan saya ada kerja dulu cat kubah masjid pakai warna gold ni. Cat dia satu tin kecik dekat RM50.


Kitorang masuk Hamley - Gedung Mainan terbesar kat London. Kitorang turun kat sini sebab bas tu ter langgar side mirror sebiji 4-wheel drive. Driver dia cool je keluar..kalau kat Malaysia dah siap maki kot.Tak pun dok buat pegang kepala buat-buat sakit sambil pegang handphone.


Tingkat bawah banyak bear and soft stuff.


Tak payahla Qif! benda-benda mekanikal dan bateri ni tahan satu hari je kat kau. Pastu ntah ke mana.


Bagi jelah dia main.


Kat Giant ada nampak si Ameng tu demo benda terbang ni. Pelik gak benda kecik boleh terbang setinggi tu. Oh..kitorang di tingkat paling atas sekali sebab diapers thaqif dah penuh.


Off we go to next destination. Si Paul ni boss dia suruh main kat luar. berliak-liak kat dalam store tu sebab dia punya pasal.

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