Showing posts with label Wong Wan Zhu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wong Wan Zhu. Show all posts

Friday, 22 March 2013

I just wanted to share some of my portraiture collection taken with my Lumix GF1 with 2 lenses: 
Panasonic 20mm F1.7
Leica Elmarit 45mm F2.8

Many said that due to the sensor size different, micro 4/3 is less competence with AP-S sensor DSLR, but if you're a hobbyists, do not bother about that. Ever since i acquire this tiny camera, i lessen my time using DSLR anymore. Like the recent trip to Taiwan, the ratio of using my D7000 and GF1 is about 1 : 9. 

The fact is that GF1 is really convenient to carry around, small sling bag like Kata DC - 435 DL allows me to carry: 
I. GF1 with 20mm Pancake and Electronic View Finder. 
II. 45mm Leica Elmarit Macro lens. 
III. Kiev 4A Russian Rangefinder camera.
IV. 2Rolls of Film.
V. Passport and a small notebook.
VI. Cables and accessories, etc.

If i use this same bag to fit my D7000, it probably only manage to put 
I.Nikon D7000, with much difficulties to fit in my Tammy 11-18mm Wide Angle lens and other accessories. Even the batteries of a DSLR occupied a big space. As a result of the portability of GF1, i hardly brought out D7000, i let it rest in my big backpack, inside of the hotel room. 

Please enjoy viewing my portraiture collection of people i love.  

Railway trail at Pingxi line, the same route going to ShihFen waterfall.
Inside the underground mall of Taipei Train station, it's huge and crowded with many vendors selling from shoes to souvenir and traditional biscuits.
Liberty square, located right next to National Chiang-Kai Shek Memorial Hall. Can easily be reach via train station.
One sunset outing at Menara Tun Mustapha.
Happy Qi En like a street performer at Gaya Street, 2012. Shoot with 20mm wide open. 
First time experiencing Bullet train from TaiChung - Taipei. Speedy, but Costly.
20mm/Equivalent to 40mm on Full Frame, and still capable producing adequate amount of Bokeh.
Producing sharp image using Macro 45mm Leica Elmarit on GF1.

When my mum and my niece visited to KK, shoot this with my 20mm F1.7, razor sharp and one of my all time favorite lens.
Public hot spring at Wulai, Taiwan. *Uncle is posing with u!
And Qi En growing up so fast, Chinese New Year in hometown, Ipoh.
A fine afternoon at Sandakan, beautifully shaded portraiture. 
The biggest gain for buying GF1 is the portability, without compromising the picture quality. Once we got into the field of DSLR, we tend to magnify the importance of "picture quality". What i usually do after i took a shot is to always zoom 100% to see the sharpness and details of the picture *it is a bad habit to keep "chimping" at your camera after shots. The ability to change the lens is also a plus for enthusiasts like myself. We all know that every single lens gotta serves its purpose well, All-in-one lens (18-200mm, 28-300mm, 18-270mm) doesn't make any sense for us unless we are constraint by the weight and size of the bag. 

The biggest drawback is the ISO control, although it has aperture of F1.7 which suck up all the lights available, you simply need to boost up the ISO sometimes. I felt its limit falls at ISO800, anything above that would not be acceptable for me. Control is more personal and handy in D7000 than GF1, it doesn't bother much if I'm not doing sport/ event photography. 

At the time I'm writing this, i have the intention to sell off D7000 and lens and continue with my small GF1, or upgrade to Olympus EM5. Though, there are still uncertainties and questions to be solved before jumping into conclusion. Thus i will just keep both set up for the time being, fully utilizing every moments with 'em.




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07:26:00

Portraiture with Lumix GF1

I just wanted to share some of my portraiture collection taken with my Lumix GF1 with 2 lenses:  Panasonic 20mm F1.7 Leica Elmarit 45mm...
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Saturday, 17 November 2012

The last meal i had before i board to Mas to return to Kota Kinabalu. Dining in Seafood restaurant Sim Sim 88 is really affordable, a bowl of noodle full with Seafood (Squid, Scallop, Prawn, Grouper), is only RM8! This place serve no pork, and it has beautiful sea view from the restaurant. The place situated at Jalan Buli Sim Sim, somewhere near to Masjid Jamed. If you come from the town, you pass through the Masjid, and if you're not from town, vice versa. You can easily notice differences of chinese floating houses and malay floating villages. Find a parking and look for Bridge No.7 for good breakfast, (Dumpling soup, noodle soup, etc). Or enter bridge no7 then turn to your right and look for Seafood Restaurant Sim Sim 88, for fresh and super affordable seafood treat!
Century Egg- Dumpling @ Bridge No.7, be sure you go to the restaurant near the sea, not the one near the bridge entrance.
 Seafood Tomyam noodle
 Not a small scallop huh? i saw the workers peeled them off the shell, so fresh!
 Seafood Wan Tan Ho for RM8, how can you ask for more?
A closer look at the scallop!
We have many surprises in Sandakan, especially the time when we see the bill. The prices of food is relatively cheaper than in Kota Kinabalu, and definitely than Klang. When we dine in Ocean King, probably the best seafood restaurant in Sandakan, the price is almost the same at Kota Kinabalu, maybe cheaper. Now i found another reason to escape to Sandakan once in a while, besides the relaxing atmosphere, and now also the cheap seafood treat from urban city!

Have you been to Sandakan? Tell me how do you feel about this city! Do u have any tips to share when traveling to Sandakan? Or Any suggestion for an unique itinerary? Comment Below!

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11:47:00

Journey to Sandakan Seafood - Sabah Experience

The last meal i had before i board to Mas to return to Kota Kinabalu. Dining in Seafood restaurant Sim Sim 88 is really affordable, a bowl ...
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What you can't miss in Sandakan is definitely the Procoscis Monkey, Orang Utan, and Crocodile. A proper planning is crucial to visit all destination during best time, which is their feeding hour. Our Plan start off visiting Labuk Bay Proboscis monkey Sanctuary located furthest from Sandakan Town, approximately 30KM from town centre. These mammals can only be found in Borneo, and they are becoming endangered species because many of their rehabilitate are destroyed due to urban development. Platform A's feeding at 0930, and 1130 for platform B. Personally i opted for Platform A because you can really see them closely. Ticket price are RM15 for Malaysian, and RM60 for non-Malaysian. After visiting platform A, don't forget to watch the video showcase @ Platform B before the feeding begin. It tells the story of this centre, how the owner decided to keep this land from a palm tree plantation. 
Entering Platform A @ 0930


The alpha male and bachelors hopping around to aim for more food.
Even Proton sponsored the Labuk Bay football team.
Besides Prosboscis Monkey, you get to see some Horn Bill here as well!

I did not managed to bring my camera into Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitate Centre for photograph, as i only have 20mm prime lens on my Lumix GF1. Another thing is that i will have to pay extra RM10 to bring in the camera. In here, visitors can encounter some interesting experience, such as watching the Orang Utan fooling around with the Sepilok Staff, stealing stuff from the basket before the food is serve, tucking it's head into a basket to drink milk, and licking the plate to ensure no single drop of milk goes to waste.

I've had a terrible experience here in Sepilok just one week ago. I was visiting this place with my Mum, and my Niece. On our way toward exit, we saw 2 Orang Utan playing with each other and i when flashed out my phone to capture some photographs, one of them actually came and grabbed my arm with her hand and another hand trying to take my phone. A staff stop them immediately, but she just doesn't want to let go of me. The staff told me "I think she really likes u, she didn't behave like this before", i don't know how i should react, i was stunned. Finally the staff separate me and the Orang Utan, but she keep turning back to look at me, i felt insecure! By the way, it's an experience in a life time, no harm done!
What if the wood on the bridge fails?
Sandakan Crocodile Farm is also a highlight in this city. From the entrance, you will have to walk through a wooden bridge which look kinda sturdy, so no worries on this one. However, when you proceed to second bridge, even the ladder connecting the ground to the bridge were mold and broke into pieces, now its really the test of your courage whether to walk the bridge, or not-to-walk the bridge! There are many crocodile here, they stay still most of the time, besides feeding time. 

The entrance ticket is RM7 for Malaysian and RM15 for Non-Malaysian. Souvenir such as crocodile doll, crocodile skin merchandise, crocodile meat, crocodile penis can be bought here too! Be sure you visit here if you happen to be in Sandakan!
The oldest crocodile of all in the farm, age 64, weighted more than 800 Kilogram!
"You can't see me, you can't see me"
Freeze the moment with Lumix 20mm f1.7! 
Lovely local couple feeding the pigeon. 

Have you been to Sandakan? Tell me how do you feel about this city! Do u have any tips to share when traveling to Sandakan? Or Any suggestion for an unique itinerary? Comment Below!
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11:15:00

Journey to the Wild - Sabah Experience

What you can't miss in Sandakan is definitely the Procoscis Monkey, Orang Utan, and Crocodile. A proper planning is crucial to visit al...
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Thursday, 15 November 2012


Arriving in the Fish Farm
The fish farm and the house.

After the breakfast and small shopping in the town, we depart to Dad's Fish Farm. Approximately 50minutes from the Jetty, passing by Mangrove forest, and some nameless beaches before we reach our destination. As soon as we arrived, the villagers already prepared Live crab and fresh prawn for us. This is how they prepare the food, pretty simple, just boil the water, and place them accordingly. Without cleaning the crab by removing the intestines, we were expected to eat it the local way. It was a new experience to have it this way, normally we have numerous kind of way to cook it, especially the Chinese way! i really got to taste the real flavor or the crab, a little bit fishy, but it was acceptable. 2KGs is too much for 4 of us, we can only finished half, and another half we gave it to the villagers.

 Place the live crab accordingly, and watching them turning reddish.
It's all about seafood, and Sandakan!
It wasn't a small crab, but it was definitely a dead crab, waiting to be eaten.
Watching the crab turning from black to Red, looking deliciously good!
Then, Wan and her friends were eager to see the Giant Grouper that live in the fish farm, so we request the villagers to pull the net to see the true face of this giant fish that can grow up to 150KGS! It was not an easy job to pull up the net, as the net is full of organism that can cause itchiness in your hand if you contacted them bare handed. However, the villagers were kind of used to it and maybe have developed the immune system to it. To get this job done, 4 strong man involved, just to fulfill our curiosity.
 Trying the effort of net pulling, attempt by Wan and Jess.
 Energetic fish, that keep splashing water on us!
Before we go back to the town, we catched some fishes to be brought back to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu. It's easy to do the fishing job, use a fishing string, with a hook, put some fresh fish or prawn as bait. And you will get the fish in a split of a second, easy peasy. Though, it was a tough job to hold the string bare handed, if you are not careful, you might get cut on your palm! We chose a few one-Kilogram Grouper and red fish to be brought back to town and frozen it. Those 4KGS were just too big and heavy to hand-carry in the plane.
 Fishing in the fish farm? No problem!
 To show the size of the fish, It's a normal grouper.
Third time throwing the fishing net solely for the sack of photographing purpose.
Life of the villagers were pretty simple, and lay back. They will go to town once in a week, or even a month, depending on their daily stock availability, as well as to refill gasoline. Throughout our conversation, i learned some knowledge about managing the farm, what will be the turn back of the farm, how much cost involved, price of different kind of fishes, and the rehabilitate of different sea creatures. They have certain belief as they live with the sea, and earning living with the sea. They lived in a group and help each another when one encounter obstacles and problems. There are also schools and convenient store on the water near to the fish farm we went, so students go to school by boat everyday, we can't imagine that happen in our life, its a totally different experience! Will definitely go back this place to stay overnight for my next visit!

Have you been to Sandakan? Tell me how do you feel about this city! Do u have any tips to share when traveling to Sandakan? Or Any suggestion for an unique itinerary? Comment Below!
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03:24:00

Journey to Sandakan [Part Three] - Sabah Experience

Arriving in the Fish Farm The fish farm and the house. After the breakfast and small shopping in the town, we depart to D...
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Wednesday, 14 November 2012

A bowl of Hot and Yummy breakfast would be the best to kickstart another page of our journey. A lovely breakfast session at 6AM in the morning @ Jalan Leila morning market, make us feel full and fresh even in the very early morning! We were surprise to see people take their breakfast 6AM in the morning and the crowd was already in the market. Ordered 4 different bowls of noodles to share among us, never miss the 猪皮鱼蛋, and 皮蛋水饺 from Sandakan! All of these only cost us RM16++ including Nescafe, Coffee, and Milo for everyone of us, cheap!? No, i should say Kota Kinabalu is way too pricey, overpriced!
 猪皮鱼蛋干唠面
 猪皮鱼蛋米粉汤
 Jess & Josephine enjoy delicious breakfast @ Morning market.
The streets in Sandakan still remain the original cultural atmosphere, the old building, old shops, and the local residents. Hanging around in the local supermarket is fun. We saw there were more employees than the customers. And we also saw the workers eating breakfast at the back of the shelf, you don't see such scene, or you're not allow to do so in Giant, Tesco, or major supermarket here! The average wage in Sandakan is very low, but people seem to be very content with what they have, you don't see only boring face like robot working in routine.
 This girl looking at me curiously while waiting her mum to shop for clothes.
 Candyfloss on the street, selling RM1 each!
 Tired of waiting for Wan Zhu busy shopping in the market
 How beautiful is this old street of Sandakan?

The old town of Sandakan is small, you can easily access to Sandakan central market, jetty, city bus terminal, and hotels. The buildings have it's own history already, as well as the people there. Almost every shop operate it's business more than a decade now, there is very few new shops opening here, except for the Harbour Mall, which has Mc Donald! If you enjoy walking in a peaceful city, Sandakan will be a not-bad-choice, enjoy a cup of coffee in a local coffee house and view the busy pedestrian across the streets, and shops. The rhythm is relaxing, you don't have to rush to get your thing done here. Everything will be alright for them, and everything will be OK!

Have you been to Sandakan? Tell me how do you feel about this city! Do u have any tips to share when traveling to Sandakan? Or Any suggestion for an unique itinerary? Comment Below!
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09:16:00

Journey to Sandakan [Part Two] - Sabah Experience

A bowl of Hot and Yummy breakfast would be the best to kickstart another page of our journey. A lovely breakfast session at 6AM in the morn...
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Tuesday, 13 November 2012

After bugging in the bus from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan for more than 6hours, i arrived in Hotel Ramai to check myself in before i meet my sister and her friends flew all the way from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan. This trip is specially made to meet them and show them around this beautiful city of nature, and of course for the awesomely affordable seafood here. 

Sandakan itself have very interesting history. This city was formerly the capital of Britist North Borneo, it lies on the east coast of the island. Sandakan is famous as a gateway for ecotourism destination in Malaysia, such as Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitate Centre, Rainforest Discovery Centre, Gomantong Cave, Turtle Island and Kinabatangan River. The airport was site of Japanese airfield during World War II, built by 6,000 Javanese civilian and Allied prisoners of war. 
All photos below were taken with Lumix GF1 + Lumix 20mm F1.7

Jess Goh feels like she's in another European country
We start off our journey by visiting the oldest granite church in Malaysia, which was built in 1897, Parish of St Michael and all Angels church, one of the survivors of pre-War building, and became world heritage on 2005. We were amazed by the church as it gave us an unique feeling that we doesn't stand on the ground of Malaysia, we felt like we're in one of the European country with piece of green land and stones to relax ourselves!
The Exterior of the Church, with ages bricks
The surrounding of the church itself is schools, St Michael; St Maria; and St Cecilia Convent school. As we visit the place, the place were closed, so we only do sight seeing outside the building but not inside. We noticed numbers of residents play sports around the area, and some even jog outside the church itself. It seems to be a very common place to hang out, but it is still well-maintained. 

This church also look like a library in a historical foreign University.
 Later, we visit the Kim Fung night market situated at Mile 4. This night market is made up with majority of Chinese vendor and minority of Non-Chinese vendors. Various products range from food to phone accessory were sold here. The relationship between races can be seen to be very close in Sandakan IMHO, you can easily find No-Pork-Food easily even in Chinese stalls. It is very convenient and also safe to dine in Chinese restaurant even for Muslims. If we had a voting competition for 1Malaysia state, it will definitely be Sabah, or Sandakan city!
There are something in my eyes, itchy!
Who am i? The Last Fancy Guerrilla.
Making a call referring to "Phonebook" (not the one in your smart phone)
Scenic view of Sandakan Town from the Seafood Restaurant situated at Bukit Bendera
I really enjoy shooting photographs in the streets of Sandakan, it gave me peace of mind to photograph things that interests me. People are very friendly that doesn't mind to be photographed. A smile from you will definitely received the smile from them, which is really sweet. The familiar Hakka language remind me about my dad's Hometown - Ipoh. Sandakan makes me feel like I'm home. 
To be Continue.. ..

Have you been to Sandakan? Tell me how do you feel about this city! Do u have any tips to share when traveling to Sandakan? Or Any suggestion for an unique itinerary? Comment Below!


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23:43:00

Journey to Sandakan - Sabah Experience

After bugging in the bus from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan for more than 6hours, i arrived in Hotel Ramai to check myself in before i meet my ...
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