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Muted Sunset at the Zone

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:43:00 +0000

Muted Sunset at the Zone, originally uploaded by vedd.

As AcidSulfurik would put it - a photo outing "orgy" with good friends.

Yesterday DanielKHC, Rajesh and Saireel were in town. It's good to see them after a long time and yes we did have a great time, like usual :-)

And a special thanks to Rajesh for inviting us up to his room!

Tech Spec: Tone mapped HDR consisting of 8 exposures. The sky was not as dramatic as it seems. It was kinda flat and I had to squeeze out all the available tones for the sky.

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Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:50:00 +0000

Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque, originally uploaded by vedd.

Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, or sometimes known as the "Iron Mosque" is a newly constructed mosque in Putrajaya, where more than 70% of its construction material is of iron. It is the second principal mosque in Putrajaya, after Putra Mosque.

The mosque was officially opened on 4 September 2009 by the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.

This is the mosque during night.

Tech Specs: 9 exposures tone mapped HDR.

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In the end, there's always a blues.

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:57:00 +0000

In the end, there's always a blues., originally uploaded by vedd.

Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, or sometimes known as the "Iron Mosque" is a newly constructed mosque in Putrajaya, where more than 70% of its construction material is of iron. It is the second principal mosque in Putrajaya, after Putra Mosque.

The mosque was officially opened on 4 September 2009 by the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.

This is the arch of the Iron Mosque, leading out from the main prayer hall. The opposite view of the arch, which is leading into the main prayer hall is viewable here.

Tech Specs: 9 exposures tone mapped HDR.

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An Iron Mosque Entrance

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:50:00 +0000

An Iron Mosque Entrance, originally uploaded by vedd.

Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, or sometimes known as the "Iron Mosque" is a newly constructed mosque in Putrajaya, where more than 70% of its construction material is of iron. It is the second principal mosque in Putrajaya, after Putra Mosque.

The mosque was officially opened on 4 September 2009 by the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.

This is the path way leading to the main prayer hall.

Tech Specs: 9 exposures tone mapped HDR.

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Answering the call of faith

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:51:00 +0000

Answering the call of faith, originally uploaded by vedd.

Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, or sometimes known as the "Iron Mosque" is a newly constructed mosque in Putrajaya, where more than 70% of its construction material is of iron. It is the second principal mosque in Putrajaya, after Putra Mosque.

The mosque was officially opened on 4 September 2009 by the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.

This is the prayer halls and it is awesome!

Tech Specs: 9 exposures tone mapped HDR.

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Stranded on a sunny day

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:07:00 +0000

Stranded on a sunny day, originally uploaded by vedd.

Kelanang Beach on a hot afternoon. I'm not sure whether the color or BW version is better, so I've decided to include both. Check out the large version.

Tech Specs: 9 exposures tone mapped HDR and blended with a single original exposure.

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Not Alone

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Not Alone, originally uploaded by vedd.

Kelanang Beach on a hot afternoon. I think BW expressed the mood much better than the colored version, at least to me :-) Check out the large version.

Tech Specs: 5 exposures digital blending. No tone mapping or HDR used. Long exposure achieved using Hoya ND400 filter. Vignetting was increased intentionally.

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Dead Tree

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:05:00 +0000

Dead Tree, originally uploaded by vedd.

Kelanang Beach on a hot afternoon. More to come :-)

Tech Specs: 5 exposures digital blending. No tone mapping or HDR used. Long exposure achieved using Hoya ND400 filter. Vignetting was increased intentionally.

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The Iron Mosque

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:21:00 +0000

The Iron Mosque, originally uploaded by vedd.

Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, or sometimes known as the "Iron Mosque" is a newly constructed mosque in Putrajaya, where more than 70% of its construction material is of iron. It is the second principal mosque in Putrajaya, after Putra Mosque.

The mosque was officially opened pn 4 September 2009 by the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.

Tech Specs: 3 exposures digital blending. No tone mapping or HDR used. Long exposure achieved using Hoya ND400 filter.

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Waiting for the moment

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:30:00 +0000

Waiting for the moment, originally uploaded by vedd.

A short meet up with Kabir at Ulu Yam.

Tech Specs: Vertorama, consisting of 9 exposures tone mapped HDR for each part. Long exposure with the use of ND400.

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Silence

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:21:00 +0000

Silence, originally uploaded by vedd.

Behind bars

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:47:00 +0000

Behind bars, originally uploaded by vedd.

Crime does not pay! I was escorted by chief warden Ragstatic, warden awe2020 and warden AcidSulfurik to my cell! *lol*

No this is not a prison, but the apartment that the 4 of us went during Rags' visit to KL.

Ariffin has a similar shot when the both of us visited the place earlier. You can view it here

Tech notes: 12 exposures HDR blended with 1 original exposure for the light trails.

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Walk into the light

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:44:00 +0000

Walk into the light, originally uploaded by vedd.

Another shot from the archives. This one was taken at the new Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside Hotel. My good friend Abah was with me at that time.

Tech Specs: 9 exposures tone mapped HDR, digitally blended with an original image for the light source

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Under The Bridge...

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:23:00 +0000

Under The Bridge..., originally uploaded by vedd.

... or should I say the elevated highway. Coincidently I was listening to Red Hot Chili Pepper's "Under The Bridge" song, hence the title. Well in actual fact this is an elevated highway.

If you look closely at the twists and curves, you will know which highway this is ;-)

On another note, it's been raining almost everyday now and getting a shot is pretty much impossible!

Tech notes: 9 exposures for overall ambient light and 3 exposures for the street lights, blended together using smart objects.

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When a man loves a woman

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:37:00 +0000

When a man loves a woman, originally uploaded by vedd.

A wedding reception that took place somewhere in June if I'm not mistaken. I don't normally do weddings and would avoid it unless when the requester is a family or friend.

Tech Specs: Ambient light only. No flash. Inside a room with an orange curtain. Shot with a 50mm f/1.8 wide opened.

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Cooling Ramadhan.

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:19:00 +0000

Cooling Ramadhan., originally uploaded by vedd.

Wishing all Muslims around the world a good month of fasting in Ramadhan.

An old shot from the archive during DanielKHC last visit to Kuala Lumpur. Awe2020 and SPNikon joined us as well that day.

Note:It's the start of the rainy season now and the haze has cleared up (at least for now). But with fasting month now, I'm too tired to go out to shoot, plus going for sunset shots will make me miss break fasting with family :-)

Tech Specs: 9 exposures tone mapped HDR, with a touch of DRI using 2 original images via Smart Objects.

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Curvaceous

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:42:00 +0000

Curvaceous, originally uploaded by vedd.

I was out shooting with Ragstatic last night. I found this place quite sometime ago and already visited with Ariffin. But we decided not to post any pictures just yet until Ragstatic is here.

So yesterday, I had a great time going out with the master himself and such an occasion demands a vantage point of the same status!

My only wish is that Daniel was there too :\

Apart from the Rajesh, awe2020 and Acidsulfurik were also present!

Tech notes: 15 exposures HDR, blended with original shots. Had to expose all the area in the frame and it is very very hard! The amount of f-stops difference is just crazy!

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Light up my sky!

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:58:00 +0000

Light up my sky!, originally uploaded by vedd.

An outing that almost didn't happen due to rain. Well lady luck was on our side and by the time we reached this "look out" point, the rain had stopped :-)

An outing with Ariffin, Abah and Rekospective.

Also, this is my first take on vertorama :-)

See other pictures from this point here and here.

Tech Specs: 8 exposures tonemapped HDR for the city and another 8 exposures tonemapped HDR for the sky. Manually stitched in CS3.

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The flow of life

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:29:00 +0000

The flow of life, originally uploaded by vedd.

This was taken last week at Kemensah with Daniel, awe2020 and SPNikon. Coincidentally, this was our last outing with Daniel in Malaysia as he has relocated to Dubai.

The weather was really against us this day. It rained but then stopped for a brief while. Once we're done shooting at this location and went for dinner, it rained again - a really heavy one. Spoiled the night shooting plans that we had.

I wish you the very best my friend! And hope to see more masterpiece from across the globe. We'll definitely miss going out shooting with you bro!

A blend of 2 tonemaps from 7 exposures and 1 DRI.

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Calling the dark knight

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:15:00 +0000

Calling the dark knight, originally uploaded by vedd.

I was about to give up when I saw a slow moving clouds started to gather low at the horizon.

This was all taken quite sometime ago when rekospective and me decided on the last minute to drive to Putrajaya. I wouldn't call it a waste with a scene like this :-)

Tech details: 9 exposure tone mapped HDR, a bit of PSB blending using smart objects for the clouds. A little crop was done for the top part to remove the black sky.

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Light at the end

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:44:00 +0000

Light at the end, originally uploaded by vedd.

As they said, you will see light at the end of the tunnel when you die hehe.. Nope! I'm not dead (yet)!

I was at the Batu Caves and met another photog, Lucie. She was in KL for a short 3 days after touring Vietnam and Cambodia.

I think this is the first time that I have a shot inside the caves that I liked :-) All the previous ones were just crap! hehe

Tech Specs: 9 exposures tone mapped HDR, layer masked with a 1 DRI using smart objects consisting of 2 over exposed shots

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Tagged!

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:48:00 +0000

Tagged!, originally uploaded by vedd.

As title says, I was tagged by my good buddy Daniel. And following the tag, this is the 5th picture from my 5th folder. Off course the 5th one is one of bracketed exposures so in doing so, I am obliged to apply tone mapped HDR for it.

Tanjung Harapan (Cape of Hope) is located near the Northport in Port Klang.

And yes this is also taken last year while visiting this place with Daniel.

So there you go!

Tech Specs: Tone mapped HDR from 12 exposures. 9 exposures for the overall scene and 3 exposures were taken to expose just the sun. Also digitally blended with 1 exposure from the originals using smart objects.

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What's up there Dad?

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:37:00 +0000

What's up there Dad?, originally uploaded by vedd.

Meet my son. He's a little over 2 years old now and almost everything interest him. In this case he's fascinated by the flash light bounced to the ceiling.

My photography outing is kinda limited these days, the haze is just bad. It rained quite often and often enough is not adequate to flush the haze out..

Tech Spec: Nothing fancy just a single 430EX bounced to the ceiling. No HDR, no DRI.

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Reaching for the sky

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:44:00 +0000

Reaching for the sky, originally uploaded by vedd.

Another view of the Petronas Twin Towers. Taken while Rajesh was on brief trip to KL. Ariffin was there too!

Have I told you that I love my angle finder? Yes I love it very much - wouldn't leave home without it! Really opens up a new perspective :D

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Some inside info about this image, this is a 9 exposure HDR but processed twice. The first HDR process was done using Auto White Balance and the same RAW files were reprocessed again but this time, the white balance was changed to tungsten - to get the blue hues, obviously. The two image then blended together - the tungsten was used on the towers itself and the night sky.

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Beam me up!

noreply@blogger.com (vedd) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:56:00 +0000

Beam me up!, originally uploaded by vedd.

The aliens have come! Well actually no, this is the entrance to Tower 1 at the Petronas Twin Towers. Shot during Rajesh very, very short stay in KL. Ariffin was there too! For a more exaggerated view using fisheye, check out Ariffin's stream!

Tech Details: 9 exposure HDR. No blending, just straight old HDR processing.

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