Macro Fox

Another outing last Sunday supposedly the theme was Macro. We arrived at Tasek Lama around almost 10am after the usual Jien Chiew session. The shutterbugs in attendance were the regulars JC patrons, airbiscuit, hjzul, nikonian, anakbrunei, aku, ber , puzian and ucingitam. It was quite late actually to do Macro since the day is getting hotter and I had the thought the bug world had already packed and left for lunch. Instead of getting busy with macro, my attention was diverted to the rock climbing area. The Brunei Sport Climbing Federation was doing a rock climbing, abseiling and flying fox activities. I could not resist taking pictures of these daring activities especially the flying fox. There were few familiar faces among them. So the day started as macro outing did not turn out that good. I saw lots of dragonfly and ants which I already have in my collection of macro pictures. Most of my successful macro shots I took from my own garden but when outside my chances are pretty slim. I will definitely do another macro outing maybe early. Here are some pictures from sunday outing and not one is macro.

The Launch Pad

"How is it hanging?"



"This rope for this, and ohh more ropes, now where is the release button?



"Im goin down, Im goin down"



"Don't look down, don't you dare look down"



"Lost and Found"

23rd National Day 2007 Series: The Wonderful Colours of National Day Part 2

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23rd National Day 2007 Series: The Wonderful Colours of National Day Part 1

23rd National Day 2007 Series: Young and Old Unite

Happy 23rd National Day

Iltizam Memperkasa Keupayaan Bangsa
Commitment Towards Empowering The Nation's Capabilities

Happy 23rd National Day to all Bruneians living in Brunei and abroad. I will be going to BSB to capture this glorious moments. If you happen to be in BSB tomorrow, either as a participant or spectators, watch out for us shutterbugs, wave to us if you want to take pictures, we will be on the lookout.

Happy Chinese New Year - Gong Xi Fa Cai

I went down to BSB around 6 am to see the Chinese New Year celebration assuming that Bruneian, Anakbrunei and Ucingitam will be there too. I had to wait about two hours, went to check Jien Chiew but it was closed. I finally decided to stop by at Ignatius Stephen's cafe for breakfast. This was my first outing, a solo outing, after two weeks absence from the group and my first for Chinese New Year. When I arrived at the scene, I was not alone. They were scores of shutterbugs with big zoom lens, some I recognised, whom one of them was my wedding photographer three years ago. One shutterbug I spotted was holding a Hasselblad, a medium format camera. Now what happened when there were lots of us in one area? Everyone wants to take this angle, this shot and I tried my best to avoid that. Imagine this during a bigger event like the upcoming National Day. Anyway I will post up more pics in my slideshow in the next entry. Happy Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai !!

BSB's Landscape at Sunset

Second stop was at this unfamiliar place for me, my first time. We all owe David Cheok for bringing us up here. We had to climb up this steep hill and it was an opportunity not to be missed. The view was breathtaking, climbing up was also breathtaking. How I wish I had a better tripod, I would have taken more beautiful sunset shots.

Kiulap and Gadong

Jame Mosque and the surroundings

Istana Nurul Iman

The majestic clouds

My first capture of sunset from the Subok hill overlooking BSB. There is a squid-looking cloud right in the middle and warm glow of the sky above.

Second Outing

I had my second outing last Wednesday with Anakbrunei, Gferro, David Cheok and Bruneian. We toured around parts of BSB which started off from Yayasan, then to Masjid SOAS, Tamu Kianggeh and Tambing.

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First Outing Pt 1

I had my first outing with Anakbrunei, Bruneian and Kantalensa, we went to Tamu Kianggeh and the Street Bazaar. I enjoyed very much, the best part is learning and getting tips from them. These are series of my pics taken, please care to comment.