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Taken during last year's 50mm challenge, touring Kg. Ayer. An upcoming competition will be on soon at BruneiForever forum. Join up, take part, win fantabulous prizes.
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I can't believe I have not featured this shot here... Taken way back last September...
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Happy Chinese New Year to everyone's that are celebrating. I hope the year of the Ox brings much happiness and prosperity to you and yours.
I haven't actually shot this shot at this year's CNY Eve, as I have not been active in shooting in quite a while. I have been a bit sick recently, with last week or so being the hardest hit I've ever been in a while, as I literally couldn't function on one particular day that I broke down into a terrible fever that same night.
I haven't joined the forumites at our usual haunt as of late, as I've quit smoking, and rather not have the constant temptation blowing from all directions through the night. Furthermore, haven't really joined most of the organized outings too. I think it's just a phase, and I will shake out the cobwebs soon. Lining up model shoots, organizing outings for the officemates who have recently taken up photography, doing some paid jobs, and of course, the National Day celebrations is a call to arms to all the forumites to come down and do a show of force.
Soon, I'll be back into the swing of things, and there will be a lot more new shots posted up. At the mean time, I'll post up some random photos from before that have not been featured here, and I'll intersperse that with new photos as well. As the nature of my shoots recently is leaning towards the um... shoots of... a different variety, there's not a whole lot of motivation for me to post those shots here. But if you know me, you know I'll post em on my Flickr, as some have found out, and they just keep up to date on my postings there.
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And you use it, only for me...
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Didn't manage to find the smiley back on Monday, but at least I've taken this photo on the preceding Saturday. Anyway, watch this space. I'm starting to get an interest in astrophotography, so more cool stuff soon.
Labels: Landscape, Outing, Photography, Techniques - Long Exposure
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A light drizzle greeted us from our slumber last Sunday, which was to be our biggest trekking outing for the Forum members. Doubts were cast, wondering if the rain will persist the whole day, and if the weather would clear just about enough to permit us to go nature trekking up into the hills of Wasai Wong Kadir. A quick drive over to HSBC Jerudong, where the decision to go ahead or not was to be made; quick glances on all the faces to see if any disapproval to go ahead for the drive over to Labi, somehow, we all just loaded up into the transports, and a non verbal agreement was made to decide later after the drive over the the state borders.
After the drive down to Sungai Liang to meet up with the KB chapter of our forumites, the light rain still persisted. I proclaimed I'm going up regardless, and if everyone's still up for a trek in the rain, we go ahead; and anyone who decides against it can sit it out. Almost all were in for it, seeing we just had a long drive over, might as well. After a quick prayer, we set out slowly, meandering through the slippery trails, over branches, on slippery moss covered rocks, in the light rain, with the cool surrounding air the whole time we were there.
After a good 30 minutes trek, we were greeted by the cool water of the Wasai, and some of the Forumites decide to reward themselves with a dip. Hardly anyone could resist taking even dipping their feet into the cool morning water, and under the guise of 'taking a good composition for the photo', yours truly went with tripod in hand into the water to take a couple of photos.
It was worth it.
Labels: Landscape, Outing, Photography, Techniques - Long Exposure, Trek
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A family enjoys the sunset atmosphere at Gadong Market by the river.
Again taken with the 20 year old lens, 105mm f/2.5. Part and parcel why I chose to shoot Nikon was the extensive number of old lenses that can be mounted on new digital bodies. A heritage stretching back to the first of Nikon's SLRs, the F mount has not seen any radical changes over the years. At a minimum, any old lens, save a few exotic ones, can be mounted onto any later model cameras. While there's the Pentax K mount, which can still be mounted on later day model Pentax cameras, or Minolta lenses that can be mounted on the later day Minolta, and by extension, Sony DSLRs, there's no denying that Nikon lenses are still prized today as they were decades ago, so there's still a large market of used lenses still available, and the ease to find these gems are getting ridiculous, with the Internet connecting everyone, everywhere. I got this baby in fact from Malaysia, but any number of eBay shops still carry this.
So go out, go to your pawn shops, go check the display cases of your local camera store. They might have a gem in the rough.
Labels: Equipment, Outing, Photography
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I find that, in a pinch, my manual focus, Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 ais, does a wonderful job as a stand in for my 70-200mm. I think I'm beginning to get a hang of this lens, and seeing it's almost as tiny as my 50mm, I think it'll go along with me the next time I go to KL again. I'm planning on sitting in a corner of Bukit Bintang, snapping away, as I rarely got the chance to do so the last time I was in KL.
I've been pretty much out of sync with my shooting lately, and someone suggested going full on manual for the time being to root out the cobwebs outta my head. While I might not go full blown Hasselblad-ing Bukit Bintang, the wonderful clarity and sharpness of this 20 year old lens might just give my other lenses a bit of jealousy fit. I mean, with an optical formula dating back to 50 years, why mess with a good thing, right?
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A tourist takes in the views of KL with his camera while listening to the audio tour.
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Selenicereus grandiflorus.
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His Majesty Sultan Yang Dipertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam checks the guard of honor at the celebrations at the Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar 'Ali Saifuddien yesterday, 15th July 2008.
Daulat Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik!
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I'm gonna post just the photos I took from my first morning in KL which I did a bit of sightseeing, going around to KL Tower and the Petronas Twin Towers. Lovely people, lovely sights, lovely nightlife. In short, I had an awesome time shooting and exploring that city, which I can safely say, that never sleeps.
If you people know the reason I went there, you know how to get to my Flickr and check out the stuff I took. Definitely not gonna post it here.
Labels: Architecture, Documenting, Experiment, KL, Landscape, Outing, Photography, Trippin'
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This won me first prize for the local youth competition! And I'll be going to Singapore to the Asean + 3 Youth Festival representing Brunei with this photo! Awesome! Theme of the shoot for that day was Global Warming.
Caption: A monitor lizard inspects an intruder to his habitat.Description: The use of water bottles has exploded in recent years due to the convenience of having bottled water at the ready for daily use. Numerous companies in Brunei have wholeheartedly embraced this growth market and introduce their own brands of bottled water. The bottles are actually recyclable, but either due to public indifference, or ignorance, the water bottles are unceremoniously discarded. If it doesn?t pose a direct threat to wildlife, an indirect effect of that would be global warming due to the increasing use of hydrocarbons to produce the PET bottles; it has been noted that recycling plastic material amounts to a saving of more than 50% than producing the bottles from their source materials.
Top Shutterbugs Awarded In Photography Competition
By Adriana HAC
Bandar Seri Begawan - A prize presentation ceremony for winners of the recent photography competition which carried the theme 'Global Warming' was held yesterday at the Youth Centre in the capital.
The competition was organised by the Youth and Sports Department in cooperation with Brunei Darussalam Photographic Society.
Present as the guest of honour was Haji Mohd Zali bin Haji Arshad, the Assistant Head of Youth and Sports Officer.
The ceremony began with the recital of Surah alFatihah led by Ustaz Suprapto bin Komari followed by a brief speech from the Head Judge of the Brunei Darussalam Photographic Society, Haji Mohd Yusof bin bin Haji Mohd Yassin.
The top five winners were announced during the ceremony followed by the handing over of certificates of appreciation to all participants.
Mohd Khairul Nizam bin Haji Abd Rahman was adjudged as the winner while Mohammad Taufiq bin Yakub came second. In third place was Mohamad Mahadzir Iskandar bin Zakaria followed by Dyg Hazimah binti Abd Hamid and Haji Abdul Azim @ Haj Mu'az bin Haji Tujoh.
The winner will be representing Brunei Darussalam for the "ASEAN+3 Youth Festival Photography Competition" in Singapore from July 28 to Aug 3. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin
http://www.brudirect.com/DailyInfo/News/Archive/May08/280508/nite23.htm
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She's a representative from KK competing for the first time in the ISO category. Previously she competed in the Opie or Optimist class of boats, which were the tiny little one man boats. Even at her first competition, she bagged a respectable third place!
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More soon, with a full write up.
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More here: http://flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157604647293186/detail/
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His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Mateen takes a practice shot before the start of the game.
In what can be considered a spirited match, AM Gunners, led by His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Mateen fought to the last minute, going down to a 2-4 score against Sekolah Sukan. A very entertaining match, with a very entertaining crowd cheering on both teams, meant a very, very entertaining shooting experience despite the light downpour. Most of us braved the rain with plastic bags over our gear to get a good shot of the action. The weather cleared up for the second half, which saw a flurry of goals.
His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Mateen takes a shot, which levelled the score 1-1.
A group photo to end the night of charity. Final take from the ticket booths: $6551.70.
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Taken during the DST Women's Sports Day event at the Balapan last Sunday, which saw the Ministry of Finance team bagging second place overall. Good job team!
Good opportunity in getting to grips with my new TeleConverter. A stress test revealed it might not be able to keep up with fast sports, and I really need to do an AF Fine Tune to get the sharpest image possible. But I'll learn to work around the shortcomings and make it fit into my style of shooting.
More here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157604196607291/detail/
Labels: Local Events, Outing, Photography, Sports
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Man, Kuraman is like the Venus sculpture. It's beautiful overall, but looking at it closely reveals imperfections. I'd go back if not for the one hour long ride on a small boat. My whole body was sore from the boat ride, and I think I swallowed too much sea water that I'm still nursing my sore throat.
More pics here: http://flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157604118886244/detail/
Labels: Documenting, Landscape, Office, Outing, Photography, Trek, Trippin'
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A flag bearer stands infront of a giant Brunei flag that will be carried into the Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien at the start of the National Day celebration.
The reflection off of the flag sets the subject apart nicely out of the background.
Labels: Brunei National Day 2008, Local Events, News, Outing, Photography
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Couldn't get much focus blurred shots in, as the show ended abruptly. I was set up with a 70-200 at the outset, but once reality sets in, I had to run back to the car to get my 17-55. And focus blurring with the 17-55 is a real pain in the rear.
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Labels: Experiment, Local Events, Outing, Photography, Techniques - Focus Blurring
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A young lady waves a mini Brunei flag while taking part in the march past at the capital.
I thought last year's celebration was already huge in terms of the number of photogs descending upon the capital, but here we fielded our own platoon of shooters almost rivalling any other photography organization. Great show guys!
More images here: http://flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157603983554587/ with more to be featured here soon.
Labels: Brunei National Day 2008, Local Events, News, Outing, Photography
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More from the National Day 4x4 Mini Flag Distribution Ceremony and Procession here.
Labels: Brunei National Day 2008, Cars, Local Events, Outing, Photography, Social Awareness
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I don't know, but I think the whole thing seemed like a party for the shutterbugs! Lovely models, which were more than willing to strike a pose. Thanks guys for the invite. You can count on me to cover more of your events!
To the TESLians, please e-mail me for the link, as I have kept your photos in a private area of my Flickr account. E-mail me at nizam [no spaces] rahman [@t] gmail [dawt] com.
Labels: Experiment, Outing, Photography, Techniques - Panning, Techniques - Strobing
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Scenes from the National Day Rehearsal. Almost all the organization taking part have participated in this rehearsal, the last time before the real deal.
Had to compress it in, as the shops in the background was too 'bright'.
Reflecting on the day: It was good to see everyone fired up despite the cold weather.
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As always, more here.
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More images here.
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I've always liked those shots accompanying economics pieces at the economics section of Borneo Bulletin, blurs of people passing huge pieces of advertisement or billboards. I don't know why I like em though.
More from this day's outing here.
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More and more, the hiking bug is starting to bite, as images such as these warrants an hour or two hike up and down a beach, braving treacherous waves and small streams, for the chance to take that killer shot.
Story on the last two photos: I've been eyeing a spot along the inner area of Meragang Beach on Yahoo Maps/Flickr's Map facility, and when we got there, it was a disappointing marshy area, with the water completely hidden under the tall grass. Not being one to get disheartened so quickly, we set out to hike up along the beach, and to my surprise we found this area devoid of a crowd, where the river meets the seawater. I've completely forgot about it during the hike (the 3pm heat does fry the brain matter somewhat) but the discovery was at least the highlight of the trip. I might organize a camping trip there in the near future.
p/s: The last two shots were taken closest to Muara, on the west portion of the beach. You can check out the map here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157603849667047/map/. Click on the satellite link to see the map.
The set can be found here.
Labels: Outing, Photography, Trek
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She made the whole day that much better!
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Armed with Primes, single focal length lenses, we head down to the wet market nearby from our usual morning hangout to capture the colors of the place. While the downstairs area was lively as usual, the top floor was not as packed, even some stalls decided to close down because of the decrease in foot traffic.
Set is here.
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She's rather cute.
Battling it out on Guitar Hero III.
Brugamer.com crew showing off Rock Band to an appreciating crowd.
The had a huge screen projected with the images of the PES2008 multi-tap match, which was a huge crowd puller.
It was as if they were cheering for a real football game. The match ended with an upset of last year's winners, 5-0.
The unassuming winner of the Guitar Hero III tournament.
Many more pictures here.
Labels: Outing, Photography, Social Awareness, Techniques - Strobing
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Out in the distance I saw this old lady walking carefully, bare feet, on the slippery pathways of Kg. Ayer, walking along oblivious to my presence with her face hidden in her relatively huge umbrella. This small, old lady was heading to a Surau or Prayer Hall which I just passed a couple of metres behind me. We were about to reach an intersection at which point, 3 young lads were just coming home from a futsal game. She immediately stopped, which I thought was peculiar.
Turns out she was letting the three young lads pass beside her. I figured I didn't wanna keep her waiting there, so I immediately stepped aside to the intersection where the kids came from to let her through.
At that point, it was kind of humbling to see this little old, frail lady was performing her duty as a Muslim, and even made the effort to go for prayers at the Surau in the rain. I snapped a couple of pictures of that moment, to remind me of her.
Before setting off, I eyed her, just to make sure she reaches the sheltered pathway to the surau, so as to get her feet out of the slippery area.
Man she reminds me of my grandma way too much.
Labels: Documenting, Outing, Photography, Social Awareness
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Maybe I should start shooting in the rain more. I love the reflection off of the wooden pathways. Afterall, what's the use of a weather sealed body if you ain't gonna use it in the rain?
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More to come soon. Of other subject matters in and around Kg. Ayer.
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Heading home after our Meragang Outing two posts back. Employed Live View here, focusing manually.
Jim747 needs a fricking car wash, btw.
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Taken last year, with Jim747 in tow. I practically forced him to shoot here.
CPL stacked with ND grad in front to cut off the bright sunlight. Didn't cut it off completely though, too bad.
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Zombie attack!
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Kawaii desu~ She sang Whitney Houston's Will Always Love You song with her mom a short while after this. I was like awww~
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More pics at the Tungku Outing set.
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More pics coming soon.
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She was quite popular with the kids that day.
Face painting was also quite popular, with a constant stream of kids and adults coming in and out.
Human Foosball was also another attraction. This kid is way too cute to know what the hell's going on.
Cute kid.
Even though it's human foosball, the celebrations on a goal was almost like any other football game.
She was enthusiastic, and keep on going for the ball the whole game.
A little break in the action as the rain sets in.
Everyone was taking shelter.
Glad that I did. Found another model.
Well, it's not hard to get anyone to pose really.
But I rather like candids like this.
Well, unless they have a cute smile.
'They see me rollin', my stroller... Tryna catch me riding dirty...'
'Nobody knows it, but you've got a secret smile, and you use it, only for me...'
A whole lot of models waitin' in line. A great turn out by the bikers, taking the kids on a ride around Bandar.
The only time I wished I was still 10.
It's hard to be inconspicuous with a huge lens.
Riding off.
I thought this would be the last picture of the day. I went off for lunch shortly after this, but when I saw the Stormtroopers roaming around the place, I went back to my parking space, and paid for another hour of parking just to catch em.
It turns out, that this was in fact, the guy who went to the 501st Legion march during Macy's parade last year in New York. I was utterly and totally, geeked out at that moment.
The bikers having a go at the obstacle course.
They were really gunnin' for it.
And everyone was laughing all the way to the end, with their friends cheering them on.
There weren't any paddings at the other end of this drop.
Posing with the 'troopers.
As requested.
Met King there as well, his bike was among those lined up.
As the bikers were yelling out, "A White Tiger is coming through!"
More pics at the HSBC Charity Grand Prix set.
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Halt, who goes there!?
The set is still uploading. Patience.
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More to come.
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More here. Looks a tad underexposed... I'll post another processed on later.
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A stage actor adorned with make up and full on costume prepares for the stage show.
Looks like the transition is complete, well on the surface that is. All my links will point to the new site, and my old link will redirect itself to here. But all my older posts are still pointing to the old server and looks like I have to edit all the files individually to point to the new site so any visitors via Google will find the new site. I'm just anal when it comes to the little things really, so all these little nagging things, such as redirecting, dead links, and dead images are still at the back of my mind.
My biggest concern really is the Metal Gear Solid Codec Ringtone I've posted a while back, that has since become my most popular post. Since it looks like I can't redirect it automatically as easy as it was with the main index page, it seems that the ranking for this new site's Codec Ringtone is gonna start at the bottom now.
Anyway, everything I've designed has been translated 98% onto the final site, 2% of which is the little small problems, like dead images and in IE, those menu won't drop down at all. Oh, you're on IE? Go try Firefox or Opera or even the latest phones to check my site. It should either drop down, or gracefully downgrades to an accessible site without the layouting. My N80 can drop down the menu items. An iPhone could as well (that's for another story), I haven't tried on Linux systems or other obscure browsers, but if they're based on a good CSS compliant browser, it should drop down.
And oh. The biggest thing that led me to design this site as such? Now I can present a full 1024 px wide landscape images. Fun for your bandwidth.
The full gallery can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157602168306542/detail/
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Smoked Fish. Crispy Smoked Fish...
A small platoon of photographers descended onto the jam packed make shift stalls selling a cornucopia of food items, with every step of the way, a cacophonous din on peddlers busily hawking their items. Controlled chaos, with everything and everyone was primed to be photographed.
Present were myself, AnakBrunei, WithAku, RJ63, Airbiscuit, Nikonian (Chee), CPSBrunei, UcingItam, God's Gift and friends, Ranoadidas and Bandar360. I wonder if I left someone out?
Anyway, here's a lesson on how to make music out of your viewer's stomach, especially during the fasting month. Enjoy.
Onwards men! And uh, ladies!
Glorious, beautiful smoke and shadows.
Murtabaks at $3 for 2.
Whole Grilled Chickens, aptly dubbed, Ayam Golek.
Kebabs. This one looks deliciously tender.
Honey Grilled Chicken? Oh yum.
Merrily cutting along while listening to something, music perhaps.
Another satisfied customer.
Grilled items on display. Pieces of meat and chicken wings.
I'm flying without wings, as the song goes.
This place attracted me again and again, probably due to the smoke playing around with the sunshine, creating dancing silhouettes.
A long row of tents pitched up across the parking lot. 
Huge fritters.
This kinda makes me hungry at this point. 
Cutting up the pieces to be put into the pita. 
After an hour or so of hunting, the guys were ready to buy stuff for their own breaking of fast.
Puspa.
Posing while flipping the Pulut Panggangs. 
These were served with Peri-Peri sauced. Which are like sweet sweet chili.
Banana fritters, writhing in pain in the hot frying oil.
Apparently friends of Ucingitam.
After Sungkai shenanigans. Taken by either CPS or Airbiscuit. Strobist Info: Triggered Via CLS. Diffuser cap on..Labels: Food, Outing, Photography
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As we made our way to Kg. Tamoi Ujung on our walkabout on the narrow pathways meandering through Kg. Ayer, we see these rickshaw/tricycle type things left on the verandahs of certain houses. I wondered how would one traverse the narrow pathways with such bravado, when we met these ladies about to depart, going the other way we were heading in.
At first, they seemed reluctant to ride out, thinking that we were some tourists, carrying our huge cameras and lenses taking pictures of odd stuff. Japanese would be a bit of a stretch, maybe from Thailand or Burma perhaps. But after the old ladies, who are conveniently hiding away inside the house no less, egged them on to just go on ahead perhaps thinking that it'd make a good photo opportunity to the 'tourists', they rode off stifling their giggles.
So off they went pedalling away, keeping a perfect composure, while I burst as fast as the buffers could muster. Suddenly they went off on a junction, trying to hide off at the end of a pathway. Only after we moved on did they come out, peering out from the junction to make sure we were gone, giggling because they got to dodge us.
Here's the sequence of shots that I got. If there are shots like these everytime I make these outings to Kg. Ayer again, I can say these would make perfect highlights to my excursions there.
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Went on a low tide outing with Ripin around the Kg. Ayer area heading to Tamoi Ujung. Really needed the workout. More to follow.
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After being chased away by some rent-a-cops, we decided to make do with a shoot beside the Brunei river, what with ready made umbrella's at our disposal.
Strobist Info: One SB-24 fired into a large umbrella like structure from up top, held by Jim747, firing at 1/8, and one SB-600 firing direct at 1/64. Gelled for Tungsten, but decided to go with black and white.
More to follow soon.
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Game ended Divas 25, Pasadena 13; even after a valiant effort from the Pasadena side.
More here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600888971176/detail/
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Cthulhu is a fictional monster created by horror author H. P. Lovecraft, and is one of Lovecraft's Great Old Ones. It is often cited for the extreme descriptions given of its appearance, size, and the abject terror that it invokes. Because of this reputation, Cthulhu is often referred to in sci-fi and fantasy circles as a tongue-in-cheek shorthand for extreme horror or evil.
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Had an outing with the lads for the fireworks. In attendance were Jim747, Airbiscuit, Artyeo and his wife, some two old cool dudes, and CPS and Ber off somewhere taking a different vantage point. Where were we located? I scouted a jetty the day before for our shoot, and sure enough, the two old dudes were there first. We first tried my second location, which was on top of a ridiculously high concrete bridge but found our shots ruined due to the tungsten lamps in our shooting line of sight. Went back to the jetty, joining the other older dudes there, and set up our equipment. With remote cords in hand, cameras mounted on tripods, we were set. I intended to get some focus blur effect but only had a rough idea on how to do it. In the end, I tried makig lots of experimentations to get the timing right just to get a decent image. In all, I succeeded in taking a couple of cool focus blurred shots, which means, for me, it's a great outing.
More here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600863847629/detail/
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Daulat Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik!
DAULAT!
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600862080332/detail/
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While talking about camera stuff on our Jing Chew session, a family consisting of an elderly couple and someone that looks like their granddaughter took a table next to ours. The man had an elaborate tattoo which I couldn't keep my eyes away of, and I was surprised that he made small talk to me, which I happily obliged to.
The woman told a story how the tattoo got there, which just piqued my interest some more. It's rare to see an elderly man to have a nice tattoo such as that, it's even rarer to see it on a Bruneian, which made me get up the courage to ask for a photo as I found the story quite remarkable. He agreed, but without a shot of his face.
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After a tipoff in the forums about a Capoeira showcase at ICC, we all grabbed a chance in capturing this unique event. Graced by the guest of honor, His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the event saw a packed hall mainly curious about the art of Capoeira. By the end of the event, the crowd was thrilled by acrobatic skills of the performers that night.
I arrived way too early, but that ensured I get good parking, but mostly to check the light levels that's available to me. Worked good without flash, but I made sure to ask the performer regarding flash use. While ok for the most part, he told us it's better not to have the flashes going off during his acrobatic moves. Which for the most part was ok, as I had a good ambient light reading anyway. Above, you can see how it was without no flash, taken during their last minute preparation.
Set the White Balance to Tungsten, and gel my flash for that, and for the most part, the shots looked great, considering I didn't have my monopod.
More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600613766502/detail/
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During noon, we took a breather from the ongoing netball games and went for lunch. Passed by HSBC Serusop, where they had the HSBC Funday going on. After we filled our stomachs, we filled our SD cards.
Somehow, I find that guy's T-Shirt ironic... :)
Some more here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600598761171/detail/
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After having a rough day the day before, it's good to know that a brief stint of photography outing can restore the cheer in me. Wasn't really looking forward to it considering, but it turned out great for me, and I get to practice before an actual event that's coming up, and I get to practice some Strobist techniques.
While I can't replicate some of the techniques I've read up on Strobist, as there was no overhang behind the net, and sticking it clost to mid court was impossible as well due to the heavy traffic of people and the refs officiating the game. There was only one or two metres clearance from the sideline to the walls, so space was limited. Improvise? There's a ledge right near the net area to one side which extends to a doorway which was not used, and as it was right in the corner, I know I won't block the view of the spectators. You can see it in my second shot. I aimed it at around the middle of the half court on a tripod, so the light would be evenly spread from the net at its nearest end, and will at least tickle the light above ambient on the other end.
The other strobe was on the light stand as far away from the action as possible right at the corner. This pointed at the same area as well. Was triggering with my G.I. remotes, but intermittently, the flashes will not fire. This could be time to replace the batteries in the receivers, and also I would need to mod the receivers so it can fire at a higher percentage when I'm at the other end of the court.
Free movement around the court, and armed with f/2.8s, ISO800, I got quite good results. Grainy as heck, but it looks oh so crisp and detailed. I might go and do some aggressive NR with these pics in the future. Here's a selection of pictures in portrait form. Some more pics can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600598016375/detail/.
b.mobile were the champions for the day! The final game was rather exciting and nail biting, but they hold off the BIBD team when they mounted a comeback. b.mobile came away with a close scoreline.
The champs having a photo with the guest of honour.
The runners up having a photo with the guest of honour.
More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600598016375/detail/.
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Full set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600548890065/detail/
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More will be processed soon. Hopefully most pictures will be up tomorrow.
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The major food groups are well represented here.
The Chef's at work, and testing the effects of the Circular Polarizer on reflections. Mid: Max Effect, Right: Least Effect.
Sunglasses...
And more sunglasses, and cheating Macro from 1.5 metres away.
AWWW!!!
Kids having fun with the sand.
Love it when the technique goes right.
Bam! Bam! Bammm!
Set is at: http://flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600476537629/detail/
Don't forget the first pic; here: http://www.stupidlogic.com/2007/06/beach-barbecue.html
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Oh hi, I killed your bandwidth again.
She easily found parking, on a frickin Saturday no less!
Haha somehow we all think this is kinda hilarious.
Negative and positive space.
Onwards, men!
Most of the photogs are in this shot.
Header silhouette, ala She-Shoots, anyone?
Obligatory Mall in the river shot.
Obligatory shooting people shooting shot.
Scrumtulicious, Golden Hour lighting.
Emmm... Fish and carbon...
The famous Honey Flavoured Banana Fritters, or Cucur Pisang Madu.
I love this shot for some reason.
Imagine, this is around Chill, so I was getting some weird looks from the patrons.
NekDonalds?
Yamaha Bike Girls.
And another shot.
Precious.
To top it off, barbecue at Mr. Syaf's house!
Awesome night. Awesome night.
Set is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600477260574/detail/
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Strobist Info: One SB800 triggered from about arms length from camera left and slightly above. Triggered with CLS (someone borrowed my GI Triggers). I think this was triggered at full power to over power the ambient while at my max sync speed of 1/200. Diffuser was on.
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Didn't have a lot of time to shoot the Go Karts and Scooters racing, as they only had the time trials on the morning session, and had to go by 11am to Empire Cinema for our rendezvous point for the wedding in Tutong. Present there was RJ63, Airbiscuit, Jim747, Rezafaizal, Aku and aku... as in me.
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The article is here:
http://www.dst-group.com/simpur/photogallery/competitions/drive/index.htm.
And my post was posted here:
http://www.stupidlogic.com/2007/06/night-crawling.html.
What a small world afterall!
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Rano interviewing the emcees for the night.
Zul F had a great performance that night.
Even these lads did. The Claws was it?
Ah, yummy Adinda.
Gyrating.
Writhing.
Whirling.
And general tomfoolery kinda made up for the night.
Jim... Rim lighting plus flash! Haha!
Direct head on flash nuking.
Emm... Burnt food...
Present were Ranoadidas, Airbiscuit, Nikonian, Jim747. Ucingitam and Bandar360 we met afterwards.
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Present were Jim747, Airbiscuit, Ucingitam and Zadm. Laughing like kids we were. Everyone likes fireworks. Taken at Damuan.
The rest are here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600341548579
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Trying to do the Photojournalism type of shot here. The "Blurred people passing infront of the interest piece" type of thing.
Jim747 and Zadm, as they were walking from the general Istana Area towards Bandar.
The Photogs after a long day. Battered and bruised.
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The set is at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600334533356/
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I've basically put up this post especially for these two ladies. I saw them at the Royal Regalia junction waiting for the procession to start, around 10.30 am. Trouble was, their flight was at 12.20pm and they needed to be at the airport at 11.00am and they definitely gonna miss it. So I told them they could catch the pictures here. If you ladies are reading this, definitely leave a comment, ok?
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EDIT: Forgot about Ucingitam.
EDIT2: Dammit. Forgot one more. G-Ferro has a nice shot of most of the photogs.
Sexy, no? The legendary 85mm f/1.4.
Man, I missed going wide like this ever since selling my 18-135mm kit lens.
Strobing from across the road. Man, that little bugger can put out a lot of power.
Tried to do something here, but didn't want to put up a stand, because cars were buzzing by. So left the SB800, tried some shots, didn't like it, and ran back while my friend was looking after the camera. Immediately as I ran, the strobe came a-flashin' and that almost disoriented me. Turned out he took this shot. Looks cool.
The who's who of wedding photography. I love the skies in this one.
Was aiming to strobe the bins, and wasn't even chimping my light levels yet, and then this kid just run up and threw something in. So I just took the shot anyway, knowing full well I was shooting in RAW and can adjust the exposure later on. Adjusted it -1 EV.
Whee. Lemon Tea.
Didn't have the space to switch to my 80-200 so I just used the 17-55.
Kinda, hot. The soup I mean.
Long throw hard light as she was quite a ways away. Was using the 80-200 at this point.
Taken by Jim747.
Tried some long throw hard lights here, but it wasn't looking well. So I just fired off a couple of shots without it and this looked the best. I love how the light column come from the top.
Tried a couple of shots for this, chimping the strobe down until I get it just right. This was straight on long throw hard light, but turned out great in lighting the whole frame.
I was a long way away, and tried lighting the guys up as I walked behind them against the lightshows, this came out a tad right, still a silhouette but bringing up the details in the sleeves and collars.
Had one more go in lighting up the whole thing. The flash was on camera, so it was coming from the left as you can see.
I thought I set it at Rear Curtain Flash, but hey, it looked kinda great anyhow. Reduced the exposure by -1 EV. Initially it lit up the road and the car, and the reflective sticker was really overblown.
The set is at http://flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600328220825/
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That's me taken from a Night Vision Camera. Taken during a lull during the Bridex Showcase.
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A Merlin I think.
Look closely, You can see silhouette of a man, running towards the back.
Set the camera on the widest setting on long exposure and just strobe the whole length of the chopper at around 1/8th power I think.
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His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam at the Bridex 2007 Showcase at the International Convention Center at Berakas on the 31st of May 2007, celebrating the 46th Anniversary of Angkatan Bersenjata Di Raja Brunei.
Low quality picture. High quality available upon request.
Strobist info: Hand held SB800 triggered with V2 Cactus Triggers, from upper left.
Thanks to Ranoadidas for the invite. Present were Jim747, Airbiscuit, RJ63, Zadm, Bandar360 and our long time missing compadre Bruneiforever. Also met Yee Man (thanks for the pin. It's awesome in its cuteness) and Reza Faizal.
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A nice and bright sunrise greets the walkers for the morning event, even though there were clouds looming, everyone managed to avoid the midday downpour which ensued a few hours later.
An occasion worthy to drag your friends out of bed of, almost everyone that day didn't walk alone, that in itself is pretty symbolic if you think about it.
There was some fair time to wait for others to arrive, so why not look around and see who you recognize.
English Premiership clubs has a managerie of teams that sports the colour red as their kits, so no wonder a lot of team club shirts were worn that day.
Some forego reasonable logic, and go all out to show their support, wearing an oversized Red Ribbon for the walk. Others opted for a smaller one handed out by the organizers.
Fitness Zone instructors out to show their support for the event as well, warming up those bodies from the inherent cool air surrounding the field.
Even a auntie warmed up quickly, replete in her Red tudong.
As well as government officials showing their support for the event.
Almost time to release the walkers.
Another one sporting a jersey of their favourite team.
I love this shot for no apparent reason.
A local DJ Zura from Pelangi FM. Which shoots Nikon D70. Also known in the blogging scene as Violet of Violet and Blue.
I don't know her, but I'd like to get to know her.
As always, the ever knowing Rano from Ranoadidas was there.
Excerpt from Liyana's blog: "There are 18 people living with HIV/AIDS in Brunei, 30+ reported cases. What do you know about HIV/AIDS? What does your child, your teenager or your neighbour know about it? Everyone is at risk. Everyone."
This is Liyana by the way. "There is a large proportion of young people who are not concerned about being infected with HIV. A multifaceted approach to HIV/AIDS is prevention. Individuals, peers, families and schools should be more supportive in reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Brunei's small population."
Taken from outside the bus, in.
EDIT: Ness from http://anneesa.wordpress.com with the Tudong, and DJ Honey aka StrictlyBeautiful, apparently in the middle of an engaging story.
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Of course the head honcho, Anakbrunei.
Adorable.
A person who likes Aviators is cool by me.
Rosie from http://emma29.wordpress.com/. EDIT: Amy on the left, and Maurina from Maurina's Turquoise and Roses. EDIT: Amy is from Prozac Nation.
70-200mm f/2.8 VR with special guest appearance of the Nikon D200, lovingly in the hands of Airbiscuit from RE:Locate.
The bubbly Liyana was a delight.
Sorry auntie, your picture is last.
To all the bloggers who have their pictures featured here, please do comment so I can put you up in this post.
You can read up more on the Brunei Darussalam's Aids Council on their website.
EDIT: The rest of the pictures are here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600274558231/
EDIT2: Added some more links identifying some more of the bloggers.
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Only me and AirBiscuit from our contingent covered the games. But of course, Rano was there.
Edit: The Set is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600212529372/
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Theses bikes are air brushed by a company called Garage Artz out of Menglait, Gadong. Some more images of the bikes are at http://flickr.com/photos/garageartz. Check 'em out.
The set is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600210415642/
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Gentleman... Start your engines!
Preng, preng, preeennnggg!!
Hehe, cute...
Panning shot experiment.
I love the reflection so much that I had to crop it down in the last two pics.
Working in the pit.
Brake assembly.
Another experiment.
Must be Ferrari Go-Kart.
Masked Rider #1!
Masked Rider #2!
The set is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600186428770/
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Black Arrows Pitcher at the 8:00 game.
Some mind games were going on.
The lovely Umpress? Or is that Umpiress?
Strangely, bunting was an acceptable strategy.
After the Wildcats seen one too many protests goes in favor of the Go Divas! team, they went ahead and forfeited the game. This is the Go Divas! at their unique winning celebration.
At the end, it was all smiles for the camera.
The 11:00 game with the QD Vixens at bat against the Comets.
An adjacent game. The name escapes me at the moment.
Lots of cringing moments. Just imagine a stray ball heading for your lens!
In the shade, with the shades.
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I had to make do with what we've got, so I set up my umbrella, loaded batteries into the loaned SB800 from airbiscuit and worked the Nikon CLS (Creative Lighting System) magic.
Thanks Strobist!
Wanted to emulate the first shot, getting the rim light not so bright on the child, but this child was kinda fidgety and they were about to pack up the telescope anyway. So I did what I had to do, burst everything and be done with it.
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The map of the Five Hills Challenge. I wore this same t-shirt for the day.
Donations from DST and KRISTAL-ASTRO.
Leading the warm up session.
Leading the climb.
They actually thought I was from Borneo Bulletin and their picture would come out in today's paper.
First hill, tackled!
Our representative from the Shutterbugs contingent, Mr. Aku.
Back from the first hill climb. On to the next.
Skipping to Mentiri, the runners are checking the route for the fourth hill climb.
Registering in before starting the climb.
Leading the charge on the fourth hill.
Taking a group pic before starting out on the Shahbandar climb.
Ministry of Finance contingent.
Final approach.
A job well done.
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From 0800 to 1200.
Sunburnt, but was satisfied with the results myself. Went through Damuan, up to the bridge crossing to the "Makam Di Luba" and ended up at around the Sengkurong area where the monkeys were plentiful.
Shot some river scenes as well, and I really liked the colors that turned out in those shots.
These will kill your bandwidth... Please be patient.
And my best shot of the day... Have to be experienced with the large size...
The full set is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600044700278/
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I can access all my pictures!
I should back up when I get home!
Here, have some picture!
Notice the last picture is a direct rip-off from my friend, Pixels-n-Grains?
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After taking all these pictures, I went ahead and backed up my 2GB SD card to my Photomate, this handy device that has memory card slots and a hard drive built in so I can just backup my cards in action. It took 30 minutes for it to back up the whole card, and the device felt hot to the touch as well. Had my reservations about the heat, but thought nothing of it.
When I was heading home, I had the niggling feeling that I should check my hard drive as soon as possible, so when I got home, I did, and to my horror, all my backed up photos, totaling around 7000ish couldn't be accessed. Oh the horror. I had some backups of earlier stuff I took before I got the 80-200mm, and had some DVDs I passed to other people, so I could recover some of them back, so that's my agenda for the next few weeks.
My immediate concern was to recover some images from the 2GB, and thank god I still had the program Recover My Files to recover the areas on the card that I haven't written to. So if you see images named Recovered_JPEG Digital Camera_XX, yes, those are recovered images. And they still have their EXIF data. Phew.
The next day, my friend's wedding at KB, and that was the first time I drove my Civic outside State limits, but for all intents and purposes, the car performed admirably. Took some pictures, jostling with some guy with a D200 and some dudes with Canons.
After coming back to Brunei, went ahead to go to Gadong, and saw a little commotion going on at the mall. Immediately remembered that UcingItam is doing a shoot for the Kristal Kids Idol, so went ahead and got my Off Trail out. Had my Nintendo DS clamped onto the belt, so I figured it wont drop off so I merrily walked from EGM towards the mall. Upon reaching the mall, felt back and reached for my DS, and to my horror, again, I lost the damn thing. I felt numb. Seriously. Went around Gadong looking for it, praying no car would run the sweet thing over, but can't even find it.
I feel so hollow right now.
Crawling in my skin~
These wounds, they will not heal~
The set is at: http://flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157594559506042/
Labels: Brunei National Day 2007, Outing, Photography
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Along with Bruneian, and Ber, I met the others who make up the local photography blogosphere for a light rainy day's shooting of the simple ceremony to raise the National Flag.
RezaFaizal has captured most of the guys that was in our little group yesterday, while KantaLensa brought his compadre along, Zul273, also met Puzian and UcingItam, and also Reeda at the after-shoot at Jing Chew. RezaFaizal also managed to capture Sufri and his lovely companion. Now that's what I call one heart, one love.
Of course me and Bruneian brought out the monopods for the day. Even though we got stares from the other photographers, but it was awesome shooting with a stable platform. Even then, my right arm was tired 3/4ths in. Too much clicking methinks.
The set is here: http://flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157594531182253/
Off Trail 2:
SlingShot 200AW:
Got to test out my new gear as well, my new Lowepro Off Trail 2. It was either this, or the SlingShot 200AW which I have been drooling over for so long. After careful perusing, I decided on the Off Trail 2 because all I needed was a top loader, and more importanly, a top loader that can fit my D80 + 80-200mm f/2.8 attached. The SlingShot can only manage to fit a medium zoom lens, if at all. My Mini Trekker would've gotten in the way yesterday, so in all honesty, the Off Trail performed wonderfully.
Labels: Outing, Photography
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