Nov 28, 2010

Hermanus, the Whale Town (4 July 2010)

sunset on the way back to Cape TownHermanus, a small cozy town, just 3 hours drive from Cape Town is famous as the whale town. You can actually spot the whales from the shore flipping their tails and spitting water in the air. We decided to drive down to Hermanus during our 5 days stay in Cape Town while enroute to Gansbaai sending Adri for her shark cage diving. Me and May decided not to go as it was slightly costly for us as we had spend quite...

Nov 27, 2010

Colours of Autumn in Benmore Botanic Garden

floor of autumn leavesI always love the autumn colours with her bright yellow, red and orange colours. The temperature will be just nice for a stroll in the park during autumn to admire the colours of nature. Somehow, autumn always give me a feeling of romantic and laid back feeling. And it is always one season that I love most while many Malaysians would argue that they would like to experience winter the most.A day trip to the Benmore Botanic Garden...

Nov 20, 2010

All about Lighting

How do you define a good photo? Super blue sky? Razor sharp image? A soft bokeh? Capturing the best moment?Sometimes when the lighting, the colour of the subject or the background are not too good, it's usually then that I will take the shot in monochrome. Somehow, black and white photos give me a feeling of nostalgic, old but classic. And guess what, the best shot that I took while I was holidaying in HK was a monochrome shot of the Buddha's face...

Nov 15, 2010

Isle of Skye

My favourite. Mount QuiraingThere must be a solid reason why I keep raving about Scotland and how beautiful the place is. In my opinion, if you are planning for a visit to the UK for some countryside scenary, put Scotland as the main priority. And if there's only one place you can go for scenary, go to Isle of Skye, the island is stunningly beautiful and almost a ripped off from the movie Lord of the Rings. I remembered a friend once told me that...