Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar, Besut – Part 2

I have to admit that I was not so happy with the result I have got when I first shot sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar a couple of days ago. Perhaps the lighting at that time was not so flattering and I arrived there a little late.  Two days later I went there again much earlier with the hope that I could bag different and hopefully better pictures.  Here goes….

Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar – Part 2

Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar – Part 2

Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar – Part 2

Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar – Part 2

This time I think the lighting is better as the colour is richer and the cloud more dramatic.

I would appreciate your comment and opinion which one is preferred.

Thank you in advance.

Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar, Besut, Terengganu

Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar, Besut, Terengganu.

Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar, Besut

Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar, Besut

Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar, Besut

Sunrise at Pantai Air Tawar, Besut

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Sunrise in Kuala Besut

Fishing boats are silhouetted against the orange and blue sunrise sky at the mouth of the Besut River in Kuala Besut

The silhouette of a fishing boat against the sunrise glorious sky in Kuala Besut

The sun is rising

Kuala Besut fishing village at the magic hour

Beautiful lighting

Contrasty lighting

Petronas Twin Towers revisited

It has been more than 3 years since I last shot the majestic Petronas Twin Towers.  Although the Twin Towers have been shot to death they still attract many photographers who try to capture them from any unique angle or at any specific time when the lighting is different and unique from others.  It is not an easy job capturing something that has become subject to various other photographers.

I decided to photograph the Twin Towers last Saturday.  I drove there very early in the morning just after “sahur” and subuh prayer.  It was still dark before 7.00 am and at 7.00am I had my first shot taking advantage of the dramatic deep blue sky at the crack of dawn.  Thank God the weather was fine which resulted in very beautiful lighting without being covered by thick cloud.  The nice lighting excited me and I spared no time to take advantage of it before it went away.

It is also a good opportunity to add to my collection of photographs to the image bank at which I park my photos for sale.  You can browse my photos for sale at acclaimimages.com here.

Enjoy the pictures!

The Asy-Syakirin Mosque and the Petronas Twin Towers in the background at dawn

The Asy-Syakirin Mosque with the moon

The Twin Towers framed by foliage which is plentiful around Kuala Lumpur City Centre compound

Someone was admiring the majestic Twin Towers

The Petronas Twin Towers and The Menara Maxis

The Twin Towers with its surrounding buildings including Suria KLCC Shopping Complex at its base

The Twin Towers Touching the Moon

The reflection obtained from the nearby pool

And the parting shot is back to where it started - The Asy-Syakirin Mosque

Some interesting facts about Petronas Twin Towers:

• Combined the towers have 1,000,000m2 of floor space;
• At the 41st and 42nd level a skybridge connects the two towers 170m/558f above the ground.
  This bridge is 58.4m/192f long, weighs 750 tons and is open for the public since the end of 2000.
  The entrance is free (closed on Monday!), but only a limited amount of timed tickets (800) is given out each day. Chances are you will have to wait in line quite a while, before you get such a free ticket;
  and you’re only allowed on the bridge for a mere 10 minutes. Worth it?
  Maybe, but instead a visit to the observatory of Menara Kuala Lumpur is much more interesting,
  though there is an entrance fee there (of RM15);
• The towers have 32.000 windows;
• The building costs were US $ 1,2 billion;
• The towers were designed to symbolise strength and grace using geometric principles typified in Islamic architecture;
• Without pinnacle the buildings are ‘only’ 378m/1,240f tall;
• The towers are part of the 100-acre KLCC Development. Other components of the development include the Suria KLCC, a six-story, 93,000 square feet shopping centre (with 270 specialty shops, cinema’s and a food arcade), Menara Maxis, Menara Esso, the 20-hectare KLCC Park, a 6,000 capacity Surau, the District Cooling Centres to provide air conditioning and infrastructure works within the vicinity. The whole complex was built on a former horse-racing track;
• The towers’ complex includes an art gallery, an 840-seat concert hall, and an underground parking lot;
• The main occupant of the buildings is Petronas, the national oil-company;
• Though completed in 1998, the buildings were officially opened on August 28th, 1999;
• Each tower contains 80,000 m3 of concrete in strengths up to Grade 80, almost 11,000 tonnes of reinforcement, and 7,500 tonnes of structural steel beams and trusses.
• When standing in front of the building and looking towards the entrance, like seen on the picture above on the left (kl015), tower 2 is the building on the left, and tower 1 is the building on the right.

My all-time best 24 pictures

Bazuki first suggested this when I first met him after his photo talk at UPM way back in 2004 if my memory serves me perfectly. At that time Bazuki was not as glamourous and widely-known as now. Photography then was still the hobby of the esoteric and digital photography especially in DSLR department was still at its infancy. In fact DSLR was beyond most people’s wallet.

Bazuki suggested that we always maintain our all-time best 12 photos. “The collection should not necessarily be 12 but somewhere around that number” he said. And it could act as a motivator and even a challenge to us to keep producing better photos than those already in our collection of the best 12. It made perfect sense to me and I thought why didn’t I give it a try and see how it worked.

It works for me and believe me, it is fun. At least I can show anybody that, these are my 24 all-time best photos (best to my eyes and based solely on my judgment – they are all my own pictures anyway).

It was actually not easy to start. I had hard time to choose which photos were good ones which people could at least consider it presentable among a few hundreds in my collection at that time. I started with my best 12 as recommended but subsequently expanded to 24 photos as of now.

I am pleased to present my all-time best 24 photos in no particular order as below and hope you enjoy viewing it. Feedbacks are welcome.

Pic #1 | Stack of Colours

Pic #2 | My Little Son

Pic #3 | Tranquil Morning

Pic #4 | The Putra Mosque By The Lake

Pic #5 | The Putra Mosque In The Frame

Pic #6 | Polka Dot Steps

Pic #7 | The Federal Territory Mosque

Pic #8 | Lady Enjoying Nature

Pic #9 | Welcome To Kuala Lumpur

Pic #10 | Kuala Besut In The Morning

Pic #11 | The Petronas Twin Towers In The Frame

Pic #12 | The Dayabumi Complex

Pic #13 | ShoppingFor Headscarves

Pic #14 | Red, Yellow & Blue

Pic #15 | Bukit Belacan

Pic #16 | Bride Mannequin

Pic #17 | An Angler Family

Pic #18 | Air Asia Stewardess

Pic #19 | A Lone Water Lily

Pic #20 | Masjid Abidin

Pic #21 | Jalur Gemilang In Water Drops

Pic #22 | Fully Symmetrical

Pic #23 | Fish Silhouette

Pic #24 | The Putra Mosque At Sunset

Silhouette

Photographers, amateurs and pro alike, never fail to be amazed by silhouette.

Silhouette is a wonderful way to tell story, convey drama, capture beauty, evoke a sense of mystery and it is also used to express your mood, feelings and emotion to the viewers.

Silhouette has been a successful formula for professional photographers and photojournalist – sport photographers, war photographers, wedding photographers – you name it they have it.

Like other photographers I can’t help loving it and will try to capture it whenever appropriate and whenever the light and subject match each other to form a silhouette.

Wikipedia has intesresting definition of silhouette which touches on not only photography but a wider scope of application like in art, painting, graphic design and journalism.

Wikipedia has even gone extra mile by providing a gallery of silhouette photographs taken by various photographers for your viewing pleasure here.

Silhouette of a family who enjoyed a common pastime – fishing. They were fishing on the river bank of the Besut River in Kuala Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia.

Silhouette and shadows of fish in a giant tank in Aquaria, KLCC.

Sunrise in Kuala Besut

A “mandatory” shot in any wedding shots. Silhouette of a newly wed couples kissing.

The Putra Mosque at sunset.

The Kuala Lumpur Tower framed by an arch of The Dayabumi Complex.