Pre-Launch of Nikon D700

Went to the special invitation on the pre-launch of Nikon D700 last night. The pre-launch is a collaboration between Camera House and Nikon Australia.

Met few photographers. Most of the guest was a Nikonian except few of us from Olympus. It started with an introduction from Nikon Australia representative followed by a 30 minutes session of Nikon D700 from the technical point of view and also from a photographer point of view. This is the a full frame sensor DSLR and it looks promising. Since the full frame sensor manufacturing cost getting cheaper the full frame camera become more affordable. This Nikon D700 sell for 3570AUD body only and it cost 4500AUD with a standard zoom lens.

By next year the price predicted to drop significantly. Yes from the test the output was so good with no noise at ISO6400! Amazing..

But as an amateure, I am more then happy with my small Oly..

Solid built and very impressive!


Always give you fiar advice on camera... very techie guys.. he own most of the camera.. just name it..


Thinking of buying aye?


He is a professional photographer... amazing works.....


Test drive... probably need to wait for the next update with live view and on screen autofocus...

It Doesn't Look Like Winter

The weather just perfect today and it doesn't look like winter. Done with my study I headed to the city. The main intention was to witness the pre launch Nikon D700 full frame DSLR camera. Kevin invited me to join the rest at 7.30pm.

Since I am not in a hurry I decided to walk to the city from the library. My SV was on leave till next week and I already done the task. Before reach the city I thought that I should use different route and I chose to use the Royal Botanical Garden to go to the other side.

Along the way I found few interesting flowers and I manage to shoot some of it. I never been to this part of the garden.. this is a huge garden and one need to spend days to finish it..

Perfect weather... just like summer


Playing soccer at far


Weird flower I found at Royal Botanical Garden..


Nice flower along the walkways


So pretty.. the vibrant yellow looks stunning..


Cherry Blossom is always beautiful...


Weird flower.. not sure what is this...


Bright sun just like summer and no cloud that can protect you from getting the UV rays directly


Different route gave me different view of Melbourne

Malim: More photos here

Treat From Friend

Riken received his tax return and he gave me a treat today. So he said I can have anything I want! Hmmmm.... what I want? Ok I think I know know what I want....people said food is better then sex right? So here we go....

We end up at Sydney Road for a wonderful time. Thank you Riken....

First stop! X-Club... ahh no lah.. we just passed by.. you cannot avoid it.. its everywhere occay


Entree with pizza.. how lah...


Main course.. wallah.. terus for dinner


Next stop? Telstar shop.. checking the iPhone 3G... this is my next wish list.. or maybe need to wait for the next model with video call capability

Weekend Experimentation

For the past week Wahdi and I decided to experiment with some technique in photography. The water splash is one of it. With a minimal tools available: Olympus E510DSLR and 35mm Zuiko Lens (macro), Ceramic bowl, glass, milk, water, strawberry, cherry and cherry tomatoes.

Both of us are so excited on the outcome and we shared the output. Without a proper tools and props both of us managed to deliver a decent results...

So what is our next assignment aye? What about perfume bottle shooting? That's kind of challenging.. or even watches.... maybe we should go for some sort of advertising kind of shooting aye?

This is the first result... and I am satisfied with this.. the rest of the experiment went so and so


Another attempt using strawberry..

Not really I want it.. but getting there


The closest I can get.... need to practice more


Difficult subject.... and in the end I am giving up.. so I decided to eat them all


Another one...


Experiment with cherry tomatoes too...

Quietly At Gambarandewa

I have been selling some photographic artwork to close friends and their associates quietly. Most of the photographic artwork that I sold were in a form of high resolution digital format and some of them even go further by asking me to print it on a canvas. So far the biggest canvas size that I provide is A2.

The rest is a small series of 3x1 square feet and also panorama sizes. Today I sold another series from my collection. The size for this is A2 each and hang side by side. This is a canvas print techniques.. I sold this to a local couple who I met last week in my Photography Class at Micheal Camera House.

I sold this for 700AUD a set..

Spring Cleaning

With a eye bags I went out for lunch at Nando's. Haven't got enough sleep last night when one of the tenant knocked my door at 4.30am in the morning complaining that the tenant at 212 still having a party.

Since I am too tired to handle and they didn't listen then I called the police at around 4.40am. To my surprise the police only came at 8.00am...

Few damages on the wall and I have made a police report and hopefully this tenant will be charge... Since it has been a week my bedroom look a mass I decided to do some spring cleaning..... Ohhh God I am so sleepy.... can't wait this tenant removal next Tuesday.. in a meantime the rest of the tenant has to bear with all the noise and security issue.. hopefully things will be back to normal and everyone has a peaceful life...

Spent the rest of the day doing the spring cleaning... first my bedroom.. dah semak dah seminggu terbiar... so I rearrange my wardrobe and my study table. Hang all the jacket on the right side because I have so many jacket now. I only hang shirt and trousers that I use most.. the rest I lipat and keep it in a drawer below. And I keep all my bags on the top shelve. So far I have collected almost 20 bags from various brand.... seems that I am crazy about Swiss watches again... matilaaa

Study table.. this is the place where I spent most of my time in the house


Re arranging the wardrobe...


Waiting for my peri chips.....

Heart burn

Half of the day at the RMIT library... since that particular book was not at my uni library so I decided to search at RMIT library.... had my lunch at Nelayan. My mistake today was I had a coffee straight after my meal and I had my dinner late. So I have this severe heartburn. I knew its not going to be an easy night for me so I bought De-Gas at local pharmacy.. now what I should do is sit down and take a rest.. hopefully the heartburn will go by the time I fall a sleep.

Mistake that I shouldn't repeat again.. no coffee after meals..


De-Gas.. hopefully it works.. usually it didn't...


Don't know where to go actually.. so I went to Crown... don't want to be caught in a packed train..


Time to go home.. its getting dark

What A day

I am so busy today... so many reading materials need to be look into, I have some writing need to finish and few correspondence need to be finalize.. Then I have to attend the agent because the troublemaker tenant 212 is going to be evicted from their apartment.. wahh tepuk-tepuk tangan aku! sukak sukak..... ha ko kan dah kena penangan Melayu.. siapa kata I tak de kuasa nak buang?

Last weekend his friends who are drunk pulled the fire hose and sprayed the water all over... then berak some more kat hallway.... itu belum tengok muntah lagi.. so mana tahan.. then his girlfriend shouting and knocking the door because her boyfriend locked her outside... macam orang gila..

Now time to pay back lah kan.. ha payback aku bukan sikit-sikit.. nyahhh ko keluar dari umah.. huu huu hu seronokkk kan keja macam ni...

So because of all these study, job iols lupa nak lunch.. so capai saja lah apa yang ada dalam fridge.. ha ada pun buah such as cherry, kiwis, cherry tomatoe, apple and strawberry... so lunch hari ni very de fruity lah...sbb malam karang nak melantak banyak-banyak.. teringin nak masak nasi goreng telur lah pulak..

Playing with a public property.. balasan dia apa?


Ha balasan dia... kena halau keluar dari apartment.. so dok lah bawah kolong kan... ha siapa lagi nak kena macam ni buat ler bising lagi and vandalize the property..


Nasib baik all this fruit ada.. leh lah makan kan tension-tension nih


Strawberry ni just nice makan macam tu.. not with chocolate as Siti Nurhaliza did.. hayoo soo very de ..... lah


Mahalnya yer cherry sekarang... 20buck a kilo..


I love cherry tomatoe...

I Don't Spread My Apricot Jam

I bought a home made Apricot Jam and Soap from the French Island but I don't spread it on toast... What I do is I will dilute the jam with cold water and chilled in the fridge... then minumlah... that is how I enjoy my Apricot Jam.. hu huu hu

Home made Apricot Jam... very niceee... *iols kurang makan roti occayyy.. roti prata ka, roti canai ka, french bread ka, normal bread ka sema kurang....

Malim: Hayoo aku tengok debat malam tadi but I don't understand what they are saying! *matilaaaa

French Island, Prison Farm and Chicory

The tour does not cover the whole island. French Island is twice the size of Phillips Island and this is the undeveloped island in Victoria. There is no sealed road, no fresh water and no electricity. All need to be generated through rain falls and wind turbine or solar panel. The petrol cost 2.70AUD here and if someone need to bring their vehicle a permit is required.

The first stop of the journey was at Fairhaven Camp Sites. There only 2 of them in this island. On the way to this sites Koala sightings was everywhere... and in the wild too.. (close encounter). And Koala from this island is the most healthiest koala and the Wildlife Department use them as a breeder. Since the population of the Koala is uncontrollable, every year they will send them out to other part of Australia.

Tengok menakutkan camp sites nih..


Abundance Tea Tree... sapa ada jerawat banyak leh tumbuk daun ni and buat masker.. hilang jerawat tau


Along the way Koala sighting was everywhere....kanan kiri Koala yer... ni bukan Koala jinak occay.. ni liar punya. Kalau di pegang bunyi dia 'ngumm, ngumm, ngumm' (yer ker macam tu bunyi dia..?)


Old jetty... French Island used to be divided by small area by the their people.. so each of them have their own jetty..


Not so clean.. tapi bolehlah kan untuk summer camping..

Then the next stop was at the primary school. Why this school was so significant? Because there are only 8 pupils at the moment. Small school with good education practice such as teaching the kids how to take care of their environment. This island also only have one general stores.. (kedai runcit)...

The next journey was Bayview Chicory Kiln and Tea Room. This place belong to Lois Airs the fourth generation islander. Before coffee beans introduced to Australia they used to make a coffee from Chicory. Macamana rupa Chicory ni kan? Wikipedia define Chicory as: Common chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a bushy perennial herb with blue or lavender flowers. It grows as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and in North America, where it has become naturalized. It is grown for its leaves, or for the roots, which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. Common chicory is also known as blue sailors, succory, and coffeeweed. It is also called cornflower, although that name is more properly applied to Centaurea cyanus.

Ni lah Baywiev Chicory Kiln...


Banyak sungguh memorabilia kat sini...


Lampu ni pun ada yer... believe me kalau kat sini memang tak busan.. macam-macam memoribilia ada.. so mysterious..


An old fridge but still looks beautiful


Ular mati pun disimpan.. buat kenangan occay..ha landak mati pun ada

They offered me the Chicory coffee for afternoon tea but I tak nak.. takut wooo mabuk ka.. how? But this place is so beautiful. She lives here with sheep, koalas, ducks, parrot, cow ad even ferret. And all this animals are so tame and friendly. One of the lamb keep following me..... if this is kind of place we want to live.. I would definitely want too.. it's so peaceful and very laid back.. everything back to basic. So iols sempat lah explore kawasan ni melihat-lihat sekeliling.

Ha Lois sediakan makanan ayam dan itik sekali..


Lois duduk sini lah.. very basic cabin..


First greeted by this friendly sheep.. ha datang teruss cium iols occay..


Coffee Mix and Chicory


Coffee and Chicory essence


Ni la dia mengembek-ngembek nak keluar and bila keluarkan dari kandang teruss ikut belakang orang


So laid back kind of lifestyle


First time tengok Ferret up close.. memang jinak and cute


Suka dia bila dikeluarkan dari kandang.. berlari-lari ikut orang


Yang ni penakut sikit. Dok bontot mak dia jer


Yang ni asyik meragut so tak kisah orang datang


Memang seronok duduk kat sini.. Self sufficient..


Old stuff lying on the ground cantik pulak jadikan garden ornament

The last stop before I end my journey was the Mc Leod Historical Prison Farm. It is a huge area of open farming by convicts... eventhough the Prison Farm is no longer exist the ruin still can be seen. Unfortunately we I haven't got time to see it closely because the last ferry was departing soon. (4.30p.m) So never missed the ferry, otherwise you will stuck there....

The ruin of Prison Farm...