Sun, rain, mist, algae and moss. I have a lot to say about pond scum and our famous “lack of maintenance” culture but I’ll save it for another day or until I visit again. Good thing, the serene and beautiful mosque made it more bearable.
Sony Alpha a7R, ISO 2500, f8, 1/160 sec.
#documentaryphotography #landscape #algae #floating #mosque #masjidterapung #puchong #pond #pondscum #sonyalpha #a7r #samyang
Colours Of Yonker.
While searching for images to illustrate the recent feature on Hotel Puri Melaka, I found a forgotten folder. It contains street photography (my favourite genre) images photographed in famous Jonker Street in Melaka. On that bazaar and ancient street, there are so many hidden nooks and crannies with delightful and very colourful subjects and backgrounds.
For street work, bring a pretty friend to act as a model so she can add life to still life subjects. Instruct or direct her clearly as how you want her to react. The model was the former Pin Pin or Alice Pèilíng. Haven’t seen her around much lately as she claimed her FB account was hacked and recently recovered. (also @anyotheralice on IG).
I always pronounce Jonker as Yonker since it of Dutch origin and it is how the Dutch say it. The Dutch ruled Malacca or Melaka for almost 183 years. If you are looking for a hotel in Melaka, see here for links to heritage Hotel Puri and over 490 hotels in the historical city.
http://www.tvsmith.my/travel/hotel-puri-melaka
#melaka #malacca #jonker #streetphotography
Fire In The Sky.
The most distinctive landmark to photograph in the oil refinery town of Seria in Brunei was the flare stacks that can be seen from miles away.
#brunei #seria #refinery #fire #flare #industrial #landscape #travel #oiltown
Planet Of The Apes On Top Of Malawati Hill.
It was like entering a strange world where monkeys rule. The zombie like guys standing upright on top of the cars added to the surreal and strange atmosphere. They were looking at the glittering Straits of Malacca and mangrove swamps below. Heartbreaking to see the young one hanging on tight to a soft toy while begging for food.
The endangered Silver Leaf (silvered langurs) and the old world long tail macaques co exist as separate colonies here. Many cheapskate humans feed the wildlife with junk food they grab from their kids feasting on the packets in the car.
There are hawkers selling organic food like chopped vegetables, fruits and nuts. Spend some money instead of throwing out unwanted food. I am afraid one of the monkeys may end up like the extremely obese Uncle Fatty in today’s MyCen News story. https://www.facebook.com/mycenews/
Buy from one of the kindly Indian uncles as he can tell you which are the less aggressive ones and not getting enough food. I saw him pulling an orange baby monkey out from under a parked car about to move.
It is a symbiotic relationship as the monkeys get food and draw tourist money for restaurants, hotels and businesses in Kuala Selangor. That keeps the town council from exterminating them.
Model was Carmen.
Stay at a hotel such as De Palma Inn , Sun Inns, VI Boutique Hotel (and Sky Mirror) and others searchable in MyCen Hotels.
See: http://tvsmith.my/travel/around-kuala-selangor
#monkeys #apes #kualaselangor #bukitmalawati #selangor #nature #streetphotography
The boy may have no game controller nor a tablet screen to tap. His display shows endless rice fields and his controller is a fishing rod. The natural sound effects are from chirping birds and buzzing insects. The country kid is richer with the simple joys of life.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f8, 1/400 sec.
Stay in a hotel in Sekinchan and go irrigation canal fishing yourself.
http://www.mycen.my/hotels-in-sekinchan/
#rural #landscape #nature #documentaryphotography #malaysia #sekinchan
