Project 365 No 10: Graceful Green

Nikon D200, 72 mm, ISO 400, f/5.3, 1/250 sec

I love green leafy plants. It takes years to grow them to this size. Ibu's garden have such plants, apart from her orchid. I love sitting on the swing in her garden after a rainy day. I wish to have such garden one day.

Project 365 No 9: Bentong

Nikon 200, 18 mm, f/3.5, 1/800 sec

This was taken on 3rd June 2011 on our way to Perhentian Island. Driving there was amazing as we stopped in Bentong, Kuala Lipis and few other places. I managed to take few amazing photos of places and people. I missed making such trips. The Dataran Bentong was empty and run-down that day but I would have like to imagined that it has seen better days, a place where people gathers and had fun. Nevertheless the blue sky and the white cloud in the background gave it a majestic ambiance.

Project 365: No. 8 Broken Glass

 

 

 

They give beautiful images from different angles, but nevertheless broken and not perfect. You can say the same for our lives. Different people look at their lives differently. They see what are broken and imperfect from inside from but to others it may be perfect and beautiful... sometimes it might help for us to stop and look from outside, from another point of view.

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Project 365: No 7 Shallots

Ted love shallots. It can be used as a base for many of his cooking but his favourite are fried sliced shallots which can be use as condiments for whatever. Just made everything tastier and more beautiful...

 

My Favourite

White lilly or popularly known as Madonna Lilly is one of my favourite things in this world. It is not just beautiful, but has the most sweetest aroma.

Project 365 No 6: Cactus in Bloom

Taken with my Blackberry Bold 9700. We stop over the Kluang agro Farm on our way back to KL from Mersing during this year Raya. more story about the trip later but for now....

Ramadhan Restraints

We are on our halfway mark in this Ramadhan. It has been a quiet one. Hardly eat out and we spend our nights at home. Ted has outdone himself in terms of cooking. He has been experimenting and the results are amazing. I think I have been eating more this Ramadhan then any time of the year. Oh well, at least I restraint myself from gossiping and speaking ill of others. Not that I do that at all any other time.

Ted's lasagna. This after we got our pastry roll machine and Ted was adamant in getting the dough right. He did!

The ultimate Ted's Burger. Had it for sahur.

Grilled Satchi on Spinach Bed, with grilled onion and tomatoes. Ted's signature dish, one of the first he ever cooked for me

Crispy grilled chicken with Fajitas. I love the crispy skin.

Ted's version of the Egg Tart...melt in my mouth. We were excited about the steel mould, got them at a steal in Jusco

Sticky Rice with fried Chicken and Shallots, inspired by our trip to Hat Yai

Project 365 No 5: Setapak At Night

Nikon D200, f/5.6, 1/4sec

This was taken a few nights ago. I love our apartment view at night.

Project 365 No 4: Child at Play 2

These were taken last year Raya at Haris' parents new home. I had fun taking these.
Here they are especially for you Aida

Nikon D200, f/4, 1/160, ISO 320, 50 mm

Nikon D200, f/2.5, 1/160, ISO 320, 50 mm, +3 step

Nikon D200, f/2, 1/160, ISO 320, 50 mm, +7 step

Project 365 No 3: Child at Play

I love taking candid shots. But the problem sometimes are that they never turned out good and faces are always blurry. This is taken of Aszra and I got her just at the right moment. Playing outside her house while waiting to for our Birthday dinner last Saturday. I thought the blurry background is just the right exposure.

Nikon D200, f/7.1, 1/200, ISO 400 at 200mm

Project 365 No 2: Hands That Rock The Cradle

This was taken after my DSLR for Beginner class on 6th March 2011. Went to Aida's place in Sunway Kayangan for late dinner with Ibu, Ayah and Aida's family. So you can imagine how excited I was trying out my new skill. This was taken at a spur of the moment and I loved it. Ayah's strong hand against  Ibu's silhouette...talk about DRAMA. Wish it was less shadowy and grainy.

Nikon D200; 42 mm; f/5; 1/25; ISO 1000

New Project

Ok...I am a novice photographer....with a passion.
A friend in Facebook is doing Project 365 where he would upload a photo a day which sounds a load of fun to me. He is a fantastic photographer, so his pictures are breathtaking. I don't have that much confident yet, so I thought I put up my photos here. I am trying to do it on a daily basis. So I am converting this blog into a photo/rambling record of my life events, thoughts and ideas.... Let see if I show any improvement in a year.

This way, I can still update my blog without writing especially when I am faced with writers' block!

This is what I called...  

Project 365 No 1: Just Hanging Around 

This was taken on our Setapak balcony. Washed and hung Ted's white shirt and thought it looked pretty cool hanging out against the cloudy weather. I had to take about 10 shots before I got these 2 ... changing the position and framing as I go along.   I like the silhouette effect KLCC and KL Tower in the background

Nikon 200; 42 mm; f/5; 1/160 sec; ISO 800

Nikon 200; 42 mm; f/5; 1/250 sec; ISO 800