After 4 hours of non-stopped walking and taking pictures, we were ready to go back down. Every few minutes, the sun light and clouds changed, so be ready to snap the shots at the right moments! This caught my eyes due to the sun lit up at the right areas that I wanted to highlight in this image. I took several shots at F8, presumably the sharpest F-stop for this 25-105 lens, each shot panning a bit with the purpose of merging it into a pano, which...
If you’ve gone up to the top of Vernal Fall, you’d know the perspective presented by this image. This was taken with 2 legs of the tripod situated outside of the metal rail, next to the edge of this fall. A scary sight to be sure, however, in order to avoid including the metal rail with it, this had to be done. Also, the image seems to be cut off at the bottom left, however, it was not possible unless I step out into the stream...
This view was from top of the hill, at the The View Motel parking lot. This was taken right after the next image, which was taken down there at one of the parking next to the road during sunset. For this one, the light was quite even and therefore the whole image has the glow with no hot spots nor shadow. ISO 200, F16, 34mm, 10 seconds, lens 16-35mm Mk2 F2.8. In this image, I wanted to convey the atmospheric feeling of what I saw there, so therefore...
The Narrows!! After 3-4 hour hike, I finally reached this area. Make no mistake that if I had more time and the overnight permit, I would have gone all the way…Next time! The round trip took me about 8 hours, including break time, time taking pictures, etc…, however, this one is worth it. Now I know why there are so many blogs talking about this place and some have also said that this is the slot canyon where all other slot canyons are...
This was one of the rare moment where no one was caught in my image except this person resting on the rock. There were many visitors during this visit, and I had to wait for the right moment in order snap this one. Lens: Canon 24-105mm Exposure: F16 @1.6secs ISO 250. Buy at Amazon: Canon 24-105mm L F4, with B+W Polarizer and Lee Graduated Filter. Tripod: Gitzo 2541 and Arca Swiss Z1 ball head. Buy at B&H Photo: B+W Polarizer,...
If you want to go to the Upper Antelope Canyon, you’d need to book ahead of time before getting there. Make sure that you book the photography tour, which costs more, I think $50 per person, however, the tour guide will make sure that they stop the bunch of other tourists who walk all over the places in there, and without the tour guide, you’d have to include tourists in your shots. I don’t think you want that. The tour usually...
Just happened to capture this light/dark contrasting shot of this rice field after a light rain, after having breakfast at Chau Long Hotel. If you go to Sapa, stay at Chau Long, you’d be able to have more photographic opportunities due to their location, which is right in the middle of Sapa downtown and also at a higher elevation than other hotels. I stayed at Victoria hotel, the best there however, the location is a about 10-15 minute walk to...
HALEAKALA CRATER is one of the most famous sightseeing place in Maui. This picture was also one of the most difficult one that I took due to the lighting, the amount of tourists, photographers who flooded the rail along the crater to take pictures. I stayed in Lahaina area at the west shore of Maui. I left the hotel at 3 am, drove about 2 hours and got there at 5 am, luckily, the small parking lot there was just almost full. As you can see...
My passions are travel, photography and database related technologies. I consider myself a travel photographer more than a landscape one, due to the fact that I tend not to spend too much time in one place and stalk sunrise and sunset at the same place repeatedly until I get a perfect image. And more importantly, I enjoy other things during travel like seeing local cultures, eat local foods, drink local coffee, wine, pastries, etc… With that said, I do try to make it an efforts to be there at these times when I can and when my sleep does not win out. I try to document each place where I go to the best of what nature gives me that day. In addition to that, on this site, besides sharing my photos, I’d like to share some of my experiences as well with the intention to provide you with information that you might find useful in planning trips to these places. Please take time to read the brief descriptions or stories on these pictures on my experiences, and post some feedback or comments. If there is not enough information on some images or places please feel free to email me or post feedback, I will answer them all when I can. Thank you and enjoy.
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