xamadx | photoblog

been away from blogging for sooooo long.
went back to malaysia for some time. now we are back in london.
we are no longer staying in hall. opted to stay outside. got ourselves one little flat not so far from the uni.
i like this flat. it’s small. the rent is lower but i’m worried about the electricity. we are using prepaid and we have to top up every now and then.
its quite expensive i think. been using almost £30 for 10 days with the heater not turned on. should change for another company, perhaps!.

Me, my wife and 2 of our friends went for a one week trip to Italy. We  managed to cover three famous parts of Italy which are Rome, Venice and Milan. All these three places have different identities and characters so to say and I personally like Venice a bit more compared to the other two. I took a lot of photos while strolling along the narrow lanes between the old and charming buildings. These are some of the photos that I took during my 2 days in Venice. I will upload more photos when I’m not feeling too lazy. As for now, enjoy!

View from a window of level 4 of Stephen Bragg Hall.
It was raining and the cloud was thick. This photo was shot using raw images and bracketing so that I can convert it into HDR, again.

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This is the photo of Stephen Bragg Hall and I was at the window of the top level when I took the previous photo. Note there is lotsa noise in the sky.

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Brunel University West London.
Taken during late afternoon while waiting to meet friends. I love how the steel posts look as a foreground and had tried to get the best out of them from that angle. But I guess they just blend in with other objects and do not really stand out.

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I came across HDR photopgraphy quite some time ago. Have been interested to learn to make ones ever since until very lately I got the chance to explore and to play around with my camera functions. I also got one powerful program to convert normal photos to HDR. The HDR photos do not look real but I somehow like the details and their striking colors. These are some images that I converted into HDR recently. Still got plenty of them and I uploaded some in my FB. All the photos were shot in Venice, a romantic (and expensive) city. .
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This is a fake HDR.
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This was shot from my home window. I used books and a tissue roll as a tripod. My tripod is still with Loko. The security in Milan Airport din allow us to bring the tripod on board. So we had to check them in in Loko’s luggage and had to pay €20 for all the 3 tripods.

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Its been raining for 3 days straight and the sky is gloomy. i sooo want to play football.

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Bila godek2 balik laptop, terjumpa gambar2 lama yang diambil masa zaman student (rasa mcm its been ages ago). Baru-baru ni aku ada install CS3 dan beberapa photo editing program yang lain. Cantik jugak kalau dapat belajar edit2 gambar ni. Disebabkan terlampau banyak gambar, aku ambik gambar secara random je dan touch up sekadar perlu dengan photoshop. Hasilnya tak memuaskan hati tapi dapat explore photoshop secara lebih mendalam, banyak ilmu dipelajari. Gambar2 ni semua diambil dengan camera pns biasa. Tu pun kawan2 punya. Aku pakai kamera henfon sabun je waktu tu. Kualiti gambar tak best sgt. Noise bersepah. Apa pon enjoilah!

Rumah tradisi minangkabau di kaki Gunung Datok, N9.

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Gunung Datok, puncak gunung pertama yg aku tawan sebelum gunung2 lain contohnya gunung Everest dan puncak Alps. Tak caya sudah!

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Backpack2 ni semua berat2. Kalo ringan dan tak padat nnt ada dajal2 isi batu. Tp aku tak suka bawak rucksack berat, sakit pinggang!

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Dlm perjalanan ke air terjun Jerangkang, Phg. Check kedalaman air tapi bukan untuk menyelam.

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Oh yes! Jalan…jalan. Lepas kot ni. Kereta sewa nombor plet kena kaver. Haha…

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Adoiyaiii, sangkut pulak kereta jatuh lubang. Kena angkat + tolak, kasi up sikit.

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Alhamdulillah, dah sampai. Lepas ni bley mandeyyyy!

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Fuhhh jatuhhh!

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Dengan Odeng, trip ke Gunung Irau, Cameron Highland.

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Ok, tu je lah dulu untuk kali ni. Entry lain more pictures to come. Stay tuned lah!

Disebabkan prestasi hosting yang sangat mengecewakan, aku berehat sebentar dari berblogging. Rehat tak lama pun, cuma 2-3 bulan saje. Pada mulanya aku merancang untuk hostkan blog ni kat satu lagi hosting yang aku share dgn seorang kawan tu, tapi masalahnya tak ingat macam mana nak link kan domain name tu ke host tersebut. Nak tanya Google punyalah malas. Akhirnya aku pun ambik keputusan untuk berehat sebentar.

Tapi baru-baru ni Areej cakap hosting mercumaya ni dah macam okay. Tak selambat dulu. Kalau dulu nak bukak mmg lembab mcm siput sedut. Lepas dah cuba rasa macam okay banyaklah. sukenye…ingat dah taknak extend kontrak dah. Pindah host lain je lah, tapi skarang kena pertimbangkan semula.

Jari2 ni dah berkarat sbb lama tak menekan keyboard agaknya. Tapi main game waka-waka kat facebook champion lagik. hehee…
Silalah enjoy gambar-gambar mutakhir ni.

Di atas ferry menuju ke Greenwich.

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Pemandangan di sekitar River Thames.

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Jam ‘24 Jam’ banyaknya nombor. Cambest!

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Kaki-kaki kami di longitud O degree. Ok, kaki-kaki ku tidak O degree sgt.

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Fariz di UK. Tak mampu lagi berjalan setelah tercedera semasa bermain di playground.

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Sarah Adnin: Gambar masa umurnya tak sampai lagi 1 hari. Anak saudara pertamaku. Alhamdulillah.

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Saya janji tak ‘cam-whore’ lagi.

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