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I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the "Exclusive Experience new SONY G Master Lens" event in Fraser's Hill on 13.07.2019 and 14.07.2019, hosted by SONY Malaysia & Studio Zaloon and facilitated by En. Shaiful Baker of SONY Malaysia and Mr. Chin Yok Fee of Studio Zaloon Alpha Pro Shop. All participants stayed at Shahzan Inn Hotel. The participants of the event were largely from a group called BNC, Birding, Nature and Cameras group of bird lovers who preserve, promote nature awareness and capture best images of the birds in the wild.  Group photo on day 2. Photo credit: Chin Yok Fee (Studio Zaloon). SONY's latest G Master lens, the SONY FE 600mm F4 GM OSS (SEL600F40GM) and SONY FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G) lenses were brought by SONY Malaysia for the participants to touch, feel and test these two great lenses. Apart from the lenses, they also brought with them not less than 10 units of SONY a9 flagship cameras, several SONY FE 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters for loan to the participants. The itinerary was as follows: 13.07.2019 1.00pm: Gather at hotel lobby & registration, pass room key (participant may put their luggage into the room) 2.00pm: Talk 1 (production sharing how to birding and camera setting by Shaiful Baker) 3.00pm: Group photo & tea time & loan unit (group photo) 3.30pm: Birding (group photo) 6.30pm: Return loan unit, pass room key to others 7.30pm: Dinner 8.30pm: Talk 2 (by Mr. Alagan) 9.00pm: Talk 3 (by Mr. Chin, Studio Zaloon) 10.00pm: Tea time 14.07.2019 6.30am: Breakfast 7.30am: Loan unit 8.00am: Birding (group photo) 11.30am: Back to hotel return loan unit & check out 12.30pm: Lunch 1.30pm: Disperse My editing workflow can be summarized as follows:
Here are some of the images shot on both days with my SONY a7RIII + SONY FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM) + SONY FE 1.4x Teleconverter. For the Red-headed trogon's image, it was captured using the SONY FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + SONY FE 1.4x teleconverter. I was using Gitzo GT1542 Mountaineer Series tripod with Leofoto LH-40 ballhead setup on day 1 and used Leofoto LS-284C tripod with Leofoto LH-40 ballhead on the second day.  Name: Chesnut-capped laughingthrush Scientific: Garrulax mitratus. Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 3200, handheld.  Name: Chesnut-capped laughingthrush Scientific: Garrulax mitratus. Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld.   Name: Fire-tufted barbet Scientific: Psilopogon pyrolophus Family: Megalaimidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 3200, handheld.  Name: Fire-tufted barbet Scientific: Psilopogon pyrolophus Family: Megalaimidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC  Name: Fire-tufted barbet Scientific: Psilopogon pyrolophus Family: Megalaimidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC, 840mm (shot in APSC mode), enlarged with Topaz Lab Gigapixel AI.  Name: Silver-eared Mesia Scientific: Leiothrix argentauris Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld.  Name: Silver-eared Mesia Scientific: Leiothrix argentauris Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped to 50%.  Name: Oriental magpie-robin Scientific: Copsychus saularis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld.  Name: Red-headed trogon (female) Scientific: Harpactes erythrocephalus Family: Trogonidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL200600G + SEL14TC EXIF: 840mm, f/9, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped 50%.  Name: Rufous-browed flycatcher Scientific: Anthipes solitaris Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Cropped 50%.  Name: Large niltava (male) Scientific: Niltava grandis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod.  Name: Large niltava (female, sub-adult) Scientific: Niltava grandis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod.  Name: Large niltava (female, sub-adult) Scientific: Niltava grandis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Cropped 50%.  Name: Mountain bulbul Scientific: Ixos mcclellandii Family: Pycnonotidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped 50%.  Name: Long-tailed sibia Scientific: Heterophasia picaoides Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/500 sec, ISO 3200, handheld.  Name: Streaked wren-babbler Scientific: Napothera brevicaudata Family: Pellorneidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1600 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Cropped 75%.  Name: Malayan Laughingthrush Scientific: Trochalopteron peninsulae Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped 50%.  Group photo on day 1. Photo credit: Faizal Sharif (BNC)  Group photo on day 2 with BNC members.
 Poster credit: Studio Zaloon I must say that it was quite a good experience. Will surely go for future outings with the BNC group. Till next time!
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It was a rather gloomy day today, but that didn't dampen the spirits of about 18 participants of ASFON WP outing this morning at Tasik Shah Alam. As usual, I had two setups: my SONY a7RIII + SEL1635GM as my main setup and SONY a7SII + SEL1224G for my timelapse. My sincere thanks to those who made it this morning. Special thanks to En. Shamsul Kamal Zakaria and ASFON WP for inviting me to this outing and look forward to the next outing. Many thanks to brother Radzi and Salim for capturing these BTS images. We adjourned for breakfast at Restoran Ceria in Section 3 area.      SONY a7RIII, SEL1635GM, 20mm, f/8, ISO400, HDR 7 exposures. Post processing in Adobe Photoshop CC and Luminar 3. #nisi #nisimalaysia #nisiglobal #sony #gmaster #asfon #asfonwp #leofoto #nurismailphotography
Hello everybody! Received an invitation by ASFON WP to join their sunrise outing at Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah in Shah Alam this weekend. I'll be representing NiSi Malaysia at the event and will be giving some tips, experiences and demonstration on using NiSi optical filters. Stay tuned for any updates!   KL’s River of Life Just Got Listed as World’s Top 10 Best Waterfronts By UK’s Independent. The river which surrounds Masjid Jamek Sultan Abdul Samad, the oldest mosque in Kuala Lumpur, was a part of the River of Life project that was launched by the former government in 2012. I had a chance to shoot at this location on 5 March 2019 accompanying my good buddy Dr. Shaharudin Abdullah from Kuala Terengganu and brother Norani Ismail. I parked my car at NuSentral and took the Rapid KL LRT to Masjid Jamek Station. We were there till about 8:00pm before we adjourned for Maghrib prayers at Masjid Jamek. All the shots were taken with SONY a7RIII with the SEL1635GM lens, on the Leofoto LS-284C and LH-40 ballhead. I'll be posting the EXIF to these imagres soon. Thank you!      I had the opportunity to travel to Hong Kong together with my family from 29.03.2019 until 02.04.2019. It was supposed to be a backpacker-style holiday with one of the travel agents from Malaysia. We stayed at Sai Ying Pun area on the 1st day, then moved to Tsim Sha Tsui area on the 2nd day onwards. Travelling around Hong Kong was easy with the MTR, a comprehensive and efficient public transportation system for Hong Kong. Throughout the trip, the weather was not too kind to us. It rained most of the nights and cloudy. Thank God that only on the last morning before we fly back to Malaysia did we have slightly good weather, worth for me and my friend to travel up to The Peak and to the Lugard Road lookout point to capture the beautiful skyline of Hong Kong and the moving boats and ferries in Victoria Harbour. I'm in the midst of planning a small group of photographers to Hong Kong in November 2019. Stay tuned!  Blue hour sunset at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. SONY a7RIII, SEL1224G, 24mm, f/8.0, ISO 200, HDR 9 exposures. Developed with Luminar 3. NOTE: This trip is opened to Malaysians only. Thank you.
 Good day everyone!
I'm honoured to be part of NiSi + Skylum Photography Workshop in Kuala Terengganu this weekend (20/4 & 21/4). The workshop has been jointly arranged by Lee Photo Sdn Bhd and Skylum, the first of such collaboration between the two companies. Please click on the image above for the link to Facebook event page and details of the event. Among places to be visited are:
See you in Kuala Terengganu!
SONY a7III + Laowa 10-18mm @ 10mm, f/8, 5.0 sec, ISO 50, single exposure image, unedited. Converted from RAW.
SONY a7III + Laowa 10-18mm @ 10mm, f/8, 5.0 sec, ISO 50, single exposure image. Edited with Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 with Skylum's Luminar 3 plugin.
Specifications:
What I love about the lens is its size, weight and sharpness. The lens feels well balanced with the SONY a7RIII. The're some flaring issues but no noticeable chromatic aberrations on this night shots. The starburst from the light source are just great with well defined stars. Distortion is also well controlled, depending on the angle of the lens, with minimal perspective correction on Photoshop. NiSi produced a filter holder for this lens which uses normal 100mm square filters. This is a plus point since you don't need to invest on the larger (and more expensive) 150mm system. By the way, we didn't have the opportunity to use the 37mm rear filter. This lens is also compatible with the optional Laowa Magnetic 100mm Filter Holder, by NiSi. Venus Optics says that “It is a welcome relief for landscape, adventure or travel photographers that are traveling over long distances and struggling to find a compact wide-angle zoom to pair up with their cameras.”. I couldn't agree with them more.
Apart from the flaring, the other downside is the lens cap. Like most of the Laowa lenses, the lens cap need to be slightly modified to prevent it from coming off easily. This can be done easily by putting a layer of sellotape on the lens cap for added friction. Maybe Laowa can look into this matter in the future. On the overall, it is still a formidable ultra-wide angle lens to satisfy the landscapers' need for UWA lens. 
SONY a7III + Laowa 10-18mm @ 10mm, f/8, 5.0 sec, ISO 100, single exposure image, unedited. Converted from RAW.
SONY a7III + Laowa 10-18mm @ 10mm, f/8, 5.0 sec, ISO 100, single exposure image. Edited with Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 with Skylum's Luminar 3 plugin.
Luminar 3 can be purchased from Skylum. To enjoy some savings, please use promo code SKYLUMAPR19 when checking out with your purchase. Thank you.
I was blessed to have been invited by a friend to shoot the fireworks during the launching of PETRONAS Le Tour de Langkawi on that Friday evening from Level 50 of Menara FELDA, Persiaran KLCC. Conditions were prime for a great sunset and we stayed on until about 9:30pm when the first fireworks exploded in the sky.
SONY a7RIII, SEL24105G, 24mm, f/8.0, 3.2 sec, ISO 400. NiSi Landscape CPL filter was used. Post processing on Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 with Skylum's Luminar 3 plugin.
SONY a7RIII, SEL1635GM, 16mm, f/8.0, 3.0 sec, ISO 200. Post processing on Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 with Skylum's Luminar 3 plugin.
#skylum #luminar #sony #sonymalaysia #sonysea #ILCE-7RM3 #a7RIII #gmaster #alpha #nisi #nisifilter #leofoto #leephoto #landscape #NurIsmailPhotography #klcc #ltdl #petronas
 SONY α7RIII, Samyang 14mm, f/2.8, 15 sec, ISO 3200, single exposure, panorama from 4 vertical images, no filters used. Hello everyone! It has been quite a while since I last updated my blog.  SONY α7RIII, Samyang 14mm, f/2.8, 15 sec, ISO 3200, single exposure, no filters used. Here are two locations for astrophotography in Kuala Kubu Baharu: #sony #sonymalaysia #alpha #leofoto #leephoto #a7RIII #milkyway #studiozaloon
The PETRONAS Twin Towers certainly look great from up above. On Saturday, 9 March 2019, I had a chance flying my dji Mavic 2 Pro near this national landmark. The weather was not that great due to the haze, but certainly the view of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre Precinct is truly breathtaking. Thanks for viewing!
#dji #mavic2pro #nisi #nisiglobal #klcc #petronas #petronastwintowers
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AuthorThis is the photography journey of Nur Ismail Photography where all the experiences from this year onwards will be shared with the audience. In collaboration with NiSi Malaysia, Leofoto, SONY Malaysia and Skylum Software. Thanks for stopping by! :-) Archives
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