DigiPix

Ball Python

2008-04-28T05:32:00.000-07:00

This Ball Python is still very young as you can see nearly the same size of the finger. This snake is popular among the pet lover because it is not harmful (?).

Portrait #

2008-04-20T04:39:00.000-07:00

This portrait was taken this morning in Hutan Simpan Berakas, Brunei during outing with Brunei Photographer Association. The topic were about portraiture and macro. The emphasize were to read the brighter background with the effect of rim light and the mentor was Hj.Samsudin Hj.Idris. Macro topic was conveyed by Mr.James Ling.

Day Old Chick Cobb-500

2008-03-30T06:04:00.001-07:00

This pic was taken in the hatchery using only the natural light coming through the door.

Karamunting Flower

2008-03-26T10:28:00.000-07:00

This pic is the wild flower that I know called KARAMUNTING (banjarese).

Environmentally Controlled-Housed

2008-03-23T21:07:00.000-07:00

This pic is the modern sophisticated environmentally controlled-house for broiler breeder farm.

Cicada #5 (Tangil)

2008-03-21T15:00:00.000-07:00

Another pic of cicada, please notify me if you can give the ID.thanks.

Moth (Ngengat)

2008-03-17T03:47:00.000-07:00

This pic was taken during nite time. They are active during nite time (contrary to butterfly).

Cicada #4 (Tangir)

2008-03-16T07:45:00.000-07:00

Another pic of cicada...their variety of color is very interesting.

Cicada @ Tangir (green)

2008-03-15T17:45:00.000-07:00

This cicada pic was taken with my macro lens Tamron 90mm. The noise they make especially during nite time is quite disturbing (but I like to hear this). There is an interesting phenomenon of cicada appearance during certain season (or time?) of this green cicada, they come to get close to my place mostly in hot season.

Water Taxi (in Cross-Processed)

2008-03-09T09:10:00.000-07:00

Water taxi is a common mean of transportation for the people of Water Village.

Damselfly (in windy morning)

2008-03-08T19:12:00.000-08:00

This pic was taken in the morning, the weather was overcast but windy, it was not a simple thing to take a pic during this moment especially when it was handheld (lens Tamron 90mm f2.8).

Grasshopper (after rain stopped)

2008-03-08T07:53:00.000-08:00

This grasshopper pic was taken after the rain stopped, I really liked the rain drop in the body.

Green Fly

2008-03-06T08:45:00.000-08:00

This pic was taken in Banjarmasin at the backyard.

Buttterfly

2008-03-02T01:39:00.000-08:00

This butterfly pic was taken at the same site in Sungai Danau area. They are active only after the sun starts to shine at about eight in the morning until noon. I was fortunate to get this pose whenever the female was waiting for the male to approach it.

Painting with Smoke

2008-02-19T07:48:00.000-08:00

This pic was taken from the incence trail with black cloth as background in the darkroom (all lites were off). The editing was done with Photoshop by using the Transform to make it a symetrical shape.

Portrait of Tough Man

2008-02-16T23:21:00.000-08:00

This pic was taken in 2005 at Bukit Syahbandar during outing with Gemilang Photography Club, the pic was converted into mono..

Y U Q O #2 (in Pop Art)

2008-02-16T23:12:00.000-08:00

The same way of digitally edited in PopArt style, he acted as Naruto....

Y U Q O

2008-02-15T07:11:00.000-08:00

This pic is our lovely son, the pic was digitally edited in Photoshop as a popart style.

Hibiscus (Be My Vee)

2008-02-14T04:54:00.000-08:00

This lovely hibiscus was taken after a heavy rainy day.

Portrait (in Pink)

2008-02-10T05:43:00.000-08:00

This pic was also the same time and location to the previous one. This lovely Azeemah was willing to pose in a spare time.

...Smile In The Morning..

2008-02-09T06:20:00.000-08:00

This pic was taken during outing also with Gemilang Photography Club of Tanjung Maya, Tutong. The location was in the sawmill, Serembangun also in Tutong. The only lighting was provided by nature in the morning.

.....Meaning of Life......

2008-01-27T04:25:00.000-08:00

This pic was taken during outing with the Gemilang Photography Club of Tanjung Maya to learn taking of portraiture.

Dragonfly

2008-01-13T08:08:00.000-08:00

This pic was taken at the garden pond with the lovely color covers the whole body.

Dendrobium mentangai

2008-01-08T10:00:00.000-08:00

This pic is the species orchid of Dendrobium mentangai, that is believed to be the native of Mentangai in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. This is the collection of my grandmom Hjh Noraini in Jl Cempaka,Banjarmasin. Interestingly, the flowers could bloom up to six months.

Phalaenopsis sp

2008-01-07T05:31:00.000-08:00

These pics were taken in the backyard garden. A lot of orchids are blooming at the current moment.

Reunion Smasa-87 (#2)

2007-12-28T00:05:00.000-08:00

Some additional pics from the gathering.

Reunion Smasa-87 Banjarmasin

2007-12-27T23:53:00.000-08:00

This is the group photo taken during reunion with some of our former classmates and in take in Dec 26, 2007. Some of our friends from other provinces also attended the gathering, and from this simple gathering it was opined that we will gather again for the bigger reunion in June 08. The chairmain of the committee is Ir.Ratni Khairil, MT.Hopefully the reunion will be a succesful one.

Lok Baintan Floating Market

2007-12-27T23:41:00.000-08:00

This popular traditional floating market still exists in the district of Kab.Banjar, a few kilometres from Banjarmasin - the capital city of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. The trading activities is started before the sunrise until a few hours later in the morning. This pic was taken during my visit to my hometown joining the crew members of Supermag'Z' magazine that starting to gain popularity in Kalimantan.

Phalaenopsis

2007-12-24T22:07:00.000-08:00

This orchid was taken at the backyard garden in Banjarmasin, the clouds were taken when we went to Kertak Hanyar a few kilometres from Banjarmasin city.

Fresh Water River

2007-12-16T00:26:00.000-08:00

this pic was taken with Circular Polariser and 10-20mm Sigma lens.. it was during the hot day and the clouds and the blue sky was saturated, the river is the fresh water and actually at the opposite road is the beach with the marine water of course.

Anthurium

2007-12-02T05:36:00.000-08:00

I really like this plant...the flower without the stem, only root and leave...

Eyes

2007-11-24T09:18:00.000-08:00

These dragonfly eyes was taken on the table with simple table lamp.

Black Butterfly

2007-11-18T04:42:00.000-08:00

This pic was taken at different time at the same location when the previous caterpillars pic I uploaded, this one is the female butterfly is waiting for the male to mate.

The Mall Gadong

2007-11-16T08:05:00.000-08:00

One of the busy shopping centre in Brunei situated in Gadong.

Caterpillar #3

2007-11-16T06:37:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite pic of caterpillar, taken at the same time but at different angle--you can see the detail of the body.

Persfective

2007-11-08T16:32:00.000-08:00

This pic was taken during the twilite in Yayasan Building Complex, as you can see the Omar Ali Mosque in a quite a distance. The light was so lovely from the golden dome itself .

Caterpillar #2

2007-10-31T05:34:00.000-07:00

Still from the same pic but in another pose....

Caterpillar

2007-10-30T08:11:00.000-07:00

This pic was taken from the caterpillars found at the area of Sg.Danau, Tutong.

Little butterfly

2007-10-28T19:46:00.000-07:00

This pic show Cycad Blue (Alcon Blue ?) sitting on the flower.....taken at late afternoon.

Nodding Donkey #2

2007-10-24T10:19:00.000-07:00

This pic was taken the same day with the previous pic.....the time was different within fwe minutes only but the beautiful sky changed so fast.

Nodding Donkey

2007-10-16T09:45:00.000-07:00

This pic was taken in Seria ...beautiful sunset, the nodding donkey kept on pumping the oil with the hydraulic mechanism.

Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque #5 at Sunset

2007-10-13T07:51:00.000-07:00

During sunset I passed by again in front of this mosque, what a lovely sky.

Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque #4 in B and W

2007-10-13T06:23:00.000-07:00

This pic was taken also during Ramadhan at different day, di grainy effect was used to mimic the film grain in black and white.

Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque #3

2007-10-13T05:39:00.000-07:00

This pic of this mosque was taken after Ashr prayer Ramadhan 1428 H, the sky was so bright.

Jamee Ashr Mosque

2007-10-04T08:11:00.000-07:00

This is the Grand Mosque taken with ultra wide angle lens.

Florals in Macro

2007-09-24T04:14:00.000-07:00

These pics are flowers living outdoors of where I live. Every morning they bloom with their lovely color.

Cicada @ Tangir

2007-09-23T04:29:00.000-07:00

Cicada is well known to make a noisy sound to human ears. They live underground for years (till 17 years) to die within a few days or weeks whenever they live outdoors.

Seri Kenangan Beach

2007-09-21T05:28:00.000-07:00

These pics were still taken at the beach in Tutong...the lens used was ultra wide-angle Sigma 10-20mm. Yuqo was playing happily at his favourite beach.

Sunset at Pantai Seri Kenangan

2007-09-14T08:46:00.000-07:00

I took these pics when my wife and Yuqo visited me recently. Yuqo like playing at the beach very much and it was not easy to ask him to stop unless it was after sunset. At this time both of them were so busy catching the small crabs and seashells for collection.

Kuala Lumpur 2

2007-09-11T08:48:00.000-07:00

These pics were taken when we travelled to Kuala Lumpur on Sept 4, 2007 as a whole family....the KLCC was a gorgeous place to visit.You can see Yuqo so happy and excited to pose in front of the Petronas Twin Tower

YUQO part 2

2007-08-25T17:39:00.000-07:00

These pics were taken in the farm area Sg.paku in the late afternoon. Yuqo likes to climb and getting in the excavators and other heavy machinery vehicles. Just look at the pics he is in action

Dirgahayu 60

2007-08-16T09:28:00.000-07:00

This is the Dirgahayu 60 monument located in Bandar Seri Begawan.

Beijing's Opera

2007-08-15T13:56:00.000-07:00

I took these pics during the Beijing travel. It was so nice to watch the opera while enjoying the skillful acrobat performers, as you can see also the how strong the outer skin of the throat when the tip of sharp spear was pressed againts each perforner. it was learned that this power acquired by regular breathing excercise.

Royal Birthday 2007

2007-08-12T03:20:00.000-07:00

These are some pics I took from the first day of His Majesty birthday celebration. Lieu Nan Fei of Guangxi TV especially came to Brunei for this occasion, he posed with two local persona actress.

Beijing's Nite Food Stalls

2007-07-18T11:12:00.000-07:00

I took this pic when I travel to China last year, the stalls length was more than one kilometres.Interestingly, they put on the uniform, even I could find also the Moslem foods.

Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque II

2007-07-17T08:17:00.000-07:00

I took this pix the day after Royal Birthday Celebration.

Fireworks

2007-07-16T09:42:00.000-07:00

I took this fireworks at the nite His Majesty birthday celebration in Sg.Damuan. It started at 10 pm, as you can view also the Istana Nurul Iman Palace.

Bandar Seri Begawan

2007-06-19T05:42:00.000-07:00

I took the pix during outing with Gemilang Photography Club last year (2006). The Kampung Ayer was taken from Bumbungan and the light was taken in the roadside of Padang

Kuala Lumpur

2007-06-19T05:06:00.000-07:00

Recently I went to K.L to attend the CEVA seminar (14-16 June)...it was my first experience to fly AirAsia...the retimed is a mantra....budget air ticket, it was interesting to see the big city like Kuala Lumpur. We went to see the Petronas Twin Tower, Seri Wawasan Bridge, and I took a picture of the garden in JW Marriot Hotel Putra Jaya.

Yuqo

2007-06-13T08:38:00.000-07:00

These pix were taken when Yuqo went to his Sabilal Muhtadin Playgroup...He has a lot of friends, but Yuqo was still a shy and mother's child. The standard lens 50 mm was used for these pics.

Grand Mosque Jame' Ashr

2007-06-12T09:55:00.000-07:00

I took this pic a few minutes after the heavy rain stopped at about midday. I waited the bright day and some clouds appeared above the dome. I used the Hoya Circular Polariser filter to increase contrast color and saturation of the blue sky.

Sunset

2007-06-11T09:36:00.000-07:00

I took the pix at Seri Kenangan Beach in Dec 05 when I asked my lovely wife to catch the natural lamp...I took it as a silhouette. This late afternoon (June 6,07) I asked permission to the couple became the foreground for the sunset silhouette in Telisai Beach....you can enjoy the scenery of South China Sea.

Family

2007-06-11T07:26:00.000-07:00

These pics were taken in Adeleide, Australia.....my wife with friends of the same University of Lambung Mangkurat Banjarmasin......this koala so cute....then also the kangaroos were surrounding my wife at the zoo. And the pic of our lovely son -Yuqo was taken by my wife in Taman Sg.Damuan, Brunei.

Macro II

2007-06-08T07:18:00.001-07:00

You can see these beautiful flower growing near the fence....hey presto! a couple of damselflies in a happy romance.

Omar Ali Mosque in the Nite

2007-06-05T13:46:00.000-07:00

I took this pic last year with RAW file...this mosque was so grand and giving the sense of tranquility when the nite was getting darker and darker....

Macro

2007-06-04T07:51:00.000-07:00

While I enjoyed taking pic the dragon fruit in the garden , I saw some beautiful damselflies resting in the shrubs and grass...I tried to wait for them patiently till I clicked my shutter.....this dragon fruit is fully given Organic Fertililzer only(can you guess?....they are rabbit and chicken manures only).

DigiPix: Labi

2007-06-04T02:01:00.000-07:00

DigiPix: Labi

Labi

2007-06-02T08:34:00.000-07:00

I went to Labi area last month (May 07). It was an interesting journey, it was my first visit to this area eventhough I have been living in Brunei for 14 years. We (three of us) reached the end of the road which was also the place for Rumah Panjang (Long House) Teraja, uniquely it was occupied by a few family members. On the way back we dropped by Taman Rekreasi Hutan Luagan Lalak and I saw a hut far away on the other side of the lake...and do you know what kind of orchid it is?

Black Vomit in Poultry

2007-05-29T07:54:00.000-07:00

Black Vomit in the

chickens

Pendulous Crop

2007-05-29T07:28:00.000-07:00

This pix is the broiler chicken has Pendulous Crop, the feeds and water stay in the crop undigested

Great Wall of China

2007-05-28T09:12:00.000-07:00

This is the pix of my travel to Beijing Sept 06.