Pak Idrus's Blog

Woke up to a beautiful day. I went out and saw a clear light blue sky up above with some clouds. I look and then saw the Moon. I then took my new camera, a Fujifilm xt100, fixed with a telephoto lens 50-230 and took a few shots of the moon. I am learning using t he new camera and happy that I could managed it with ease. At this age it takes time to understand the working of a new gadget. Anyhow I got the feel of it and managed to get a few good shots of the moon. Above is the Moon taken this morning. Enjoy it folks much as I had enjoyed taking it.   Have a nice day.

As always I am fascinated with the sky and the galaxy where the millions of stars shown glittering every evening thus I took pictures of the moon and the sun from time to time. To get a better images of the heaven I decided to get a better lens for such photography. The lens that I had been using is for a 200 mm shot and yesterday I went out to get myself a new gift, a 300 mm lens. At the friend's outlet  at KLCC I was told by the sales person there that its better to get a 500 mm instead of the 300 and that the price is not that much difference. After looking at the 500 mm lens and testing it I decided to get it. So last evening on 12.1.20 at past 10.00 pm I decided to test the new lens but it was cloudy and the moon was behind the cloud. I went back into the house and a moment later I was alerted by a friend that the moon is  bright out there. I took the Canon EOS M5 and with the new lens fixed to it and took a few shots. It was indeed amazing to see the moo...

Good Morning folks; woke up to a gorgeous Wednesday with the sun shining bright. It the first of January of the new year 2020. Let hopes the new year brings better things and folks would continue to prosper and enjoy life. Above are images of the last day of the year 2019. I snaps those image so as to remember that moment in times. Have a nice day.

Last evening [ December 29, 2019] I went out to look at  the sky and there in front of me up above is the crescent Moon and below is another bright light like a star. It always there but today it a bit brighter and in line with the crescent moon above it. I then went up the house and took my camera with the telephoto lens. I came  back and snap the picture of the crescent moon and the scene of the moon and that bright star. I then posted on Facebook and was told in comments and on checking other sources on Google that the dot in the sky below the moon is Venus. I am indeed happy to know now that bright Star that I at time saw in the evening sky is the planet Venus or Mars. This time it is indeed Venus. Above are images of the sky that I took at 8.17 pm last night. Have a nice day.

Solar eclipse is a rare occurrence and this time after 21 years it happens above the sky of Malaysia. It was mid day and cloudy but the sun could be seen behind the clouds and the eclipse was happening. With the old technology camera it would be difficult to take a shot of the solar eclipse as it was not possible to simply point the camera and shoot at the sun, it intense brightness would affect the eyes. Now with new technology shooting the sun is easy. I am using the Mirrorless camera where there is a touch viewing screen to monitor the images. I could see the images of the eclipse on the camera viewing screen and to take the picture I had only to touch the touchscreen to snap the sun. I took many shots and  managed to get a good shot of the eclipse at 1.13 pm today December 26,2019. The camera I am using is the Canon EOS M 5 - on Auto using the configuration of 1/4000 sec. f/20 200 mm - ISO 100. Above is th...

Taken on 17.11.19 at 7.43 am Taken on 20.11.19 at 7.40am                                                     Taken on 23.11.19 at 9.20 am For the last half a year the weather have been cloudy, first with the haze and then with the arrival of the Northeast monsoon it rains most of the times and the sky became cloudy too. Thus it was just difficult to get a good shots of the moon, the raising or the setting sun. Anyway on any sunny days I would try to get a good shots of the moon or the sun or any object that I saw. About are some images that I shot which turns out to be good images. I am sharing it here for all the see and enjoy.  Have a nice day.