My very 1st outing ....

[alancheong7]

Were supposed to meet at entrance at 9am, was late by half an hour...! Thankfully, Cavey, chow, SK, and CM waited for me. No NDs, no CPLs, just kit.

My 'hoi cheong' shots for this outing
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After 90 degree turn on my feet
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Setting up for group pic
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The spot where we took the group pic
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[alancheong7]

Supposed padi field as we entered, full of weeds, grasses and water hyacinths even
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Guess which sifu is hard at work? :D
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[alancheong7]

Another upwards shot
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How to roll a ciggy, the E-Z way..! Have never seen this before, hence, it's part of my outing experience...! :D
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[alancheong7]

Pinky
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Red
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Black & yellow
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Wot were these chaps checking out?
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[alancheong7]

Check out them apples! :D
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Trying to get a little sunburst at the edge .....
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Frangipani leaf a la Gojira
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[alancheong7]

Biggest clump of mengkuang I ever saw, reminds me of an u/w monster from Voyage to the bottom of the Sea :D
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Unripe cocoa
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Ripe cocoa
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Ant nest in rotted cocoa, too bad CM had left, or else would have borrowed his RAYNOX! :D
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[alancheong7]

Macro sifus having their sights set on .......
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... this!
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after I'd adjusted metering to 'Spot' upon sifus' advice - all bad aspects are my fault
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Who turned up at 11am? :D
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[alancheong7]

Took this because have never seen the yellow part on its side before
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Sigh, without CM's RAYNOX, this is the furthest I could get of these - both squaring off, with one of 'em missing a foreleg!
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Slightly faded water hyacinth
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Overexposed water hyacinth
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[alancheong7]

View of the inner part of the fishing pond
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A longing last look at the 'padi' field as we were about to leave
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Trying to capture the tiny cricket Cavey posted earlier :redface:
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By about 1pm, we called it a wrap, went for drinks on Yann (Thanks, yann!), chatted and left.
Chow, Cavey, CM, SK, thank you for a most enjoyable outing. Next mission....? :D

Up next, macro, perspectives and durian series!

[Caveman]

very well documented, alan. cheers ! :drunk:

[alancheong7]

very well documented, alan. cheers ! :drunk:

Thanks, Cavey! :D Enjoyed it very much.

[fulat]

alan... take more~ not bad with a kit lens

[derickuan]

Alan, nice cover of the outing.....:)

You sure like to use f/10 on aperture priority.....hehehe...but becareful as sometimes the camera could be fooled and give wrong exposure.

Just my worthless 2 sens. :)

[ckchowov]

I look so young! hahhahha...

[Gojira]

Nice coverage....signs that you'll be looking for a macro lens soon...

[qqmeng]

nicely done alan.

let me guess.... the expert in rolling ciggi is master caveman eh? i saw him in national geographic giving seminar on tht rolling ciggi techniques.... is him yes?:D

[yannick]

A good memory pic there, hehe. Like the padi field pic yea. I look so thin >_<:(

[alancheong7]

alan... take more~ not bad with a kit lens
Thanks fulat. Hope to do so. Sometimes, this 18-70 baby surprises me :D

Alan, nice cover of the outing.....:)
You sure like to use f/10 on aperture priority.....hehehe...but becareful as sometimes the camera could be fooled and give wrong exposure.
Just my worthless 2 sens. :)
True, thanks DK, glad you liked it. Wish there is more to share :redface: As you've noted, I normally shoot in Aperture priority, leaving it to the on-board comp to decide; but if I don't like wot I see, I'll switch between shutter speeds and aperture via command / subcommand dials, or ISO.

Nice coverage....signs that you'll be looking for a macro lens soon...
Thanks Goji, I've been wanting the 105/2.8 AF/AFD ever since I knew wot sort of glass produced those pictures that I love so much :D:D

nicely done alan.
let me guess.... the expert in rolling ciggi is master caveman eh? i saw him in national geographic giving seminar on tht rolling ciggi techniques.... is him yes?:D
:D Wish I caught the final where the ciggy rolls out & up of the gadget, sorry. Thank you, QQ :D

A good memory pic there, hehe. Like the padi field pic yea. I look so thin >_<:(
Thanks, Yann :redface: You are not body builder lar :D Thin?!?!? You've seen me, right? Now, that's thin! :D :D

Thank you all. Hope to have more to share in future. :)