{"id":3635,"date":"2013-01-17T13:31:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T05:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/?p=3635"},"modified":"2013-01-17T13:31:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T05:31:21","slug":"macro-photography-smokehouse-cameron-highlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/?p=3635","title":{"rendered":"Macro Photography in Smokehouse, Cameron Highlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are staying in Ye Olde Smokehouse, make sure you have a telephoto lens. It&#8217;s perfect for the entire trip. There are birds that you can photograph unobstructively during breakfast. However, to enjoy their beautiful garden, a macro lens is essential.<\/p>\n<p>Finding insects is a challenge, unless you consider flies to be a good subject. The wind sways the plants, making it difficult to hunt the insects with your lens as they keep moving about.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.07.20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3637\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.07.20-650x431.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I think I need to seek another perspective to photograph flowers, I keep using the same angles and it&#8217;s so common. I love those misty, faded ones that we can find in tumblr shares.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.08.28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3638\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.08.28-650x431.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am also abit particular about my bokeh shapes now. They are abit fringy and not creamy enough. When it comes to composition, I find that following rules too strictly restricts creativity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.11.50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3639\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.11.50-650x431.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Am so bothered with the direction and lines in the composition, all the rules and I forget about what I am trying to shoot in the first place :p I love those photos with beautiful color schemes but everywhere I look, I just can&#8217;t see things the way they see it. Could be the inability to summarize getting in the way. tsk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.12.37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3640\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.12.37-650x431.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I am thinking of converting my Sony Nex 5 to either an infrared only camera or an underwater camera. It can only go one way or the other. The underwater housing for the Nex 5 is really cheap, less than 400 ringgit. Converting it to infrared will means I can only use it rarely. But I so so love infrared photography.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.25.21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3641\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.25.21-650x978.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.25.21-650x978.jpg 650w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.25.21-420x632.jpg 420w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.25.21-700x1054.jpg 700w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.25.21-200x301.jpg 200w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.25.21-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.25.21-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.25.21-818x1231.jpg 818w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.25.21.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I adore vines.. always wanted them to go with berries, flowers and leaves on a cottage. This is a direct result of reading too much Enid Blyton as a child.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.26.09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3642\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.26.09-650x431.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have gotten good response with this photo. Not sure why.. I don&#8217;t really have a special attachment to it. It could be it&#8217;s wallpaper quality?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.37.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3643\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.37.12-650x978.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.37.12-650x978.jpg 650w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.37.12-420x632.jpg 420w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.37.12-700x1054.jpg 700w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.37.12-200x301.jpg 200w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.37.12-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.37.12-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.37.12-818x1231.jpg 818w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.37.12.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was a staple flower that grows everywhere. Back in university, we love to take shots of this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.38.58.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3644\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.38.58-650x978.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.38.58-650x978.jpg 650w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.38.58-420x632.jpg 420w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.38.58-700x1054.jpg 700w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.38.58-200x301.jpg 200w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.38.58-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.38.58-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.38.58-818x1231.jpg 818w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.38.58.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.39.48.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3645\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.39.48-650x978.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.39.48-650x978.jpg 650w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.39.48-420x632.jpg 420w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.39.48-700x1054.jpg 700w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.39.48-200x301.jpg 200w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.39.48-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.39.48-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.39.48-818x1231.jpg 818w, https:\/\/musenmaker.com\/hazelong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2012-11-28-10.39.48.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chicken pox.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\":grin:\" src=\"http:\/\/hazelong.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_biggrin.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are staying in Ye Olde Smokehouse, make sure you have a telephoto lens. 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