Missing Yangon

Landscapes from everywhere

Lotus Silk

I visisted the Lotus Silk factory in Inlay Lake, Myanmar in Dec 2009.

Its a very traditional hand-made process.

Singapore Nights

I was just driving back to home from Peninsula plaza... and saw those on the way home..
Not sure why but I just found them to be appealing.. possibly the color..
Usually. nights in singapore are filled with sodium flood lights... lights from cars .. housings and shopping malls... and I barely can find it appealing..
(btw, they are almost exactly the same as I saw and I got out of camera... I didnt do much processing unlike my other photos)

Evening Walk in Mac Ritchie Reservior

Went to stroll at Mc Ritchie Reservoir last sunday.. with my wife and Nay's couple.

Its a nice place to jog.. beautiful and serene.. unlike most places in singapore..

leaveless

leaveless, originally uploaded by Maung Maung aka Mexx.

A new year is coming

A new year is coming, originally uploaded by Maung Maung aka Mexx.

a sunny day

a sunny day, originally uploaded by Maung Maung aka Mexx.

took this a while ago on my lunch out to expo ..

Sunset @ labrador 1

Sunset @ labrador 1, originally uploaded by Maung Maung aka Mexx.

went to Labrador park with Ko Sarpatee and ko Rainstealer from Native Maynamr forum last saturday to shoot sunset..

after a few bad turns and struggle to look for a parking spot, we were like 15 minutes too late t shoot the best part of the sunset..

but these are just consolation prize i guess. :)

one night in the ocean

back when i was in vietnam.. this september..

i went to ha long bay.. and bought ocean resort tour .. a tiny private resort island stay in ha long bay..
it was fine for the first day.. but the storm came in.. a big typhoon..
the ocean is swelling with waves.. all the ships are anchored.. cant do anything.. stuck on the island.. for 2 more nite..
me, my cousin and this nice french couples.. who also happens to be artists.. we drink and we chat..

the third day, i couldnt take it anymore.. i have a flight to catch in Hanoi back to singapore via bangkok.. so i demand the tour company to find ways to make my way back hanoi..

they asked me to board on a small boat.. which is rocking crazy even when its docked in the wharf.. so i told them, i need a bigger boat..

after much arguments ( * this is me), they got us a fishing boat..
its cool.. and its very fast.. and we are on the way back..

its one of the experience i will nv forget in my life..

sunset over singapore

sunset over singapore, originally uploaded by Maung Maung aka Mexx.

not sure why but this pic remind me of establishing shots from post-apoclyptic movies.

(click to view bigger)

My approach to grade a landscape photo in Lightroon

Here, I am trying to share my typical work flow to deal with color grading landscape photos in Adobe Lightroom 2. (note: my photos is shot in RAW with Canon EOS 450D)

here is my photo. you can see its a overcast day with a lot of clouds and very little contrast.

I bootsted the exposure a little to bring up the sea.

I boosted the vibrance for richer colorful sea.

Now, using the gradient tool in LR 2, i lowered the exposure of the sky as well as boosted its contrast to see better details of clouds. I also turn up the saturation for richer color and even added the blue tint to enhance the blue.

Finally, i crop my photo for the panorama and also notice I try to crop with the rule-of-third in mind.

Some final tweaks boosting contrast and vibrance.

This is just some typical steps I do to most of my landscape photos but the acutual process will differ from photo to photo. I also spend more time to tweak individual color and split-toning ( and sharpening) to achieve the final look.

here's the comparison from start to the end.

take you there

take you there, originally uploaded by Maung Maung aka Mexx.