Xigmatek Red Scorpion S1283

Recently bought a new CPU cooler from Xigmatek.

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Leo SriKL Photoblog

This is my submission for Sri Kuala Lumpur Secondary School Leo Club Photoblog competition.

Panorama + HDR of Cameron Highlands

These are the HDR (High Dynamic Range) and Panorama shots from my recent trip to Cameron Highlands with my family.
It was hard trying to take all the panorama and HDR pics handheld and as such peak seasons, there is a huge crowd wanting to take pictures at the exact same spot. Make things tough especially doing panorama and HDR as you need to be standing in the same constant spot.

Anyway, these are the shots which i manage to get and turned out quite spectacular.
This time, I've used gigapan to host my panorama shots. This lets u pan and zoom across the pictures in fullscreen too. However, I had to upscale the pictures to 50 Megapixels before Gigapan allows it.



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Merdeka Trip to Ipoh

On the recent public holiday due to Malaysia Independence Day, I made a trip down to Ipoh with my family and I manage to capture some interesting shots.



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Carpenter Ants

Yesterday, as I was doing something in the kitchen, I came across a bigger than usual ant. A quick search on google revealed that its known as the "Carpenter Ants"


Carpenter ants are large (�–1 in) ants indigenous to many parts of the world. They prefer dead, damp wood in which to build nests. Sometimes carpenter ants will hollow out sections of trees. The most likely species to be infesting a house in the United States is the Black carpenter ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus. However, there are over a thousand other species in the genus Camponotus. Carpenter ants are found in homes. They are much bigger (1/4"-5/8"), darker in color, nests in the walls, floors and ceiling and can cause significant structural damage. People's first reaction often is "what are these BIG black ants in my home?" These are the carpenter ants. As these large, powerful ants expand their nest they can destroy the materials (structural wood, insulation, sheathing) that surround it. Thousands of dollars in damage can be caused by a single carpenter ant nest as it grows.


I then ran and grab my camera, and quickly switch to macro mode. The results I got contain many revealing details. Many things which are too small for the human eye to see normally can be seen.



The photography basics needed to achieve this kinda shots in layman's language would be to use your camera's Macro mode. Also, I used my own DIYed flash diffuser to prevent the flash from blowing out the details.

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