Thursday, March 25, 2010

This little bird.....

I was doing some shooting in the KLCC garden yesterday when this little fella distracted me and my subject ! So I turned around and just snapped it instinctively taking off with a bread crumb. After a while , it came back to show itself !

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

A Wonderland ?



BALLOONS GALORE !

.....except the pink one----thats the dome of the mosque !


VIEW FROM ANOTHER ANGLE !




PARA-GLIDERS !

This guy was demonstrating how safe it is to para-glide. While in flight, he cut off his engine and was gliding to a landing ---safely of course !


Real or Toy ?

This shot of a remote-controlled helicopter was taken about 200-250 metres away. The controller was performing stunt flights where he would spin and roll the helicopter as if it has a mind of its own. Amazing display !


What drives the para-gliders !



Monday, March 22, 2010

XXXXXXX LARGE SIZE LEVI'S !



A LOT OF HOT AIR !

CAUGHT THE BURNER PROVIDING THE HOT AIR !


ON A BALLOON BUILT FOR TWO !


PARAGLIDERS !

THERE ARE THREE PARAGLIDERS HERE BUT I CAUGHT THEN IN SUCH A POSITION AS IF THERE IS ONLY ONE !


FLOATING DARTH VADER !


BALLOONING !


YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - JAMES TAYLOR !

This song, written by Carole King and sung by James Taylor...

 

Sunday, March 21, 2010

FIRE AND RAIN - JAMES TAYLOR

I just mentioned the song "Time in a Bottle' by Jim Croce  in my comment to AsH's posting ---and that got me thinking of other singers and James Taylor came to my mind --- on of the best guitar-plucking singers then... My favourite ? 'Fire and Rain "


2nd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2010

People !!


2nd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2010

So- on a Saturday afternoon I decided to go to the above fiesta on the Saturday night , hoping to catch the firework display as well. But as luck would have it, the dark gloomy sky in the evening told me to stay away ! So the plan is now to go there on early Sunday morning !

This I did ! It was a nice morning drive and the clear MEX ( Maju Expressway) was too much of a temptation to not cruise at 180-190 kmph and adventuring to 200 kmph at times ! Oh well --- the road was so clear, the weather was so cool and my mood was sooo goood !

Soon I was approaching one of the bridges and was becoming hard to contain the excitement as the balloons were in sight --- big, massive colourful bubbles floating in the air !

Then the first downer !!! Looking for a car-park . Had to make a few rounds before I 'discovered'  this parking lot ! The picture will tell more about this.

Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed the day ! Its got everything a photographer wants except for bright sunshine. Its only after a few shots I remembered to play round with the white balance !!

I used up close to 1.2 Gb. of my memory card for the photos and it took quite a bit to select . Anyway I have categoriaed to three groups. The Airborne, the People and the Photographers and they will be posted separately.

THE AIRBORNE !!

Guess where I parked my ride ?

The well-known GoodYear blimp ! Big ha ? Well look at the next photo!

On the ground - just slightly bigger than a car !---and I think its remote-controlled !


The next group of photos will be on People ( my favourite actually !)

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