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Happy New Year 2013!

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Photographed / videoed this New Year Eve’s fireworks display at the Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC Park) from quite near the cannons. Ended up pairing the Olympus OM-D with the Panasonic Lumix 7-14mm ultra -wide angle lens so as take in everything. The fireworks were shooting higher than the world’s tallest twin towers.

I brought popcorn and just let the camera roll. In Full HD video mode, the camera was capturing 9000 potential stills in the 5 minutes span. The quality of the stills grab is good enough for web and Instagram use. One of which is shown here. Shot some high res stills  in the first minute. After that, I switched to video recording mode and enjoyed the fireworks by looking up at the lighted night sky instead of peering through the viewfinder or at the LCD.

Photography tip: If practical, juxtapose fireworks against a landmark. Fireworks against the dark sky alone can be anywhere.

Watch for the first time the spectacular fireworks from KLCC in Full HD embedded below or from my Youtube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/tvsmith

Happy New Year 2013

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Happy New Year 2013!

Remember Those Halcyon Days?

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Remember those Halcyon Days when they had nothing better to do so they pounded Lake Titiwangsa for a week, like the siege of Baghdad? The year was 2007 and it coincided with the opening of the Eye of Malaysia. When shooting fireworks, always juxtapose it against a landmark, if possible. Fireworks by itself in the sky is nice but that can be anywhere in the world, right?

Fireworks over Taman Tasik Titiwangsa