Eid Mubarak 1435H

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Maaf Zahir & Batin

Dari Fadhilah H., Sheffield
dan
Athirah Saharudin, Kuala Lumpur

Hold On

Four Seasons

England at four seasons

Autumn (England), Winter (Scotland), Summer (Northern Ireland) and Spring (Europe)

Berry Head, England

Berry Head, South Devon, England at golden hour during summer

Cliffs of Moher, Republic of Ireland

Cliffs of Moher, Republic of Ireland

Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland

Volcanic basalt column, Giant's Causeway

Springtime

"The earth laughs in flowers" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Postcard from Paris

Champs de Elysees, from the top of Arc de Triomphe 

Playing with new tools, Aperture + VSCO film. 

Postcard from Granada

Palacios Nazaries at sunset, Alhambra, Granada

Mini Library

Sabtuday is here again.
Some people choose to go jalan jalan
Some people choose to watch movies

I chose to stay at home and do some readings.

Selamat berhujung minggu!

Spring break

Keukenhof, in Lisse, the Netherlands

Alhamdulillah, my friends and i baru balik dari kembara Europe. Kami melawat beberapa buah negara dan bandar-bandar utama. Snapshots from our recent will be shared gradually on this blog. Berikut adalah tempat-tempat yang berjaya dilawati:

1. Spain:

i. Barcelona

- Park Güell

- La Sagrada Familia

- La Rumbla Market

- Casa Batllo

- Passeig De Gracia

ii. Madrid

- Kebab restaurant. haha. sebab semua lapar dan hanya transit satu mlm di Madrid

iii. Granada - the highlight of our trip. 

- Alhambra (Palacio de Generalife, Nasrid Palace, Palacio de Carlos V, and Alcazabar)

- Granada city centre

- Albayzin

- Mirador de San Nicolas (Alhambra and Sierra Nevada lookout point)

iv. Cordoba

- Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba

- The Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos, also known as the Alcázar of Córdoba

2. France:

i. Paris

- Champ de Mars and Eiffel Tower

- Seine River

- Musee de Louvre

- Musee d'Orsay

- Champ de Elysees

- Arc du Triomphe

- Notre Dame de Paris

- Grande Mosquée de Paris

ii. Île-de-France  

Château de Versailles, a royal palace in Versailles

3. Netherlands:

i. Keukonhof

4. England:

i. London

- View from the Shard (the tallest building in EU)

- London Central Mosque
- Hyde Park and Kensington Park
- Westminster
- Covent Garden
- Oxford St. and Regent St.
- River Thames

For the time, assignment and exam mode is now activated. 

Cheers.

Daisies

Cities of the world

Hola España

My partner in crime is now having her summer break. Enjoying the beauty of Granada and few other places including Paris. Kan Kak Fadh kan?


Some pictures taken by her posted in Instagram. Expect more pictures with better resolution soon. :D :D

(pictures are all print screen-ed)

Have a good weekend everyone!

Throwback: Palestine in Black & White

Antara banyak banyak tempat yang aku pergi, Palestin adalah antara dua sacred places yang rasa nak ulang melawat berulang kali selepas Makkah/Madinah

Sebenarnya perasaannya susah nak digambarkan.


Rasa tak percaya
Bagaikan mimpi
Gembira
Dan geram bercampur baur

Silapnya, ziarah ke Palestin setahun yang lalu (11 Mac - 25 Mac 2013) tak mengaji habis habis sejarah dan ayat-ayat Quran yang ada sebut pasal Jordan (Ashabul Kahfi, Laut Mati), Palestin dan Makkah/Madinah. Tapi rasa segar balik memori tiap kali terbaca terjemahan Al-Kahfi dan Al-Isra'.



Malam ni adalah malam itu. Malam yang mana aku buka kembali gambar gambar semasa umrah dan ziarah. Malam yang aku tersenyum sendiri dan kadang air mata berderai jatuh ke pipi. Penuh rasa dan sarat dengan kata kata yang terbeku. Malam yang aku fikir apa purpose aku hidup atas muka bumi. Nak puji dariNya atau keji makhluk bernama manusia.

Terima kasih Tuhan atas jemputan ke Makkah. Jemputlah kami untuk menunaikan fardu haji pula di kala kami sihat dan muda. Amin.

 Inside Masjidil Aqsa. While waiting for solatul isyak

The pavement of Masjidil Aqsa

Interior design of Masjid As-Sakhrah (Dome Of Rock)

Waiting. Masjid As-Sakhrah (Dome Of Rock)

Based on the story, this is the place in which Prophet Muhammad was brought up from Masjidil Aqsa to the sky

The hole and the hanging rock

Al-Aqsa compound

Walking to the Masjidil Aqsa

Dome of Rock

random

Auto WB agak panas dan tidak menggambarkan suhu musim bunga yg sebenar, jadi saya gunakan Direct Sunlight WB.

Shoot secara RAW adalah selera saya. Lebih 95% daripada gambar-gambar yang diambil juga adalah melalui manual mode. Kenapa manual? Sebab saya boleh control lighting mengikut citarasa saya. Kenapa RAW? Sebab nak preserve detail dalam gambar, terutamanya untuk large printing.

No brainer, +EV adalah kunci untuk snow and winter shots. 

Agak sedikit terlambat disini kerana subjek sudah ke kanan sedikit. Manual control mencabar kepantasan untuk berfikir dan bertindak. 

Nailed it. Leica like colour. :)

Sebenarnya gambar ni sedikit gelap. Samada aperture f/5.6 sudah memadai, atau naikkan ISO ke 3200. I'll go for f/5.6, not because iso 3200 is unusable, but it's the lens' sharpest aperture.

ermm.. bukti shoot manual? :P

yang ni, bukan secara manual. 

What's the story, morning glory?

One of those weeks when you don’t have time to slow down and enjoy life. 

Spring in Northern Hemisphere

iPhone5

Spring is early this year, but here in UK it is still in the early phase.  Elsewhere in Europe, i believe the flowers are blooming. Here are some outtakes from my short visit to nearby garden. I'll put more photos after the Easter break (kalau ada masa nak update).

All of the images were SOOC. No post processing involved except the addition of watermark. The picture control was set to landscape, and voila! (p.s: Don't you envy this brilliant lighting on this part of the world? ;)

Nikon D700: White flowers against the blue sky.

Nikon D700: Almond blossoms 

Nikon D700: Almond blossoms

Nikon D700: White magnolias

Nikon D700: Plum magnolias 

Nikon D700: Plum magnolias

iPhone5: Relative comparison, so you'll get an idea how big the flower was.

Nikon D700: Majority of daffodils here are a few days old. 

Nikon D700: The temperature was a bit cold yesterday, 6ºC and windy.

iPhone5: And lastly, daisy. 

- FH -