Funfair

Ferris Wheel

The fair lasted for 1 month during the last Chinese New Year. During the 2 weeks peak, car park was totally full from 8pm onwards and the main road towards the fair was terribly congested too. I was there after the long holiday. I guess it would be a great time to spread my tripod leg as the crowd will be lesser. Yes indeed, no crowd at all! None of the machines are moving. Before the sky turned totally dark, I took up the courage & requested the operator of euro wheel to spin the wheel for me. The kind Australian lady just smile and press the button immediately with no questions asked. Really appreciate her help very much.

Meanwhile on the other side, I was stopped by a local game stall operator as she forbid me to shoot any photos in the funfair. She said ‘Hey you can’t shoot photograph here, don’t you know that? Photography is not allowed here!’ (I’m not sure if she will say the same to those who snapping tons of photo with their handphone) With a big smile i replied ‘Oh I didn’t know that, there is no indication in the front gate. I’ve been shooting for 45 mins and so far you’re the only one that stop me’ (Mind you, I don’t even shoot her face, I’m shooting at still objects). Without wasting my time to answer those silly questions that started to pop out from her mouth, I moved to next stall.

Due to prior encounter, I asked the stall owner politely if I could shoot his game stall. He said ‘Please, shoot as much as you like and do include this soft toy too’. As he talked he put the soft cute little cow infront of those tiny balloons…

There you go…

Funfair Game

Wonderland

Bee working in dragon fruit flower the queen of the night


At last I decided to use my Tamron 90mm 2.8 macro lens rather than left it underutilized for months in the dry cabinet. After some struggling despite merely 4 hours sleep, I woke up at 7am to catch a glimpse of dragon fruit’s flower ‘The Queen of the Night’ before it withers under sunlight.

So after 1 hour of backache, numb leg and face, I only managed to get 1 presentable photo out of 70+ (not to mention only a small part of head is sharp :( ). Photo was slightly cropped and sharpened. I really respect those who managed to get perfect macro photograph in terms of sharpness and composition. Without a flash light, it is extremely hard to get a sharp photo with great DOF especially when your subject keep moving non-stop! Occasionally I need to stand tall and take a deep breath before i continue…

This photo was taken in Zenxin Organic Park, situated beside Jalan Batu Pahat, just a short distance away from Air Hitam tol exit (right turn). For those who are interested, admission is free from 9am to 9pm with free tour guide until 6pm. They have nice viewing platform, halal restaurant, farm mart & botanical center, function hall and bicycle for rental, fish catching activity and lots of interesting things for you to discover. Oh by the way, the restaurant close on Tuesday although the park opens everyday. Best place for a walk in the evening.