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The Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (MFRDMD) was decided for its establishment in 1990, but only started operation on 3 May 1992 after construction of its buildings was completed.

MFRDMD is located in the Fisheries Garden, Chendering, Terengganu. The Terengganu State's Fisheries Office as well as the Malaysian Fisheries Institute are the other agencies in this vicinity. The Fisheries Garden is surrounded by a calm fishing village. The wide beaches of golden sands are located in a walking distance. 95% of the population here are the Malay Muslims. The Chendering Fishing Port is located nearby. This port caters for the fishing vessels as large as 100 GRT.

Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Taman Perikanan Chendering
21080 Kuala Terengganu, MALAYSIA

Taken with a Nikon D50 and Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens
Taken on April 8, 2007

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Photography, Portrait

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 11:35 PM | Permalink

My son, Muhammad Luqman Hakim.

Taken with a Nikon D50 and Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Photography, Portrait

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 11:29 PM | Permalink

Terengganu fisherman.

The Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department (MFRDMD) was decided for its establishment in 1990, but only started operation on 3 May 1992 after construction of its buildings was completed.

MFRDMD is located in the Fisheries Garden, Chendering, Terengganu. The Terengganu State's Fisheries Office as well as the Malaysian Fisheries Institute are the other agencies in this vicinity. The Fisheries Garden is surrounded by a calm fishing village. The wide beaches of golden sands are located in a walking distance. 95% of the population here are the Malay Muslims. The Chendering Fishing Port is located nearby. This port caters for the fishing vessels as large as 100 GRT.

Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Taman Perikanan Chendering
21080 Kuala Terengganu, MALAYSIA

Taken with a Nikon D50 and Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Photography, Portrait

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 11:10 PM | Permalink

This photo was taken while walking on the Sultan Mahmud bridge in Kuala Terengganu. The new Crystal Mosque on Pulau Wan Man can be seen in the background.

Taken with a Pentax K100D and Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 (kit-lens)

Taken on March 3, 2007

Labels: Landscape, Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, Pentax K100D, Photography

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 11:00 PM | Permalink

Sasman has be trying to get the best of this Cattle Egret for months. I think this photo is one of his best shot of the bird. Now the swamp is gone to make way for some housing development.

Taken with a Pentax K100D and Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro lens

Some findings on the Cattle Egret

The Cattle Egret is a stocky species, averaging 51 cm long and weighing 200-600 g, with a short thick bill. The non-breeding adult has all-white plumage, a yellow bill, and greyish-yellow legs. When breeding, orange buff plumes develop on the back, breast and crown, and the legs become orange pink. The sexes are similar, but juvenile birds have a black bill. This bird will give soft kre calls in flight, and a gruff rick-reck on the ground.

The Cattle Egret is often found in dry grassy habitats, unlike most herons which are associated with shallow water. It feeds on insects, especially grasshoppers, and is usually found with cattle and other large animals which disturb small creatures which the egrets then catch. This species will sometimes ride on the backs of these animals.

Labels: Animal, Pentax K100D, Photography, Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:56 PM | Permalink

Recently KUSZA or Kolej Agama Sultan Zainal Abidin now known as UDM (Universiti Darul Iman Malaysia) open up a new campus located right in the heart of Kuala Terengganu town. This girl is one of the student who goes to that university.

My opinion:

The choice of lens does not signify anything except for the fact that it is only an instrument to capture the moment, if using a tele lens has better chance of capturing the moment isolated from the background and if it improves the chance of being unnoticed then so be it... I use a 70-300 and a 18-55 and shoot from a distance or from close range... but it is true that a street photographer cannot afford to be shy or be afraid to confront or pacify his subject in situations.

I like to capture fleeting moments, candid portraits and this does not give me an option to introduce myself to my subjects with my visiting card before I take the shot... I believe that empathy for the subject - if important to the photographer - should show in his/her work... morality is a subjective issue, not an absolute one... I am not the one who can figure out whats on a person's mind if and as he knows that he is being photographed... did he like being photographed? Did he dislike but was too polite or shy to tell me that he didn't want to be photographed? Well... as long as I do not know, I assume implicit permission from my subject. If I wanted to find out explicitly I would be talking and not capturing the moments that I wanted to capture.

I wonder what would one do if he was required to obtain permission before he took the wonderful pictures showing the moods and moments of dogs. [this is not no imply that dogs are same or different from human beings as photographic subjects ;-) ].

As Elli Wallach said in the movie 'The Good Bad and the Ugly' - "When you shoot, you shoot, don't talk"...it was shooting of a different kind though but its principle applies to street photography as well.

Taken with a Pentax K100D and Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro lens

Labels: Pentax K100D, People, Photography, Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:54 PM | Permalink

My daughter Nurul Syuhada and her cousin Nadia

Taken with the Sony DSC-T5 P&S compact digital camera

Labels: People, Photography, Portrait, Sony DSC-T5

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:47 PM | Permalink

A subject I am very interested in and am researching at the moment is how people behave in front of the camera. How much of what they show is honest, in order to please the photographer or to conform.

Do we ever achieve honesty and the essence of the person. Can they in fact be themselves in such an artificial environment sitting in front of the camera? I personally don't think they can. Image and identiy is a very complex subject. We all maquerade in some form or another every day of our lives. We choose what we wear and how we present ourselves.

I love portraiture and I do see merit is enhancing the best features to accentuate them or highlight them. I prefer natural lighting but its not always available. A bit of enhancement in the way of make up can be very charming. What's real and what's not is a very difficult patch. I generally make my subject look the best they possibly can with as little manipulation and artificial lighting as possible. If they wear a ton of make up who am I to say they can't.

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Philosophy of Photography, Photography, Portrait

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:46 PM | Permalink

Children Playground,
Teluk Ketapang Beach, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.

My opinion:

People, especially children, get bored very quickly. If you start fiddling with your camera telling them to hold on a minute you will never get good pictures. The most important part of the picture is the expression on the face. When you see that expression you must be ready to instantly capture it, everything else, the lighting, the background, the composition must be ready. Facial expressions, at least the good ones, are very fleeting things. If you ask someone to smile and you leave them holding that smile for even a second it will look very, very false.

Taken with a Nikon D50 and Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Photography, Portrait

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:44 PM | Permalink

Taken with a Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens

People, especially children, get bored very quickly. If you start fiddling with your camera telling them to hold on a minute you will never get good pictures. The most important part of the picture is the expression on the face. When you see that expression you must be ready to instantly capture it, everything else, the lighting, the background, the composition must be ready. Facial expressions, at least the good ones, are very fleeting things. If you ask someone to smile and you leave them holding that smile for even a second it will look very, very false.

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Photography, Portrait

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:42 PM | Permalink

Soh runs a furniture shop.

Location, Ladang, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

Taken with a Pentax K100D and Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro lens

People, especially children, get bored very quickly. If you start fiddling with your camera telling them to hold on a minute you will never get good pictures. The most important part of the picture is the expression on the face. When you see that expression you must be ready to instantly capture it, everything else, the lighting, the background, the composition must be ready. Facial expressions, at least the good ones, are very fleeting things. If you ask someone to smile and you leave them holding that smile for even a second it will look very, very false.

Labels: Pentax K100D, People, Photography, Portrait, Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:38 PM | Permalink

More commonly know as a magpie bird by the rest of the world.

This photo was taken in my backyard.

Taken with a Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens

Labels: Animal, Pentax K100D, Photography, Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:33 PM | Permalink

This cobra was foundtrapped in a well by the graveyard near Ibzanis, Kuala Terengganu. It was left starving in the well until Sasman called the JPA to have it released back into the wild.

Taken with a Pentax K100D and Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro lens

Labels: Animal, Pentax K100D, Photography, Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:28 PM | Permalink

Taken with a Nikon D50 and Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens

Location: Sepetir Rendang, Gong Badak, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is a brown and orange non-poisonous butterfly that is very similar to the Monarch; it is a Batesian mimic of the poisonous Monarch. It can be distinguished from the Monarch by the black line that crosses its wings. Also, the undersides of its wings are quite similar to the topside (unlike the Monarch, whose underside is much lighter). It has a wingspan of 2.75 to 3 inches (7 to 7.5 cm). The Viceroy is found from Canada to Mexico. The caterpillar is olive green and brown with bristly tufts behind the head; it eats mostly willow and cottonwood. Classification: Family Nymphalidae.

(Source: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterflies/species/)

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Animal, Nikon D50, Photography

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:13 PM | Permalink

Burung Tiong Gembala Kerbau atau juga dikenali sebagai Gembala Kerbau, nama sains Acridotheses tristis merupakan salah satu daripada haiwan yang boleh di dapati di Malaysia. Mynah in Tanah Perkuburan Ladang, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

Taken with a Pentax K100D and Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro lens

Labels: Animal, Pentax K100D, Photography, Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:05 PM | Permalink

In serious photography I would say there is roughly 3 groups of photographers:

1. A) top professional artistic photographers who set trends, who have their pictures exhibited in museums. They have the skills, the knowledge, the experience, and they have creative freedom.
2. B) commercial professional photographers with the skills, the knowledge, the experience, but with much less creative freedom. They must deliver what their clientele wants to get.
3. C) ambitious amateurs, with full creative freedom, but with less to zero skills, knowledge and experience.

Whereas I guess some of you are a member of group A (or B), I am certainly a part of group C.

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Philosophy of Photography, Photography, Portrait

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:03 PM | Permalink

Children Playground,
Teluk Ketapang Beach, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.

Taken with a Nikon D50 and Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens

People, especially children, get bored very quickly. If you start fiddling with your camera telling them to hold on a minute you will never get good pictures. The most important part of the picture is the expression on the face. When you see that expression you must be ready to instantly capture it, everything else, the lighting, the background, the composition must be ready. Facial expressions, at least the good ones, are very fleeting things. If you ask someone to smile and you leave them holding that smile for even a second it will look very, very false.

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Photography, Portrait

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 10:01 PM | Permalink

Cameras can only photograph the material aspect of a scene. A photograph's beauty or its truthfulness are immaterial and are not happening within the photograph, but within the subject who sees it.

If you make a portrait of a lady without wrinkles, is it "true"? If you photograph more wrinkles, is it "more true"? If you have the ultimate camera that can photograph to infinite detail and infinite sharpness the totality of her face to the smallest wrinkle, is it the "absolute truth" as opposed to the one without wrinkles, which would be a "lie"? If yes, then we have a scale of truth which starts at a lie and finishes at the perfect truth, which depends on image resolution. I do not think things work like that. The portrait with or without wrinkles can be true or not depending on who sees it.

The cameras photograph only the material. All immaterial is outside the scope of a camera or of its by-product the photograph.

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Landscape, Nikon D50, Perhentian 2007, Philosophy of Photography, Photography

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 9:55 PM | Permalink

Ayu and Helen listening to Prof. Dr. Wan Kadir telling us his version of the Perhentian Island Legend

Location: The Reef Chalets,
Perhentian Island, Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia

Taken with a Nikon D40 digital camera and Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM lens

My notes:

People, especially children, get bored very quickly. If you start fiddling with your camera telling them to hold on a minute you will never get good pictures. The most important part of the picture is the expression on the face. When you see that expression you must be ready to instantly capture it, everything else, the lighting, the background, the composition must be ready. Facial expressions, at least the good ones, are very fleeting things. If you ask someone to smile and you leave them holding that smile for even a second it will look very, very false.

Labels: Nikon D40, People, Perhentian 2007, Photography, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 12:56 AM | Permalink

Wild mushroomm, found in the virgin rainforest of Perhentian Island. Kamel told me taht they are poisonous. Does any of you guys know if this is true?

Perhentian Island, Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
Taken with a Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens

Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, Perhentian 2007, Photography

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 12:54 AM | Permalink

I told her to get some dinner from the restaurant next door but she insisted on waiting up for us.

Perhentian Island, Terengganu, Malaysia
Taken with D40 and Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM lens

Labels: Nikon D40, People, Perhentian 2007, Photography, Portrait, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM

Posted by Mohd Fadzly Abdul Mubin at 12:41 AM | Permalink