The hidden Lembah Sahom

Hidden jewel at home

2 hours riding from KL .. you will reach to Sahom Valley .. located in the Kampar District, Perak .. this area is famous with durian - King of Tropical Fruits .. it is an Agro-Eco-Park at the edge of palm oil plantation .. suitable as day trip picnic for family .. the river flow mild, was cold and refreshing .. safe for children activity with adult supervision .. there are 2 resorts in the area if you are planning to stay over nite .. that area will be complete pitch at nite and that's make it a good spot to shoot the stars and milky way .. just make sure you are on the rite time .. check your star chart and weather schedule ..   

Before shoot the Moon .. read this

Sungai Pua, Tanjung Memutuih

Jalan orang ke rimba lama

Kasih sayang tak kunjung putus

Kami betah bertahan lama

van Ophuijsen

when shooting in sunny day was ruling by f16 .. what about the moon ?.. the full moon especially .. how to shoot it ?!! correctly .. or the way said by the rules .. i m not going to teaching you step by step .. but i m always start with the f11 and rules of thumb .. metering the bright source (of course the moon lah) .. the result usually will turn out bright .. u cant event see the shape of the moon .. (*sigh) but from there I started to adjust everything up and down .. combination of speed up shutter .. and slow down the ISO .. fast shutter speed will cut down the amount of light that burn the sensor .. slow ISO will reduce the noise .. adjusted them till i found the most i like the moon of that nite .. it always vary result from one nite to other nite .. take your camera out and shoot the moon .. ohhh I remained the aperture opening at 11 .. 

note : don't left your 3 legs buddy at home .. bring him along ..    

you can find these in the Company

Start a day by rewarding yourself with a slice peanut butter pie .. 

and a cup of hot hazelnut latte, before heading to any direction 

to complete your routines or adhoc tasks ..

Perfect couples on breakfast

Writer in the house

Location : the Company Hatyai

(the) Mountain Pasture that everyone talks about

Mountain Pasture, Payakumbuh

It is time to leave Lembah Harau .. There is a place to stop by before we move on .. New Zealand of Payakumbuh, Padang Mangateh .. it is a dairy farm and a pasture on the highland at the feet of Mount Sago .. Huge field of green pasture divided into few segments .. we climbed up to the top with the scooter .. it was noon, but temperature was cool and wind blow softly .. very refreshing and breeze .. from the top (the end of the route) we can see the whole Payakumbuh at the below and Harau at far .. I can stand there forever but i can't .. Maninjau is calling now .. 

p/s : selamat tinggal nasi kapau ku   

Life in the valley

In search of my life meaning and career purpose, 

I have bumped to this place and fall in love ..

Floating hut on the fish pond

The waterfall view thru your window

Lembah Harau PayaKumbuh

Lima Puloh Kota Sarilamak