Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Putrajaya Botanical Garden (2nd Photo Walk for me)

After a hiatus from blogging, i have returned, somewhat slow to update, anyways... i went to the Putrajaya Botanical Garden with Alvin and Eric to do some shots and to see how i have progressed. Still slow to change and adapt to the Aperture and Shutter speed, but i'm getting there...i think.



Taman Botani Putrajaya features exotic tropical plants from different regions around the world set on 230 acres. There are about 700 species from more than 90 countries on display. I mean there are a lots of plants and not to mention mozzies to boot.



You need a good pair of walking shoes, and unlike the normal person, Eric decides to use Crocs Flip Flops and suffered at the end of the day :P I like the Canopy Trail, it gives me a somewhat serene feeling when i am high up near the tree tops. I am sharing shots with Alvin and Eric, both whom are using Nikkons D90 and D300 respectively. Me, i am using a Alpha 200 from Sony. I wanna compile a small book on the shots i have completed for a mini coffee table book for our new home.



I am most likely embarking on a family portrait shots for my own but more on that later.

So i was there at around 9 to 9:30, previous photo walk team mate Jessie couldn't make it, she had a to do a "Chicken Run" for the Winter Solstice celebration i think or a.k.a "Tong Yuen" Festival.

That left me, Eric and Alvin (Who was at the immigration in Putrajaya at the time but managed to join us)



Its a weird place to me because it is practically empty, i mean the scenery is all nice from the get go, but the place is like literally dead. Me and Eric were the only cars parked there in the morning, i guess its really early.

Later in the day there were some kids and family who were renting the bicycles to ride around the are.

Fees wise, its very contradicting, the guards saw us with our DSLRs and query if we were doing "Commercial" shots. Of course i'd say "No...", and we had to then seek advice from the Information Counter, the lady was nice enough to let us in without any fees, for the love of god, it'd be RM 100 / per hour for photo shoots around the whole garden, madness !

Food is also scarce in the area, no water dispensers, no small cafes, no food stalls, they only have a Tai Thong Putrajaya Seafood restaurant there (The food was great) but you need to fork out since they don't have ala carte meals.


We walked a lot though, the main attraction for me was the Moroccan Pavilion, which fortunately we could take shots externally but not in the main hall where we had to buy separate tickets for entry. I had the pass to take pictures but not to go in, we had to pay separately for access to that part of the building. Take a look at my shots below :-





I guess i need to take more shots to learn more on photography, i do however realize that i prefer to take objects rather than landscapes as i think i dun have an eye for landscapes though or it does not interest me in a way. I prefer to take people and objects which i think holds some interest to me.