Photography outing to
Putrajaya

Last November, just before the smog problem, Melvin Ku (a former member of 1st Klang, now an instructor) and I decided to pay a visit to Putra Jaya, our country's administrative centre. Putra Jaya is a very well planned city, it's new and it's got very beautiful infra-structure.

Our trip started off with me fetching Melvin at the Petaling Komuter Station in Klang Road. From there we headed towards Putra Jaya via the KL-Seremban Highway.

Our first stop, the PutraJaya Lake.

This is a photo of Jambatan Putrajaya.Our focus was on the bridge. If you noticed, the water is leading you to the bridge. It is also interesting that there are some greens on the left of the bridge and a building. Imagine, the greens were all concrete similar with the bridge, the photo would be quite dull. So having contrasting colours does give some life to a photograph.


Shutter speed is the cause of the difference in these photos. A fast shutter speed (for eg. 1/250) would be able to freeze the water, like the photo on the left. The photo gives you that feeling like everything has suddenly stopped. While the photo on the right has a slow shutter (for eg. 1/30). It gives the cotton kind of feeling to the water. It gives you the motion effect.

Mosque 1

Mosque 2

This is the Putrajaya mosque. Usually when people take a photograph of something, they like to take it in such a way that everything can be seen. Mosque 1 looks good with the clouds and blue skies. Then you have the pink white flooring on the forefront that gives it a frame.It is a nice photograph and it shows the full object. However, it is a very normal photo.

Now take a look at Mosque 2, it is taken from a very different angle. In order to capture both the dome and one of the minerets, it was decided that it'll be in potrait format. The stairs on the forefront are lines which leads you to the mosque. The greens at the bottom left gives the photo an added colour of contrast.
Another main object seen from a different angle and adding a 'frame' to it to add some extra colours to the photo (as seen from the right photo)

The red plants in the front has over shadowed the focus, which is the Mercu. The pine trees on both sides gives a guiding line to the object whihc is the Mercu. The Mercu is much more outstanding here. Here's a closeup of the Mercu. This is not a veru good angle but the leaves which makes up the a frame gives the photo some character and hence the Mercu does not look so dull

This signboard would not have looked so interesting if the three was not placed behind it. It would have enlarged the signboard.

Now, the bottom photo does not have anything behind the signboard but the clouds and nice skies has made it look outstanding. Moreover since it is taken from the bottom, it gives that feeling of one looking up and finding for a direction.

Look around, you never know something which is so common can be an interesting object. In this case look up, see the tree as a mild sillouette and there is the blue skies and clouds that gives the contrasts.

This is the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC). It is situated on top of a hill. There are many angles of looking at this structure. If you look at the right most photo, it looks like a cowboy hat. With the very bright gree landscape, this is an interesting photo. It would be even better if the skies were more beautiful. Putting other objects in the front of your main object will also put some colour and life to the main object.

 

When taking photographs, go down as low as you can to the same eye level as your object, down to your knees or even your belly if you must!

Though there were more places to visit and shoot but we were just too tired and hence we ended our trip at Alamanda, a shopping complex for a McD burger. It was a hot day but a good day for photography and both of us enjoyed the trip. Perhaps in the future we could have a bigger group, it will be fun.

 

Coming up soon, is my trip to Melaka, the historical city. Till then, happy snapping!!!