KLCC Night Shots
These are the photos taken when Robin and I went out for KLCC night shooting during Hari Raya holidays.
The view from Tasik Titiwangsa.
Up-close shots.
I used both my Canon EOS 40D and Sony Cybershot DSC-W1 for shots above. Without checking their EXIF data, which are the ones do you think they are from the said cameras respectively? Have fun…
Outside of Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Dinner At Delicious, 1 Utama
A couple of weeks back, it was another meet up with Huey Yee again. This time, we went to Delicious in 1 Utama, Bandar Utama for dinner. I guess they are quite famous among foodie peeps now because of their variety of desserts. Other than desserts, they do offer Ala Carte menu too such as pastas, sandwiches, and Asian cuisines. The environment was great as the setting was simple yet home-feeling design.
We met up at around 7.30pm and we had to wait for table. It didn’t take long though as we only waited for 5 minutes or so. And as usual, while waiting for our table, I snapped this….
We were very hungry at that time and it didn’t take us long to choose what we wanted for our meal once we were seated at a small table. And when the drinks arrived, we whipped out our cameras again and snapped these….
G’Day Iced Coffee
Macchiato
G’Day Iced Coffee was my drink while Huey Yee ordered a hot Macchiato. Yes, it is not normal to drink coffee at night but I guess we are kinda immune to the caffeine. My drink tastes like a normal coffee with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream in it. Nothing special but it contained less ice than I expected. So, it was just cold but not icy cold, if you know what I mean.
After finishing taking those, the food arrived and so we continued what photographers do…
Garlic Bread
Homemade Pesto Spaghetti with Chargrilled Chicken
I opted for those above. Though I like crispy/crunchy garlic bread, but they were a little too hard for my liking. Besides, there was a faint taste of garlic on the toast as the garlic spread they put on the bread was too little. Too be honest, I had trouble finishing them. I managed to finish 2 out of 3 slices only.
As for the spaghetti, it was prefect. Though it looked a little disgusting with the greenish colour sauce, it doesn’t taste anything close to what you might think it is. The spaghetti was cooked perfectly while the pesto sauce was creamy. It tastes something like carbonara except this is in green colour. To top it all, I requested to add chargrilled chicken as there was no meat at all. And yes, you do need to pay extra charges for the chicken meat. Overall, I find it great and I would order it again whenever I visit this restaurant. Heck, I think I did order a couple of times during my previous visits.
Sirloin Steak Sandwich
Shoestring Fries
As Huey Yee said, “I love this sandwich. Each time I come to Delicious, I would order this. They are awesome.”. So, I think I don’t need to describe any further. Hehe.
After completing our main course, I looked at Huey Yee and asked “Do you want to order any dessert?”. She answered with excitement as she was craving for their dessert in the first place.
Black Forest (in a glass)
Chocolate shavings on top
While I was waiting for our table to be ready, I peeped at the desserts which were conveniently placed in the refrigerator in front of the counter for customers to look at. I eyed at the Black Forest for a long time and somehow, the name was burnt into my brain and that I must order that if I were to have dessert later even though it did not look like a cake at all. And indeed, I did order Black Forest (in a glass). Curiosity gets me at last.
First few scoops were alright. But later on, I had this weird feeling about it. No, it was not spoilt product. However, I felt that the tasteless cream was not smooth. It felt like there were lumps in the cream. Maybe it is their original way of making it, but I didn’t really like it. In between those creams, there were blueberry sauce. It tastes sourish and it did subdue the tasteless cream. But then again, I didn’t not bother to finish it which I think I might throw up upset my appetite instead. Huey Yee felt the same way as I did so the glass was half empty only.
Berrilicious Chocolate Pavlova
Huey Yee kept mentioning about their pavlova from the very beginning of the conversation till the end. So, it was no brainer that she indeed ordered one as her dessert. The base is made of egg whites, sugar, chocolate and probably vanilla essence. It tastes really good especially when you eat the pavlova together with the cream and strawberries. The sourness of the berries offsets the sweetness of the pavlova. And the whipped cream, let’s just say it is the same theory as eating ice cream with whipped cream together. In fact, we definitely paid more attention on this pavlova rather than the Black Forest. This shows how good it was. Hehe.
It was great meet up again as we yakked non-stop throughout the night. From bashing Canon to praising Nikon’s D300, from about bokeh to travelling, we just couldn’t stop yakking and taking pictures whatever we could find on that day. Best of all, I managed to steal borrow her Manfrotto tripod (Thanks Huey Yee!! Owe you one sinful meal. Hehe.). Moreover, as she said “I couldn’t be bothered about diet. If I do, I would not enjoy meals like that”, and hence, it is always a great pleasure to have meal with her.
On the other hand, I was totally stunned when she unveiled her evil laughter. Real terrifying. *tsk*
Matin Super Gaint Blower
Not long ago, I bought a Matin Super Gaint Blower via an online store. Well, the function of it is pretty obvious; that is to blow off dust from camera’s sensor as well as dust inside the camera. It is effective I would say as it only needs a couple of blows to get the dust off my DSLR’s Pentaprism.
But now, instead of blowing off dust, it is ‘collecting dust’ in my bag because I rarely use it. Hehe.
Look Ma’, They Are Changing Brand
Nikon is doing fine in terms of specifications. Canon is just messing with facelift and a mere increase of specifications only. Yeah, I’m talking about the latest DSLR by both of them, namely Nikon D90 and Canon EOS 50D. If you place Canon EOS 40D and 50D side by side, you can hardly tell the difference between them, let it be physically or via specs sheet whereas Nikon D90 is way ahead of Canon’s in terms of everything.
As of late, it is slightly (if not more) disturbing to see Canon users are changing to Nikon. I have friends talking about it. I have friend’s friend quitting the red logo for the yellow one. I do admit that Nikon is doing really good of late. Their D300, D700 and D90 just make my friends awe in wonder. I do like the Nikon D300 too.
Most of them change system because of the fact that the new Nikon DSLRs perform way better than Canon’s. If you are to put D300 in the same arena as 40D, one needs to wonder whether is there really a need to have a comparison between them at all. 51 points over 9 points. 8 fps (with battery grip) over 6.3 fps (with/out battery grip). Let’s not even think about comparing the LCD screen because Canon’s ………… *speechless*
Faster AF, better colour production, yada yada yada and the list goes on. But the thing that I always wonder the most is that whether do they, the users, really really fully utilise those stuffs. I do understand that those who change brand because their excellent pics are their main source of income. But what about the rest? Fully utilising it is one matter but fully utilising them at all freaking time is another.
I read a statement from the ever famous photographer, Ken Rockwell, which I probably have to agree on;
Photographic Reality: Digital cameras are a rich man’s sport. Let’s be serious: I’m supposed to drop another $1,000 on a new D90 just because it does movies, as if my D80 (or D40) from last week suddenly isn’t good enough anymore?
When it comes to photos, or anything in life, it’s the man, not the tools………
- Posted on 28th August 2008.
As for me, I doubt I will ever ‘jump ship’ nor will I change to a better camera soon. No, I’m not a fanboy of Canon. Mind you, my previous PnS (both of them) were from Sony. Well, it is because a) I’m enthusiast just a part-time hobbyist and b) I doubt I could ever maximize my camera’s capabilities, seriously. Besides, my reservoir is quite limited, ya know. It is hard enough to fund for a new lens let alone funding for a new system, a new brand and new set of lenses.
But hey, who am I to judge or say on one’s upgrade purchase? All I know is that, no matter what system you are getting, you’ll have my support, morally of course. Let it be Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Pentax, Panasonic, Samsung, Fuji, Kodak, Hasselbald and etc. Just make sure you have a solid reason behind your expensive yet wonderful gears.
As for now, let’s see what Canon can do about their replacement model for Canon EOS 5D… (hint : link)
Event’s Potshots (Part 2)
Continuation from previous post…
