Yesterday on 31 Aug 2013, I drove up to Tanjung Sutera Resort together with Kochu. Road traffic was light along the way despite that it was Malaysia's National Day. It was already dark when we arrived, and we were relieved to see that the resort lights were switched on. Everything seemed to be back to normal, except one small building was gone. The night sky was very clear and we could distinctly see the whole Milky Way stretched across the sky from Scorpius to Cygnus even though we were not dark-adapted as we just emerged from the car next to the brightly-lit dining area. We then drove up to our favourite observation spot beside the fish farm building which is still not lit at night. I took out a small tracking mount to try out some test shots before we head back to Singapore.
Scorpius & Sagittarius - EOS 6D, EF35L, f/2.8, ISO 800, 60 secs single shot
Lagoon Nebula to Swan Nebula area - EOS 6D, EF70-200f4L @200mm, f/4, ISO 1600, 51 secs single shot
Tanjung Sutera Resort on 31 Aug 2013
Tanjung Sutera Resort on 31 Aug 2013
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Re: Tanjung Sutera Resort on 31 Aug 2013
Nice!
I miss the place where stars shine bright, to gaze upwards in awe of the sight
Re: Tanjung Sutera Resort on 31 Aug 2013
Wow good sky!
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Beautiful shots Richard! Well done! Good to know things are back to normal there.
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Re: Tanjung Sutera Resort on 31 Aug 2013
Thanks for the report! Good to hear that the resort is still operating, but my gosh, they really went ahead to take down the building.
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Re: Tanjung Sutera Resort on 31 Aug 2013
Awesome shots Rlow!
I may have missed an earlier posting on this btut I am curious as to what happened to the resort previously?
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I may have missed an earlier posting on this btut I am curious as to what happened to the resort previously?
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Re: Tanjung Sutera Resort on 31 Aug 2013
A religious issue.. its was out on Today on a small column , few weeks back..
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Re: Tanjung Sutera Resort on 31 Aug 2013
Here's an article about the matter:
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2 ... rther.aspx
But let's not debate the merits of it on this forum. Shhh....
Just think about the splendid views of the night sky we get there!
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2 ... rther.aspx
But let's not debate the merits of it on this forum. Shhh....
Just think about the splendid views of the night sky we get there!
Re: Tanjung Sutera Resort on 31 Aug 2013
Thanks guys. I was fortunate to get these shots quite alright though I only did rough polar alignment by line-of-sight. No noise reduction were done for the raw files. Actually these are my first shots on a tracking mount. I will try more shots next time.
We are thankful that peace had been restored and we still have this wonderful resort to stargaze from and do astro-imaging. We will be planning another trip this weekend...
We are thankful that peace had been restored and we still have this wonderful resort to stargaze from and do astro-imaging. We will be planning another trip this weekend...
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Re: Tanjung Sutera Resort on 31 Aug 2013
Thanks for clarifying guys! I did not know its THAT resort. :0
Good outing Rlow and gang !
Good outing Rlow and gang !
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