We were at awe when we arrived at Lao Hu Zui which literally means the Tiger's Mouth. Before us was such an amazing scene, nothing like what I have ever seen in my life. So majestic and breathtaking! Even my capable guide Mr. Ma Li Wen who has live all his life in Yuan Yang was amazed.

I quickly set up my tripod and attached the cable release. Using the EX17-70, I started to compose, I metered the gray area of the clouds and fired a shot. The exposure was accurate. I realized that I should keep the sky and pay less attention to the land, it was after all the sky that was more dramatic. As long as I have not underexposed the land for more than 2 stops then there still will be detail. I have also made sure that I set the ISO to 50, at 50 the superiour Foveon sensor will produce almost noise free images.

For the next hour, I believed I have fired almost a shot every 30secs or whenever I felt I wanted to. I also bracketed the shot, mostly under. At the same time I also tried different compositions. In the meantime, I could hear Mr. Ma telling us how lucky we were to able to meet such quality of light!

I was totally engrossed.

Just when I noticed the cloud in the center has almost moved into position, suddenly I ran out of CF cards, such common blunder! Just when the best thing happened, something bound to go wrong. Luckily a counterpart handed me one.

Lesson of the day, always remember to keep at least one card free!

I continued shooting until the sun went down.

Procuring this shot was probably by far is one of the best Christmas presents I have ever had.

It was later when I looked that image carefully and I noticed that the ray beams shaped like a human figure. Have you notice it too?

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Updated: 22, May 2008

Awards

The 28th. Malaysian International Salon 2008 - PSM Bronze Medal - Travel Section