the Canon EOS 7D

Well I finally succumbed to the dark side,or is the bright side? With Nikon plagued with widespread OOS and the uncertainty of when i am going to get my D7000 body, let alone when the mysterious D800 is going to be released, I was finally satiated with a Canon 7D to toy with.
Havent flexed the lenses yet,apart from testing it at the cam store...shutter seems softer than the D90.Will try out tomorrow morning.

The Canon EOS 7D sports multiple button controls

comes with a 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS kit lens

Heavier than the D90,it weighs 820gm,excluding the lens

But with features like the 18MP APS-C CMOS sensor which delivers an improved signal to noise ratio. new Focus Color Luminance metering system (iFCL) that measures focus, color and luminance across 63 zones,HD movie recording, dual DIGIC 4 processors,wireless flash control I think this will keep me occupied on the discovery roadmap for some time...And by the way these photos were taken with the iPhone 4S!

caught hold of some lions

Well it was quite a crowd at One Utama yesterday, the second day of Chinese New Year, Like me, they had seemingly come just for the acrobatic lion dance. They immediately dispersed and the car park was empty once again after that. Still wanderlust for lion dance shoots, this was my second day in a row at One Utama, on the first day of the Dragon year, I shot the Nine Dragon dance..for that I had a better view stance.

acrobatic lion dance One Utama from Dr Adelina Cheong on Vimeo.

I went wandering around Pavillion after that, in search for a Nikon D90 replacement...maybe a D7000? I cannot seem to wait for the D800 (like when is that coming?)While ruminating on that and chatting with the Nikon guy at Harvey Norman in Pavillion, I caught some shots of the night lights around Bintang walk.

Pavillion and Farenheit88: Bintang Walk

hanging lanterns with light drops:Pavillion entrance

Lanterns lighted with light flashes

Evening sets in at Bintang walk:2nd day CNY

My mind is made up:I want the D7000.What about the new Nikon D4???Don't tempt me.....

enter the dragon 2012

 This year I hope to catch a dragon dance performance, this eluded me last year somehow.
Dragons here come in various shapes and sizes, and sometimes encased too

The 600ft long dragon at Pavillion could be the longest dragon display in Malaysia(and the world??)

 The awesome swimming dragon that extends from the lobby right up to Level 6 of Pavillion shrouds the whole lobby!The fireball it chases lies suspended at the entrance.
Golden dragons in parts cling on to the granite walls in and outside the entrance.

The dragon also is displayed at the Tang's @Pavillion.

I would be wandering around the malls as usual to capture dragon moments if possible, and snapshot the Chinese New Year decor.
My Nikon is kinda off colour with a sudden onset of central scotoma, so i will be using my Panasonic GF1

Chinese New Year decor@the Curve

The interior of the CUrve-a sprinkling of lanterns

Welcome 2012!

Today was spent mostly at point redemption centres ....got a 35L oven to roast and bake, and some travel bags.

The travel bags were great: a 25 incher, a matching Hush puppy 20 in cabin and also an Eminent computer cabin bag with handle!
To top it all I revisited this dessert called Double agent at  this new HongKong restaurant and it was sweet turtle jelly with tow fufah and honey sea coconut....Yum!

happy new year 2012!

2011 has whizzed by...too fast...too soon.But a few things encapsulated on a recurrent theme year in and year out will remain when it is this time of the year...

the prosperity burger-sign of the times

the dragon dance comes early in Sungei Wang

mojito mash

Cheers everyone!
I dread the after party feel when January comes!