photographic world of t.p.tong

Bintulu Water Front thru my lens (C)

2012-01-28T07:49:00.005+08:00

my 3 entries for the contest organised by Parkcity Everly Hotel,the top image won the 2nd runner up.

Bintulu Water Front thru my lens ( B )

2012-01-24T17:35:00.006+08:00

Bintulu Water Front thru my lens (A)

2012-01-22T10:36:00.006+08:00

my proud day---Bintulu water front photo contest

2012-01-10T08:00:00.014+08:00

Organised by Parkcity Everly Hotel,the theme : Bintulu Water Front Photo Contest,the final results were out 0n the evening 0f 7th Jan '12.Among nearly 50 entries,i managed to grab 3rd in position and a consolation.
Bintulu Water Front is among the longest in Malaysia at the moment,which measured 2.8 kilometre,a very well planned beautiful and romantic place.Great for leisure,walk,excercise,relax and refresh.

Beijing through my lens---scenery in panorama 2

2012-01-09T08:27:00.004+08:00

With this scenery marks the end of my Beiging trip. Thanks everyone for visit and viewing ^_^

Beijing through my lens---scenery in panorama

2012-01-07T08:08:00.005+08:00

This is a 3 photos panorama.

Beijing through my lens---sceneries pt 2

2012-01-06T06:59:00.006+08:00

Beijing through my lens---pretty sceneries

2012-01-04T16:03:00.010+08:00

Sceneries in China are always dreamy and romantic . I managed to capture a few not so as i mentioned,but just to share with all of you ^_^

Beijing through my lens--- eat

2011-12-25T08:48:00.013+08:00

Eat is heaven with Chinese,that's how Chinese described. Chinese can enjoy eating almost anything from head to tail,from inside out completely,and this is no mistake !
There was a long long line of stalls selling all sorts of food from sea to air,strange things such as spiders,scorpions,snakes,...many i didn't know what they were ! The food stalls started business at 5pm,and very accepted by huge crowd.

Beijing through my lens---odd means of transportation

2011-12-15T18:58:00.007+08:00

One thing very disappionting me at the Beijing trip was the scene of transportation. I had seen from the documentary many years back that the city streets were crowded with people riding on bicycles,instead,now filled with cars on the road,and a great number of luxurous continental cars ! You can hardly see crowd of bicycles nowadays.Among all these, i spotted some strange looking ' cars ' which were modified and converted from motorcycles,and very popular too !

Beijing through my lens---Olympic Bird Nest

2011-12-12T19:55:00.006+08:00

One of the most sophisticate and greatest construction of modern buildings should count The Beijing Olympic Bird Nest,it can't be wrong.If anyone asked me about The Nest,i would say i don't know ! Only go there and witness yourself then the answer should be answered.

Beijing through my lens---The GREATWALL 3

2011-12-09T12:05:00.006+08:00

So,finally me and my 2 daughters reached the edge point of east wing of Greatwall ! ( pic 1 and 2 ) A great exciting unforgettable life time experience !

Beijing through my lens---The GREATWALL 2

2011-12-04T19:40:00.007+08:00

Beijing through my lens---The GREATWALL

2011-11-29T12:05:00.011+08:00

''Xi chee Jia Yu Kwan,dun dau San Hai Kwan'' this is what i learned at my primary school about the length and the starting to ending point of the Greatwall of China.Seeing is believing.I can never imagine how magnificent the Greatwall is until i stepped on it personally ! ! ! How it was built still puzzle me!

Beijing through my lens---Beijing ' hu-lu'

2011-11-24T21:30:00.007+08:00

The ever popular tit-bit in Beijing is Beijing sugar coated hu-lu.About 8 sour fruits coated with transparent sugar coat then link through with a long thin stick.It is 5 dollars Chinese currency

=rm2.50 .This brings back my sweet old days when i was a young boy,and too, that was my favourite.

Beijin through my lens---Tian Anmen

2011-11-14T23:48:00.006+08:00

Tian Anmen,the world largest open square ( can fill with 1 million people standing on the square ) is located at Beijin of China.My 5 day trip with family really experience this famous spot.just few days ago.

happy childhood

2011-11-03T21:57:00.005+08:00

Happy children of Mabul island were enjoying their happy water time with trouble free mind.This is the happy childhood no matter how hot the sun is.

new story---7th Borneo International Kite Festival (conclusion)

2011-10-27T15:09:00.008+08:00

With all these interesting pictures from the BIKF marks the end of this story of kites.THANKS for visit and viewing ^_^

new story---7th Borneo International Kite Festival

2011-10-25T08:50:00.008+08:00

The expert-kiters from US+Bintulu in actions,the field was filled with fun and excitement !

new story---7th Borneo International Kite Festival

2011-10-21T20:06:00.007+08:00

The kite synchronize dance s were among the most attractive events ,experts from USA and Bintulu were most favorite.Their unbelieveable controlling skills won claps from the audience.Not only moving and dancing,they had to move forward/backward,left/right,all according to the music beats,yet they had also needed to fly the kites to form different formations.As can see from these photos,seeing is believing.

new story---7th Borneo International Kite Festival

2011-10-16T09:09:00.007+08:00

More event happening pics n to be continue... happy viewing ^_^

new story---7th Borneo International Kite Festival-kites !kites !

2011-10-12T12:44:00.009+08:00

kites ! kites ! in the sky !
more to release...

new story---7th Borneo International Kite Festival ( enter the dragons )

2011-10-10T20:30:00.009+08:00

The story continue...These dragon kites were from the Clan Associations,Teo Chiew,Kwang Tung and Foochow.Finally the champion went to Foochow Association. The judging based on who's kite rise first,stay on the sky longest time set by the organiser.
to be continue...

new story---7th Borneo International Kite Festival

2011-10-09T22:57:00.009+08:00

After the long journey,it had been tired but fruitful.This new story -7th BIKF held in Bintulu from 22nd-25th sept.
IT was fun and exciting,it was my 3rd attendance of this colorful fun event.The sweat and fall ( i was swept down and rolled on the grass by the ropes of a big kite {unhurt} ) were all worthwhile ! The fruitful results of the images i captured are my feeling of satisfation ,and i will be back to the field again next year at the 8th BIKF. Please enjoy the fun with me,and more pics to be continue...

my 4000km 13 days Sabah trip--- Mt,Kinabalu

2011-10-04T07:24:00.010+08:00

Mt.Kinabalu,the highest mountain in South East Asia.The height is over 13000ft.located in KK.

Everyday lots of mountain climbers from foreign countries conquering the submit which is a great experience ! The mysterious appearence of Mt.Kinabalu has always been my favourite subject of photograph. Here are the different angles and time of captures of this famous mountain.

my 4000km 13 days Sabah trip--- Tamparuli suspension bridge

2011-09-29T12:32:00.008+08:00

Tamparuli is another small town of Sabah.The legendary 'Tamparuli suspension bridge has a legend story... long long ago ,a young village girl crossing this bridge back home,and dropped her slipper half way,then......

my 4000km 13 days Sabah trip--- Tuaran,Sabah

2011-09-28T17:34:00.006+08:00

TUARAN,the gateway to the famous 'tip of Borneo' is a simple small town.Images shown is an important long hanging bridge links the villagers to the town.Right down the hanging bridge is a vegetable plantation which makes a pretty view from the bridge.

my 4000km 13 days Sabah trip--- tip of Borneo

2011-09-28T09:00:00.006+08:00

These are the scenes from the very northern tip of Borneo Island.

my 4000km 13 days Sabah trip---sceneries at Mabul

2011-09-23T08:15:00.004+08:00

my 4000km 13-day Sabah trip---Mabul island off Sempona

2011-09-22T09:34:00.003+08:00

The peaceful n lazy mood of an afternoon at the pretty beach of Mabul. This is an panorama view.

my 4000km 13-day Sabah trip---on clear green water

2011-09-21T15:16:00.004+08:00

my 4000km 13-day Sabah trip---Mabul island off Sempona

2011-09-21T15:13:00.002+08:00

The big contrast in between rich and poor

my 4000km 13-day Sabah trip---dawn at Mabul Island

2011-09-21T15:09:00.003+08:00

my proud day

2011-09-13T00:00:00.003+08:00

After a long while,so glad this image of mine finally crowned the top winner under the category ' action ' (judge's choice)
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my 4000km 13-day Sabah trip---Mabul island off Sempona

2011-09-09T07:39:00.007+08:00

Mabul island,30 mins speedboat ride with twin 200hp outboat engine.This is a place of clean air,blue sky,clear green water-heaven on earth.Everyday there is lots of foreign visitors come to Mabul island for holidays .

The most popular activities on the island are diving and snorkelling besides the pretty scenery.For we photographers,we have to prepared sufficient memory-cards.The people living in the kampung is a very attractive topic to capture.

We stayed at Uncle Chang resort whereas the expenses is really reasonable.
The famous Sipadan island is nearly 40 mins drive with twin engine speedboat from Mabul island.According to information,Sipadan is now restricted to stay on island but scuba diving is still allowed and welcomed.

my 4000km 13day-Sabah trip ---Limbang

2011-09-05T20:06:00.003+08:00

Punama Hotel in Limbang has always been my favourite whenever i visited Limbang ,nice and comfortable to stay.
The outwall of the hotel constructed and designed with very colourful verandas,is my never miss photo shoot subject.Shown here was the side wall facing the street which has smaller verandas,whereas,facing river side has larger verandas.They are all equally beautiful if one can tackle the right angle

my 4000km 13day-Sabah trip ---Limbang

2011-09-04T18:01:00.002+08:00

Leh Tiong and Ah Ping were checking out the prices of the local rice which were of very high quality,of course they were more expensive than what we can get from supermarket.

my 4000km 13day-Sabah trip ---Limbang

2011-09-04T17:46:00.009+08:00

It is always not only great fun in shooting the hawkers in the markets,it is also a big challenge too.To capture the food they are selling,the different types of products they display,the attitude of the buyers and the hawkers.
Limbang was our next place of stop.We visited the sunday market the following morning after we had our breakfast at Leh Tiong's cousin's Mr.Luk's coffeeshop.I have to thank him here for his generous treat for our breakfast.

my 4000km 13day-Sabah trip ---Brunei ( 3 photographers)

2011-08-29T21:28:00.005+08:00

Mdm Chang yi,Mr.Ling Leh Tiong,CPLing,were capturing the typical and interesting scenes alone the Brunei River.
Hereby,i take this oppotunity to THANKS mdm Chang Yi for her great hospitality to arrange the boat trip,not forgetting the delicious lunch too .

my 4000km 13day-Sabah trip ---Brunei (symbolic structure of Jurodong Park)

2011-08-29T21:24:00.004+08:00

my 4000km 13day-Sabah trip ---Brunei (symbolic structure)

2011-08-29T21:20:00.003+08:00

my 4000km 13day-Sabah trip ---Brunei (kpg. on water)

2011-08-29T16:03:00.007+08:00

Brunei,the rich wealthy country has it's lovely traditional side ,kampong on the Brunei River.The friendly kampong people used to travel to main towns by speedboats which is very popular and can be known as taxis on water.There are a few hundred of these water taxis operating everyday.At the water kampong there is a police station hospital clinic,schools ,mosques...A sure very different feeling,living on water.

2011-08-10T07:48:00.002+08:00

Hi there ! Everyone of you nice people for taking your precious time to visit my blog ^_^
I'll be on a long trip and won't be uploading until end of Aug.
Thanks a very great deal,see you then ^_^

all about sunset scenes

2011-08-06T09:02:00.011+08:00

All these sunset scenes were taken at various outing shoots,places including

Sibu,Lawas, Belawat, Mukah ,Sri Aman

my proud day---Potala Palace of Tibet

2011-07-13T08:49:00.002+08:00

This image i took at Tibet during my visit at 2009,announced the 3rd placing under the category ' Tis the Season '

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my proud day---bright color leaves

2011-07-13T08:42:00.003+08:00

This image captured at my friend's garden at Saratok grabbed the 3rd placing under the category ' color wonderful '
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images from Saratok pt 6

2011-07-06T12:52:00.007+08:00

More pretty insects and more pretty flowers...

images from Saratok---flora/insects pt 5

2011-06-29T13:05:00.006+08:00

More attractive flowers from Kapitan Tay's garden at Saratok.....more to be uploaded ^_^

images from Saratok---the strange spider

2011-06-29T13:02:00.002+08:00

Anyone ever seen this strange spider before ? Can you spot how many eyes it got...?

images from Saratok---flora/insects pt 4

2011-06-26T09:22:00.007+08:00

I really feel so comfortable in seeing all these hard sweat results from Kapitan Tay's garden...more to release .

images from Saratok---flora/insects pt 3

2011-06-25T15:26:00.008+08:00

more pics and more to be continue...

images from Saratok---flora/insects pt 2

2011-06-23T08:51:00.007+08:00

More flora/insects taken at Kapitan Tay's garden,and to be continue...

images from Saratok---flora/insects

2011-06-20T12:30:00.008+08:00

My 2nd trip to Kapitan Tay's garden at Saratok last week. All the beautiful flowers are carefully planted and take care of by his wife . They are unique and attractive to visitors as well as insects,and especially to me !
Many great thanks to Kapitan and wife here again ^_^

Belawai in panorama

2011-06-11T07:43:00.006+08:00

my proud day---lovers

2011-06-07T16:00:00.004+08:00

This image of mine crowned the winner at the photo-contest under the category " Your best shot "(judge's choice) feel so glad eventhough it's hard time and hard sweat during the time of capturing this pic ^_^

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children of Belawai

2011-06-04T17:30:00.008+08:00

Belawai,a small fishing village at coast of Rejang river,now is easy reach by road which is 102 km from Sibu.The road has just completed

recently eventhough not too satisfatory,it is still ok with steady drive.Belawai is famous in dried prawn meat they called 'sesar' in Malay, 'kupas' in Melanau,which sold at the price of rm60/kilogram. The children there are free and happy,and very coperate in posing for us in taking their photos,thanks them here a great deal,they are all lovely boys and girls ^_^

from Belawai---smoking shrimp

2011-05-29T14:23:00.003+08:00

Building up fire,surrounded by smoke,the heat of the place is imaginable,this is smoking process !
After this the half dried prawns' meat will bring under the sun,this is real hard work !

from Belawai---smoking and drying shrimp process

2011-05-29T08:25:00.013+08:00

From cleaning to arranging of fish

/ shrimp,then to smoking and drying,all these long process brings hard work with patience. These are famous products of Belawai,they called ' sesar' (Malay language) , ' kupas ' (Melanau language) , 'dried shrimp' is what we ordinary called. The salted dried fish is 'ikan masin' .

Price of kupas is rm60 per kilogram.

images from Saratok---the rare mantis

2011-05-22T08:37:00.007+08:00

My first accidental unaspected lucky close encounter of this rare species of mantis at Kapitan Tay's garden ! We 're looking for spider webs,then,i discovered this lovely pretty guy on a leaf ! My heart was beating fast ! Without hesitation i gently moved closely to him/her.It moved too as i slowly carefully approaching,holding breath i just fired several shots for security captures ! After a while,maybe he realised or smelled i 'm a real good guy ( lol ...),he seemed to co-operate and posed for me !! Damn luck for me :-)

images from Saratok---the ants

2011-05-21T08:52:00.003+08:00

my proud day---panorama photo contest

2011-05-20T08:10:00.004+08:00

Organised by Epson International Pano Awards,the panorama only photo contest . This year i managed to grab hold of bronze award for both of my entries,not as good as last year 2 silver awards,yet this is my self challenge,and will keep on trying for better results !

images from Saratok ( part 4 )

2011-05-12T20:38:00.000+08:00

images from Saratok ( part 3 )

2011-05-11T08:19:00.006+08:00

These are the flora fauna taken at my Kapitan Tay's heavenly garden ,so attractive so beautiful !

images from Saratok ( part 2 )

2011-05-08T19:09:00.006+08:00

i travelled to Saratok on 4th of May to visit a photo-enthusiastic friend living there,Kapitan Tay Hock Chai.

His humbled house is a single storey detach house with carefully trimmed heavenly compound.All the trees and flowers are well planted and organised which attract many different species of insects visiting his place everyday,It's a place of heaven to live,and a place of heaven to capture insects/flora fauna.

Hereby,i take this opportunity to thank Kapitan Tay and his loving wife with their respectful courtesy and great hospitality while me and my wife had a very comfortable stay while at Saratok .

images from Saratok ( part 1 )

2011-05-08T19:02:00.006+08:00

sunset at Mukah

2011-04-29T12:47:00.007+08:00

The golden romantic atmosphere with very relaxing activities on the beach of Mukah. Now the road from Sibu 170km has completed,a nice drive down there and very nice scenic capture there.

my proud day---Passion for Red

2011-04-27T00:28:00.004+08:00

' Passion for Red ' this is the title of this image of mine,and it striked 3rd placing in the photo contest at the category 'The Colour Red '. So happy,so honoured :-)

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photo-tricks

2011-04-16T20:23:00.005+08:00

my proud day---the colourful verandas

2011-04-06T08:37:00.002+08:00

I strike 3rd placing with this image which was taken at Limbang last June,in the category " captivating color " (judge's choice) . It's quite a long and tough struggle .

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young is beautiful

2011-04-01T07:53:00.006+08:00

'yellow' river

2011-03-30T12:34:00.004+08:00

This is the 'pride' of rejang river nowadays,disgusting muddy yellow,yet the proud authority seems won't bother for it. Sad and 'beautiful'

panorama view of Lake garden

2011-03-19T08:04:00.002+08:00

This is stitched up with 3 photos+blending technic.

Lake Garden

2011-03-16T12:28:00.006+08:00

Lake Garden

2011-03-15T09:13:00.003+08:00

The Melanau hat structure at

sunset .

Lake Garden

2011-03-14T08:03:00.006+08:00

Lake Garden,5km from Sibu town,completed 2 months ago is a great fun and leisure place.
Mini golf field,duckling paddle boats,long boat ride,pressure gun shooting.....Tracking path is excellent for exercisers with great scenery and fresh air around.A food court with delicious recipes and drinks .

panorama views of sg. Julau

2011-03-07T08:35:00.003+08:00

boats,boats

2011-03-05T09:11:00.004+08:00

my proud day---the Kenya hunters

2011-02-23T23:16:00.003+08:00

This b/w has been proudly chosen 'photo of the day ' under the contest category 'the art of black and white'.
The contest is still open for entry.
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my proud day---happy bubbling

2011-02-14T17:30:00.002+08:00

H a p p y V a l e n t i n e D a y ! !

This lovely image won me the 1st placing winner at the category "macro " (mini contest judge's choice)

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my proud day !!---little smiling girl

2011-02-06T15:15:00.004+08:00

A great day indeed ! Among 559 images competed at the category,"people & portraits",this image of mine crowned the winner !

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my proud day !!---the dancing lanterns

2011-02-03T19:52:00.003+08:00

GONXI FATT CHOI and HAPPY RABBIT YEAR !

This image strikes my first contest winning for this Rabbit Year,it's the 3rd placing winner ! ( judge's choice ).

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Lachau market place

2011-01-27T08:23:00.013+08:00

Lachau is a small town some 1 hour plus journey from Kuching. The daily market place there selling various types of local jungle products ,dried food,salted fish,vegetable....to traditional costumes.

A Tribal and Tattoo Expo---tattoo in progress

2011-01-20T09:23:00.010+08:00

Tattoo in process with full concerntration,and it's an ultimate traditional art.

A Tribal and Tattoo Expo---the dance

2011-01-18T09:01:00.008+08:00

The Tribal and Tattoo Expo 2011 was held at Kuching from 14th -16th Jan 2011. The event attracted many tattoo experts all over the world.The organiser provided plentyful of programmes at the hall. Local native traditional dances,music and handycrafts were on the show.

my new consept of macros 2

2011-01-13T18:04:00.005+08:00

Again,all these images are not taken among the grass,leafs,or flowers.

my new concept of macro

2011-01-07T15:05:00.008+08:00

My new concept of insects macro shoots which are not compose with either among the grass,trees or flowers of nature environment.This is my first try out recently to make macro captures a little bit different.Thanks for visit,happy viewing ! :-)

Sibu by Sony NEX 5

2010-12-30T08:58:00.008+08:00

All these Sibu scenic captures are the first testing shots by Sony NEX 5. A cute surprising innovation by Sony ! The results can match the high end brands ! This time Sony comes out with surprisingly outstanding high ISO noise reduction control ,of which i always complain. Great achievement Sony ! This NEX 5 belongs to good friend Edward Tiong. Sony NEX 5,a new generation camera of electronic wonder !

Christmas balloon inspirations

2010-12-27T08:42:00.006+08:00

These pleasant balloon cartoon characters are all cleverly made up of colourful balloons which added the cheerful atmosphere of X'mas celebration,and are displayed at Delta Mall by Jackie Inspirations.

my private sexy models

2010-12-19T17:01:00.005+08:00

All these are some of the recent captures.

my proud day !---irrigation scheme of Tibet

2010-12-09T08:21:00.003+08:00

This image has just been announced in grabbing the 5th place of website photo contest with the category 'the great outdoors''.

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my proud day !---moment of romance

2010-12-03T16:11:00.004+08:00

This image of mine was at the 3rd placing announced by the website photo contest with the category'silhouette' last week.

my proud day !---ATTACK and DEFENCE !

2010-11-07T10:11:00.003+08:00

Just informed via e-mail of this image scored with 82 points and wins the Silver Award.
This image was taken during Pesta Durin at June '10.
So much to click,so much to learn !

my proud day !---dancing lanterns

2010-11-02T08:09:00.004+08:00

I just received an e-mail informing this image of mine was at the 4th place at the contest category'colour red'.
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This picture was taken at last year's Lantern Festival.
For very unfair and unreasonable reasons,several of our entries of the theme for the local contest were not accepted by the ex-secretary of SPC ,including this one !

my proud day !---reflection of red lanterns

2010-10-29T08:33:00.002+08:00

This romantic image merged out from among the 214 entries and chosen to be the winner ! The contest theme was 2nd Lantern-Festival.

What interest me is that,this image is the last capture of the activities and unexpectedly becomes the 1st prize winning image !

my proud day !---the flying swan

2010-10-29T08:27:00.003+08:00

This is the winning image of the monthly photo contest held by http://www.forum.photoborneo.com/

Bintulu International Kite Festival-- sky of kites

2010-10-24T14:09:00.006+08:00

Bintulu International Kite Festival--colorful kites under blue sky

2010-10-13T16:26:00.006+08:00

Rejang River is crying !!!

2010-10-08T20:22:00.012+08:00

These were the sad scenes of our beloved Rejang River.Tons and loads of timber deribes were floating down from upper region of Rejang River.Don't know whether the authorities feel ashame within their hearts when seeing the illigal cutting of the timbers not following the regulations,which also seriously spoiled the environment affecting everyone of us !!! DAMN !!!

Bintulu International Kite Festival--the FANTASTIC 7

2010-10-04T19:46:00.005+08:00

These are what i call them 'FANTASTIC 7' ! The kite-synchronize was presented by them !The high degree difficulty of coordination with the movement danc

ing with the music,which had to move accordingly frontward,backward,rush with s shape ,c curve left or right,they never got crashed with each other ! Also their strings never cramped ! Hereby,i pay my high respect to these experts who were from nowhere,but surprisingly they were the very local guys of BINTULU !!! Believe me or not ! They practiced regularly which made them expertly skillful 7 ! Again,to me they are the best group among the rest of the others !! Malaysia Boleh !

Bintulu International Kite Festival--synchronizing kite performance

2010-10-04T19:16:00.021+08:00

The kite synchronizing was purely entertaining and great fun to watch !