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At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography. I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000. When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.

My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.



Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.

Friday, December 12, 2014

KINGFISHERS OF MALAYSIA

 Kingfishers are a group of small and medium size birds. They are brilliantly colored. Food are mainly fish but insect, small vertebrae and reptiles are also relished.
While some are fish eaters, most subsist on small vertebrae.

A)  WHITE THROATED KINGFISHERS. (Halcyon smyrnensis)
       A medium , brightly coloured bird. It mainly feed on fish, insects and small reptiles. When breeding it will burrow into earth banks. Its call is a loud quack, quack quack sound.



Thursday, December 11, 2014

Waterfalls.

A)   Sungai Dal Waterfalls, Kuala Kangsar, Perak.

This is the first of the few falls along the Sungai Dal.
 Sungai Dal is a tributary of the Kangsar River. It is located in the Gunung Bubu Forest Reserve near Kampung Dalam Dal. Accessibility is easy as there is a small paved road leading up the hill. To access some of the water falls, you need to clamber over some steep rocks which are very slippery.

Another small one.

 A pair of good gripping shoes is a must. We find the plastic rubber shoes (Nicknamed Adidas Kampung) worn by hawkers and rubber tappers most suitable. They dry easily and have good grip on the rocks.

The pool here is only good for dipping.

You have to climb down to the river and wade along the bank to get to the first fall. From there it is a matter of clambering over slippery rocks to reach the other tiers. All

Another small one.

together there are four tiers along the river. Water is crystal clear and at the upper most, you can find some concrete structures to show that it was a dam purportedly built during the British time. In fact this dam was supposed to have supplied drinking water to Kuala Kangsar town during those days.
This is a sliding fall.

The very top.

I was told this is a natural hole made by the gushing water. I suspected it to be man-made. There is a small tunnel below where the water flow to a lower outlet quite far below.