Night Lights

Driving home one night I picked up the camera and started shooting images through the front windscreen. (My wife was driving!) I set the shutter speed to two seconds and wiggled the camera around in circular shapes while shooting.

And here is "Shutter Wiggle #1":

Jalan Dato' Lim Hoe Lek, Kuantan. Car headlights and tail lights appear in circles while the blue and green in the background is The Zenith Hotel and Menara Zenith

What do you think to this style? Different and interesting? Silly and boring? It has a nice abstract quality to it. I'm making a very popular and ordinary place appear in a very abstract and unique fashion.

Let's hope I can replicate this technique in other photos!

Christmas Tree is UP!!!

Lauren stands by our Christmas Tree

It may still be a little early, and some of you may still be recovering from a Halloween fright night, but our Christmas Tree is up!

My good wife has got a tradition going of putting the tree up on the first day of November. It does give me the opportunity to get the camera out and start experimenting with the lights. And I love the relaxing nights with nothing but the tree lights on. It does create a very warm and cosy atmosphere!

Our stay at Majestic Hotel KL - Part 2

In Part 1 of our stay at Majestic Hotel KL, I showed you around our junior suite. We really loved our room and spent most of our time in it. If you missed Part 1, you can click the following link to check it out:

Part 1 - Junior Suite, Majestic Hotel KL

For today, we'll look at some of the attractions from the lobby up to the 4th floor. These are the more public areas of the hotel where guests can wander around and appreciate the beauty.

Lauren gazes at the chandelier hanging over the lobby from the 2nd floor at Majestic Hotel KL

Following are some images of the iconic chandelier which hangs from the 2nd floor directly above the lobby:

Looking directly up at the chandelier over the lobby at Majestic Hotel KL

The 2nd floor chandelier looks like an inverted pyramid, Majestic Hotel KL

The third floor is full of meeting rooms. Here is a view of a hallway there:

Another corridor at the guest rooms, Majestic Hotel KL

Block of elevators at Majestic Hotel KL

Advertisement messages appear on a small screen inside elevators at Majestic Hotel KL

Lauren sits comfortably on a sofa in the lobby at Majestic Hotel KL

The gents toilet on the 2nd floor at Majestic Hotel KL. I always judge a place by the quality and cleanliness of its toilets - no problem here!

Orchids are a common occurrence at Majestic Hotel, as can be seen in the toilet (above), in the rooms, and also in the beautiful Orchid Room. The Orchid Room is located on the 2nd floor, between the Majestic Wing and the Tower Wing. The doors are locked and it can be rented out for the afternoon.

The gorgeous Orchid Room at Majestic Hotel KL

Majestic Hotel KL's Orchid Room

In the Tea Lounge at Majestic Hotel hangs these beautiful lights over a piano, enshrouded in a golden dome

Lauren sits in a chair near the entrance to the Majestic Wing

Entrance to the Grand Ballroom on the 2nd floor at Majestic Hotel KL

The Grand Ballroom, Majestic Hotel KL

Lighting in the Grand Ballroom, Majestic Hotel KL

The 4th floor is home to the gym, swimming pool and rooftop garden.

Lift some weights at the gym on the 4th floor at Majestic Hotel KL

View of the swimming pool at Majestic Hotel KL

Fidelia, Lauren and Leah having fun in the pool, Majestic Hotel KL

Here are a couple of views of the rooftop garden:

Spotted the KL Tower from the rooftop garden at Majestic Hotel KL

The Majestic Spa sits by the entrance to the Majestic Wing

Well, there's plenty to see at Majestic Hotel. Hope you enjoyed those photos. The next post - Part 3 - will look at the hotel exterior and the signboards around the hotel.

Views of Kuantan taken from The Zenith Hotel

Kuantan is a small town on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It has been my home for 7 years. Following is a series of photos of my adopted hometown, most of them taken from the very top of The Zenith Hotel.

East Coast Mall describes itself as 'the most happening place' in Kuantan, which at least holds true from Fridays to Sundays when people from the northern state of Terengganu come down to Kuantan for the weekend. The heavily Muslim state of Terengganu hold their weekend on Friday and Saturday. East Coast Mall is here visible from the gym at The Zenith Hotel

As it looks over Kuantan, The Zenith Hotel illuminates in colours of purple, red, green and blue every night

A closer view of the Jalan Dato Lim Hoe Lek/Jalan Bukit Sekilau junction. To the left lies Putra Square and East Coast Mall; straight ahead sits the newly refurbished Darul Makmur Stadium

The stairs from the lobby to the First Floor at The Zenith Hotel light up in a brilliant blue when the sun goes down

Kuantan looks like a burning heap of night lights as the moon hangs high above

View from our 22nd floor room at The Zenith Hotel

Aerial view of part of Bukit Sekilau. The purple and yellow building to the left is the UiTM campus, while the gold dome and blue roof of the Bukit Sekilau mosque is visible in the background. Behind the mosque lies SK Bukit Sekilau. The open ground at the front left is being prepared for a Ramadan Bazaar. The Muslim fasting month begins on 10th July

Menara Zenith towers over Putra Square below. The white building in the distance is Vistana Hotel. Beyond that to the right, just out of the picture, is Teluk Chempedak beach

Jalan Haji Ahmad runs to the left behind The Zenith Hotel. Straight ahead is the residential area of Taman Galing

Our Christmas Tree

There is something beautiful and magical about a Christmas tree all lit up at night. I took some photos last night of our Christmas tree as we move closer to 'the' day:

The star atop Christmas trees represents the new star that appeared at Jesus Christ's birth

The three wise men travelled far to give gifts to Jesus Christ

Can you see the photographer?

MERRY CHRISTMAS

to all my blog readers!

O Christmas Tree

Our Christmas Tree is up in the living room. It looks particularly splendid at night when it is the sole source of light in the house.

We are going out to do some window shopping tonight with a view to adding to the decorations on the tree a little, and to the pile of presents under it!

Is your tree up yet? Have you done your Christmas shopping?