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This is the panoramic view from one of Penang’s most happening shopping mall, Queensbay mall.

Happy belated christmas and a happy new year~

Other than chasing for morning flight, I would almost definitely wake up after 7:30 in the morning during these days. It was really a fruitful day for waking up at 6 in the morning that day.

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This is the panoramic view of Butterworth, Penang as seen from Jelutong Promenade. Jelutong Promenade is one of the newest spot for Penang folks to go for a evening stroll along the seaside. You may read more about this at penang-traveltips.com

Above, Things looking much better when cropped out. This is one of the important pulses that keeps Penang moving, Penang Port. (Click on the picture for higher resolution)

Technically, it was about 9 o’clock at the time of shooting. With camera set up on tripod and leveled properly, I grabbed the lens with longest focal length I can get in my bag. Too bad it’s just 70mm. I should have brought the one with 200mm if I knew that I’m going for this shooting.

Tried a few shots to determine the settings suitable for panoramic, I finally settled f/14. With f/14, I would not need to worry of not getting enough depth of field (DOF) or failing to get sparkling light effect. (Look at the photo and you will know what I mean here)

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The landscape of Penang’s south west region changed drastically over the decades. Developers sway away to Bayan Lepas over the last decade from the capital city, Georgetown, as there’s very little space left for development.

Bayan Lepas looks decent in overall as it’s relatively a new town with modern city planning applied to it.

In the center of the panoramic photo (as marked in the map below), it is the island’s largest sports complex known as PISA (Penang International Sports Arena). Behind it, it is the new D’Plaza which is yet to accepts its occupants. On the left of D’Plaza, it is the tallest building around the area, SUNTECH.

In the background, that’s the shoreline in the mainland.Between the island and mainland, it is the Jerejak island.

We can see piling works being carried out on the right of the photo for the new Penang second bridge which is scheduled to be completed in May 2012.

On how this image is captured: This shot is taken up the hill somewhere along the route connecting Balik Pulau and Relau. The weather is quite hazy and blurry so I resorted to use exposure bracketing to capture the most details and to process them later on.

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Being one of the most popular beaches in Langkawi, Pantai Cenang stretches over 2km on the south-western tip of the island. It is fringed by coconut trees and Casuarinas. This beach is home to numerous resorts, luxury class hotels, chalets and restaurants.