BaboMongchongiAdventures in Korea and beyondHomeAbout me ?Flickr PicsTravel MapAurora Australis130720132013. Not a good year for me posting on my blog. But a very good year for the Aurora Australis. I’m told we are right at the high activity point of a 13?? year cycle, and that 2013 is going to be a strong one for aurorae.Well, they are correct.Finding a good spot seems to be key. Too much light pollution and its hard to make them out. Too boring a scene, well, it’ll simply be a boring photo with colourful sky lights.So far we’ve come up with a few good spots. Near the Battery in Bellerieve, Taroona Beach, and the old Battery in Tinderbox.Lots of experimentation to be done. Shutter speeds, aperture, focus etc. All result in a card full of dodgy images and the occasional gem.Seems to be simply a trial and error thing. Harder is trying to predict where and when they might show. A few times we’ve turned up to find people telling us we should have been there 10 mins ago. Grrrrr. Still, sit back and wait it out. It might happen again.Comments : Leave a Comment »Tags: Aurora, Australia, Australis, Photography, TasmaniaCategories : PhotographyRIP Yoshi19112012This is something I never wished to have to do. We found our little boy, Yoshi, dead in the driveway last night. No real idea what happened. We went out, came back 3 hours later and found him dead. He seemed intact and didn’t look like he had suffered.Everywhere I look I see him. His toys, his fur, his life and energy. Worse still is his sister, Nikki, really doesn’t know what is going on. They were never apart. Eat together, play together, sleep together. Now he’s gone.Rest well my little Yoshi. You ARE missed.Comments : 2 Comments »Categories : UncategorizedBanana Noms4102012Banana Noms a photo by BaboMike on Flickr.Monkeys and Asia. They hang out, hassle tourists and steal their food. This one stole the banana out of a tourist’s bag. Cute but be careful.Comments : Leave a Comment »Categories : UncategorizedPetronas Towers22092012Lets dig through the processed pics and see what we find. Back to the Petronas towers it is. These things are huge. So huge you need to go up the KL tower to get the best view.Strangely the Petronas towers are hard to get up. It’s a first come, first served on the tickets with only limited availability each day. Damn expensive too. The KL tower on the other hand, much cheaper, you can just rock up, and the view is spectacular.Some more pics of the towers, taken from the base.And my favourite. The pic with the little girl. She didn’t seem to be posing for anybody, but just doing that thing kids do. Very cool.Some more random pics of the latest trip coming soon. However they are of course on my flickr page already. See the last few pics to the right, or click the flickr link at the top of the page.Comments : Leave a Comment »Tags: KL, Malaysia, Petronas, PhotographyCategories : Malaysia, Photog