Thanks to Ishtar for helping the team to organize our first photography outing for 2010 The purpose for this trip is not solely for photography nonetheless, it involves a bit of exercise as well. We need to have a short hike up to the Ayer Itam dam and also also hike down before proceeding to Kek Lok Si temple. We started off our journey from my house at around 7.20am and headed to a coffee-shop at Ayer Itam for breakfast as suggested by Shang Yih. After grabbing our quick breakfast, it's time for a little walk Pity Ah Bok which looked really surprise when he found out that we need to hike up to reach the dam but he did a great job With all the encouragements and support, he did it. Kudos for you Bok... clap!!! clap!!! clap!!! That's the spirit

Here's a group picture of the morning heroes sacrificing their sleep for a morning hike to the Ayer Itam dam...hahaha



As we hike along, I had capture some random shots using my newly bought Canon EF 70-200mm L f/4.0 lens. Actually this outing is an on field test for me to try out this lens. Here are some of the shots:





The one above was one of my favorite test shots as it turned out to be quite nice with all the cloud patterns. Talking bout the dam, here's how it looks like for those who haven't been there before.



We were not there for long actually as we will need to meet up with another friend of ours at the Kek Lok Si temple. After taking a few more snaps there, we proceeded our way down to Kek Lok Si temple. This temple is a place where we feel very at home as almost every year when approaching the CNY, we will surely be going there for some photoshoot Well, nothing much changes except the roof for Kuan Yin is now in place. There you go, a picture of the Kuan Yin with the newly constructed roof.



The weather is very very hot there and if you are planning to go for a shoot there, try to avoid the afternoon timings. But if you don't have a choice, try finding shaddy places for coverage while taking your shots Here are some of the other random shots that I had taken while at the temple.







Thank you to all for the great outing and all the best for the year 2010. Looking forward to more and more outings with you guys... let's rock !!!!