"People can photograph anything from moss on the walls to shadows on the ground. If you can see beauty in these subjects, then you can create beauty for others to appreciate." --- LEE LIM

Friday, May 15, 2009

Samui Swai Mak Mak!!

_MG_7283 - Chaweng North Beach


Spend 5 Days & 4 Nights over at Koh Samui staying at Chaba Cabana Beach Resort and had such a wonderful time!!


Got in Samui Island on Bangkok Airways and they only have one 8 pm evening in-flight from Singapore... if only they have a morning flight then we wouldn't need to "waste" a precious day as it was already about 10pm when we reach our resort.

The resort was about 15 mins from the Samui Airport and the setting was Afro. Our Room 230 was on the 3rd floor and thankfully the porter helped with our luggage (getting our luggage down when we checkout need a bit of workout :P).

We were pleasantly surprised by two little towel elephants on our bed welcoming us and we spend quite a fair bit of time snapping their pics & appreciating them!

_MG_7003 - Chaba Cabana Beach Resort Room 230

_MG_7007 - Two Chaba Towel Elephants Welcoming Us


The room was big, clean and have a small cozy balcony. There was even a hanging rack for wet clothing by the side of the balcony, a very simple yet thoughful inclusion.

The bathroom is clean and spacious with a bath tub. A 40" LCD Samsung TV with the usual cable channels like Discovery, MTV etc provides ample entertainment in-room.

The next day we woke early to have our breakfast and to check out the resort and of course... the BEACH!!

_MG_7168 - Beach Front Swimming Pool @ Chaba Cabana

_MG_7143 - Chaba Cabana C Front Restaurant @ North Chaweng Beach

_MG_7160 - Chaweng North Beach

_MG_7165 - Beach Bumming @ Chaweng North Beach


I miss the beach...! The water's clear, the sand's fine and Chaweng North beach stretches very far out at knee depth on low tide! You can walk out 100m and the water will still be just ankle deep!

_MG_7277 - Long Walk Out On Shallow Beach @ Chaweng North Beach

_MG_7269 - Gentle Rolling Waves @ Chaweng North Beach

_MG_7274 - Fishes @ Chaweng North Beach

_MG_7166 - Chaweng North Beach

_MG_7157 - Chaweng North Beach - Picture Moment


We went out and just laid there on the shallow waters enjoying the sun... with small fishes swimming around us! Will definately go back again if $$$ and time permits and you should too...!

And here's a panorama of Chaweng North Beach taken outside Chaba Cabana Beach Resort that consist of 35 frames stitched together by the Autostitch software (Demo version).

Chaweng North Beach Panorama 360


It's a damn good software for panorama as it does everything automatically for you and the stitching is flawless!

Should you find any flaw in this panorama, I take it as my OWN poor photography skill - the software is really damn good! Now i'm very very tempted to purchase the full licensed AutoPano Giga!!


Shooting Notes:
Camera Body: Canon 40D
Lens: EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM with Hood
Lens: EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM with Hood
Add-on Lens: B+W 77mm MRC Circular Polarizer Filter
Mode: Av @ 8
ISO: 200

Panorama Shot Details:
Lens: EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM with Hood
Lens: EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM with Hood
Add-on Lens: B+W 77mm MRC Circular Polarizer Filter
Mode: Manual - Av @ 8, Tv @ 200
ISO: 100


* Note: All "DSCF" labelled pictures are taken with Fujifilm FinePix J10 @ Auto Mode with flash suppressed.

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