Jonathan Tan - Nature & Landscape Photography

Melbourne ...

2009-05-03T13:13:00.009+10:00

Been moving around so much this few months... Hong Kong....Melbourne....Sydney.... for rugby and photography ... Here are a few shots from my recent trip to Melbourne ....

Sorento Beach, Mornington Peninsula Melbourne

Sorento Viewpoint, Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne

More Brunei Photos ...

2009-01-24T22:54:00.007+11:00

Photographers from Malaysia invading Brunei!!

Downtown Brunei

Evening Sunset Silhouette

Sunset View of Empire Hotel

Nikon Workshop (Brunei)

2009-01-18T15:28:00.011+11:00

Blogging Live from Empire Hotel, Brunei!

I'm down here with Mr Cede Prudente, Jollence Lee and the Nikon Crew for the Inaugural Nikon Nature Photography Workshop, where Cede Prudente will be speaking on Nature and Wildlife Photography, Mr Jollence on ISO and Aperture and myself on Landscape Photography. Here are some snap shots from the workshop.. LIVE!

The Workshop at the Empire Hotel Ballroom

The great bunch of aspiring photographers!

Introduction of speakers

Mr Jollece Lee Live Blogging (www.jollencelee.com)

Photo by Jollence Lee

(Me stressing out before my talk.. )

MORE IMAGE TO COME!!! STAY TUNED

Recent Trip to KK....

2009-01-13T01:23:00.002+11:00

"Zen"

2009-01-05T02:15:00.007+11:00

Teaser ... More to come in 2009...

2008-12-31T00:19:00.004+11:00

Been busy getting everything organized... and here's a teaser of what's more to come in the following weeks.. :)

Images from Desa Farm, Kundasang with the H3DII

2008-10-08T14:03:00.003+11:00

Finally...free for a week..

2008-09-04T11:35:00.005+10:00

I guess everyone's been wondering where the heck i've been.. Well.. i've been busy with rugby, photography and work.. Yea...been running around so much that I don't even have the time to update my blog and finalize my images..

I've finally received my new camera! The Hasselblad H3DII. A 39mp medium format monster!!! I'll be using this camera for my landscape work.. I've tested it outdoors on different occasions, and what can I say!!... the color reproduction and dynamic range of this camera just blows me away!

Here are some images of the camera, and will be posting some images taken from this camera within the next couple of days.. :)

New website up !!!

2008-07-20T16:53:00.006+10:00

Hey everyone! The new Jonathan.T Photography site is finally up!! Im still working on uploading images in my stock page but apart from that everything else is ready for public viewing!! Check it out! Cheers!

Back from the States...

2008-07-18T17:05:00.006+10:00

Hey Everyone! Been busy lately... Got back on the 14th of July and have been training since for an upcoming rugby tournament. The trip to states was superb and here are some of the images from the trip..The images posted for now are from Wyoming and Glacier National Park.. More to come! :) Enjoy!

US Road Trip

2008-07-09T05:31:00.004+10:00

Hey everyone, sorry for being quiet for so long.. i've finally got a decent connection to surf the net. Im still in America, and it's almost to the end of the road trip with my family.. I'm currently in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. The journey started from Los Angeles where we flew to Salt Lake City, Utah. From Salt Lake City we drove to Jackson's Hole located at the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Montana. It was a 8 hour drive from Salt Lake City. Stayed there for a night and headed off to West Yellowstone where it was another 3hour drive from Jackson's Hole. We stayed at West Yellowstone for 2 nights, the park was huge, and visited the Old Faithful Geyser that has been erupting hot water since 1870. After the 2 nights it was another long drive heading to Great Falls City, Montana. Staying a night, we headed off to Glacier National Park. We spent 2 nights at the park. The place was spectacular... It was just scenic from every angle. Heading out from Glacier National Park, we started a 7-8hour drive to Coeur d' Alene, Idaho (where im currently blogging now). We'll be staying here for 2 nights then heading to the final destination of the road trip that is Seattle, Washington. It'll be a 2 night stay a flight to Los Angeles then back to Malaysia...

So far the trip has been wonderful.. all the scenic views, the LONG DRIVES...and not forgetting the awesome food! I've been doing heaps of photography.. There's so much images for me to start processing..When im done i'll start uploading them.. Maybe in about a week>? haha..Hopefully..

IJM Regional Sports 2008 Sandakan, Sabah

2008-06-28T12:21:00.009+10:00

Here's some images from the 2008 IJM Regional Sports in Sandakan

Busy Busy Busy...

2008-06-26T01:36:00.004+10:00

Been really busy lately with work and training.. I finally managed to complete some Landscape Images of Danum. Here are a few of the images.. I'll be away for the next 2 weeks to the States... going on a family road trip.. Camera gears all packed up!!!

Danum Trip

2008-06-17T13:26:00.009+10:00

Images from my latest trip to Danum, Lahad Datu. The weather wasn't what I expected it to be... when I left Sandakan, the sun was scorching hot, by the time I reached Danum it poured!! It just made things difficult .. But on the 2nd day it cleared up... And I managed to get some shots. Wouldn't say they were perfect but it's better than nothing.. Well... this is Photography!! It's all about going back to that same spot over and over again till you get the perfect shot!

Sukau Trip

2008-06-10T01:27:00.006+10:00

Here's some images from my recent trip to Sukau

I'll be away for the next 3 days. Will be heading down to Danum Valley in search of the Red Leaf Monkey, Gibbon and Tarsier!!

WISH ME LUCK!!!

Scanning Problems..

2008-06-09T01:28:00.002+10:00

I've been back since the 1st of Jun. Been trying to get everything organized, especially my new editing studio. Finally got everything up and running yesterday. I've been trying to get my XPAN slides scanned but my scanner is just not working the way I want it to...the scanned images produced looks crap!!... I'm trying to get this fixed...till then I guess the XPAN pics will have to wait..

I'll be uploading some images of my recent trip to Sukau, Sandakan. It was a productive trip. Managed to capture some rare and beautiful birds of Borneo.

Will be uploading ASAP!! :)

Leaving on a Jetplane...

2008-05-31T20:28:00.003+10:00

Im all packed and ready to go. Leaving to the airport in the next hour... A part of me is missing Melbourne already.... This time tomorrow i'll be back home.. I think i've gone overboard with the baggage weight.. :) We'll find out later! haha ..

I'll start getting the XPAN pics up when im back. Till then... See-ya!

Sarah & Kevin

2008-05-31T10:06:00.004+10:00

I don't usually do people shots apart from the casual shots with friends, simple because my speciality is in NATURE & WILDLIFE :) I never really had the talent capturing moments of people.. I'd always leave it to the PRO's ... Like my dad always emphasizes " STICK TO WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT!".

But she being my younger sister and wanted some images to work with for her upcoming Wedding..i said...I'll GIVE IT A SHOT!!!

Sarah and Kevin are getting married on the 11th of July 2009. They'll be having their wedding at the New Hyde Park Baptist Church, New York. She'll be the first one in the family to get married. I believe God has special things planned for them, and that their marriage will be a blast!! All my best wishes and prayers to you two..

Here are some images taken yesterday, down at the ANZAC MEMORIAL PARK in Melbourne

Photoshelter Archive

2008-05-29T00:00:00.006+10:00

Finally finalized some images for my featured gallery on the Photoshelter website. Feel free to browse through the featured gallery at http://pa.photoshelter.com/user/jtan

The images featured are also for sale as Rights Managed Images.

Cheers!

Crappy Melbourne Weather

2008-05-28T21:34:00.002+10:00

The weather down here is just killing me... it's gloomy, cold, dull.... Not good for photos at all. Was planning to do a re-shoot on beach huts down at Brighton Beach sometime this week, but the forecast is predicting bad weather throughout the week.. Well, i'll be flying home to Borneo this weekend for a long holiday. Can't wait to get home... The shooting....the training with the rugby team...the serene and quiet lifestyle....yea... life's just so prefect and easy back home..

Will be working on producing more images on Borneo while im back there. Images of the Wild Borneo never seen before!! Wish me luck!

Will keep you posted!!

Sent slides for processing..

2008-05-27T16:06:00.003+10:00

Hoping for some great XPAN Panaromic shots. Just sent them out for processing, managed to get a few good shots on the trip to Phillip Island, but well, it's film...you wont know till you get them slides back...

crossing my fingers for the best...

will post the images up as soon as I get them finalized .. :)

Just before leaving ..

2008-05-26T16:38:00.003+10:00

Just before leaving Phillip Island, I decided to wait for the sunrise down at the Newhaven jetty point, a small jetty at the exit of the island ..

Here are the results... :)

Phillip Island, Melbourne

2008-05-26T02:18:00.007+10:00

Pyramid Rock

Coastal Sunset

The Pinnacles

The Nobbies

Phillip Island Coast

Pyramid Rock

The Pinnacles

Just returned from a weekend trip to Phillip Island. The main objective was to capture the spectacular landscapes of the Pinnacles, Pyramid Rock, Nobbies and some calm seascapes....

The hardest shot of all would be the Pinnacles. Waking up at 4.30 in the morning to drive down Cape Woolamai Beach and it was a 2km hike form the car park that took me almost an hour to reach. Upon reaching, a further 20 mins to hike down the steep rocky slope. But it was all worth the effort, I love the shot!

Shots from Maroubra Beach, Sydney Australia

2008-05-26T01:28:00.003+10:00

Was a chilly morning, but lucky for me I had a few good shots to make up for the cold morning.. :)

Im Blogging!!!

2008-05-26T00:59:00.000+10:00

Well, im here... never expected to be blogging .. i'll be posting up fresh images and thoughts of my photography works as often as I can.. enjoy :)