Phantomas
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(Warning: photos in this thread are shot with DSLR!)
I spent a little over two weeks in Borneo in November. I absolutely loved the place. It is a beautiful island, a Pacific paradise as you'd expect, quite diverse with a lot to see and a lot to do. People are extremely friendly, I had good time conversing with them and got along easily.
I have spend the whole trip in Sabah (the North-Western Malay part of the island) and even though I covered a lot of territory it still feels like I barely started to discover it, which is good news - more reasons to go back! Kota Kinabalu (KK) was my base, passing through every time I was changing destinations. One week of diving on Mantanani island - beautiful idyllic and calm (nothing but a small fishing village some huts for travelers and a diving lodge). Second week trekking through "Lost World" of Maliau Basin rainforest - a fairly recently explored jungle, so still fairly untouched and virgin.
Photographically the trip was... average. I would have liked to have done more and more people/street subjects, but I was traveling with a couple of friends and priority was to keep moving and to be in the nature (and I absolutely suck at landscape photography). Still, I'd like to share some images and open a thread about this beautiful island, hopefully others can share their experiences or even better photos.
My gear of choice was D700 plus two NIKKORs - 35mm f/1.4G and 24-120mm f/4. I took DSLR mostly for peace of mind. Borneo knows extreme humidity (devil's armpit) and we were going during monsoon season, so I chose DSLR mostly to be confident that I'm indeed getting my shots and not dealing with some strange issues like fogged film etc which I would have found out later.
Anyway, here are some photos:
Thanks for looking.
I spent a little over two weeks in Borneo in November. I absolutely loved the place. It is a beautiful island, a Pacific paradise as you'd expect, quite diverse with a lot to see and a lot to do. People are extremely friendly, I had good time conversing with them and got along easily.
I have spend the whole trip in Sabah (the North-Western Malay part of the island) and even though I covered a lot of territory it still feels like I barely started to discover it, which is good news - more reasons to go back! Kota Kinabalu (KK) was my base, passing through every time I was changing destinations. One week of diving on Mantanani island - beautiful idyllic and calm (nothing but a small fishing village some huts for travelers and a diving lodge). Second week trekking through "Lost World" of Maliau Basin rainforest - a fairly recently explored jungle, so still fairly untouched and virgin.
Photographically the trip was... average. I would have liked to have done more and more people/street subjects, but I was traveling with a couple of friends and priority was to keep moving and to be in the nature (and I absolutely suck at landscape photography). Still, I'd like to share some images and open a thread about this beautiful island, hopefully others can share their experiences or even better photos.
My gear of choice was D700 plus two NIKKORs - 35mm f/1.4G and 24-120mm f/4. I took DSLR mostly for peace of mind. Borneo knows extreme humidity (devil's armpit) and we were going during monsoon season, so I chose DSLR mostly to be confident that I'm indeed getting my shots and not dealing with some strange issues like fogged film etc which I would have found out later.
Anyway, here are some photos:
Thanks for looking.
