a pic a day (day 34)

a wide open landscape of the titiwangsa mountains fronting towards the northern region and possibly thailand taken at noon from air banun, perak. the rest area, at 1,050m, is the highest point of the east-west highway which was opened in 1982, linking kelantan and perak. march 2010.

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a pic a day (day 33)

a derelict wooden shelter sits within the secondary jungle along a trail after a morning drizzle in kuala selangor nature park, located near the mouth of selangor river. the eerily quiet egret trail (as it is known) leads towards a man-made bund with brackish lake and mangrove forest beyond, home to countless wetland habitats. photo was taken in july 2010.

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a pic a day (day 30)

a 2 year old girl stood in front of a grove of 110 year old californian coastal redwoods at whakarewarewa forest near rotorua in june 2010 to provide perspective and scale of the backdrop. the redwoods, botanically known as sequoai sempervirens were first planted in 1901. currently the largest redwood in whakarewarewa is approximately 67m tall and 169cm in diameter.

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a pic a day (day 28)

a cultivar of a lily of the nile, from the genus agapanthus, taken in april 2007 during pre-bloom stage at hillbrow garden in cameron highlands. it was singled out using a shallow depth of field to emphasize on the subject while reducing the distraction of the background to create an ethereal surrounding.

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a pic a day (day 26)

on a trip towards wanaka via the crown range road, the highest paved road in new zealand at 1,076 meters, the road winds steeply to an opening just a few feet fitted enough to park the car, i gently pulled aside and then walked out. looking back from the crown terrace towards the zigzag road beneath and the distant wakatipu basin, the infamous backdrop to queenstownthe remarkables, i had the opportunity to see the range from the less fanciful eastern slope, which was remarkably sandwiched between the upper formation of low cloud and its lower shaded farmland as borders. it was an exceptional moment firmly crystallized as soon as i released the shutter. june 2010.

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