The Chiling Waterfalls is located deep in the district of Kuala Kubu Baru, one and a half hours drive from Petaling Jaya.  To park entrance to this waterfall opens at 8.40 am everyday.  A 40 minutes trek across rivers and slippery rocks are necessary to reach this location.  The trek is not though, but you will need a reasonable level of fitness to see you through.  Lately, there have been spats of people going missing and drowning (two deaths have been reported recently at Chiling) at this location.  Therefore, only venture into Chiling with a group of friends and never do this trek alone.


This was my second time venturing into Chiling.  Fortunately, both attempts were made without any incidences.  The challenge in photography is to transform a two dimensional image into three dimensions.  Photographers will use depths, perspective and "near and far" elements to convey three dimensions in their final output.  In this image, I had used the foreground rocks as a "lead-in" lines to draw the viewers eye towards the middle distance of the shot.  The middle distance is where I had placed the waterfall or the focal point of the shot.  From the middle distance, the eye is then lead towards the background of the shot which will put the focal point in context or the surrounding element.  With this type of composition, the eye will recognize perspective and depths - hopefully giving a 3 dimensional element to this image.


I had always wanted to venture into Chiling for the third time.  However, plans are on hold currently due to the two deaths from drowning and one reported missing person case at this location.  Hopefully, there will always be another day.


EOS 5D Mk II / Lens EF17-40mm f/4.0 L USM