Imagine my bewilderment when I saw a sea of beautiful lights shining from a small hill just behind Sungai Rasau Toll Plaza along Federal Highway. It was a very pretty sight! I knew immediately that must be I-City for I’ve read 2 articles about I-City’s White Winter Wonderland recently at The Star newspaper. If you’re clueless as what I-City is, you can read more about I-City here. In short I-City is the latest MSC Malaysia Cybercentre Zone @ Shah Alam, Selangor.
Good news is I have my DSLR with me that night. Wehheeee but boy oh boy I had some tough time setting up most of the shots as I’m not sure how to set the best aperture and white balance. Plus using a 50mm f/1.8 lens for landscape shots is a real test. In the end I just ignore the white balance setting (set to auto) and only concentrate on aperture. And I choose not to use flash as I dislike overblown picture.
So bear with me… these are my first night photography shots of LED Christmas trees.
Hmm too dark and not pretty. Haha
But I gotta show you how they look from far, right?
It was drizzling when we first arrived.
I ‘kinda’ like this picture! But something is amiss. A good composition maybe.
The hill was a little damp. A concrete path lead you to the LED trees. Be careful of the muddy earth though.
Hmm the blue and red LEDs lights kinda cacat. The colors looks overblown. What would you recommend the camera setting to be?
Lime tree in the midst of all this?
Chinese New Year is around the corner after all.
Unfortunately this shot didn’t turned out well from what I imagined. 
Now this I like!
Christmas has come and gone and… there’s nothing wrong snapping Christmas trees in the month of January. Haha
This is my no. 1 favorite picture for this session. Look at the lovely bokeh. Especially the green one on the right.
I feel so happy every time I look at this picture.
Twinkle twinkle my eyes…
Another yellow star. I have blue star, green star and red star shots too but they doesn’t look as nice as this.
Love Love Love this.
Okay so I was there on 2nd January. But I’m not sure how long the display will be there. Do go and check them out. A heaven for photographers.
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tekkaus Says:
January 5th, 2010 at 1:05 amVisit tekkaus
This is so special.
Beautiful lights. 
xin Says:
January 5th, 2010 at 8:48 amVisit xin
i love ALL the photos! so pretty!! i always see the I-city signboard when I go shah alam, but never give much thoughts. now i think it is worth a visit for photos
Che-Cheh Says:
January 5th, 2010 at 5:55 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Tekkaus, this is my first time too seeing these kind of LED Christmas trees.
Xin, do go there and have a look at night ya. There’s not many people there so it’s kinda cool no need to rush and himpit. Haha
Angie Tan Says:
January 5th, 2010 at 6:34 pmVisit Angie Tan
Wah… Nice photos-wor…
Love the bokeh in your 2nd-last photo… I’m curious about i-City too as I’ve seen it as I exited the Bukit Raja toll the other day.
jemima Says:
January 5th, 2010 at 8:13 pmVisit jemima
That’s really a Christmas Wonderland.
keeyit Says:
January 5th, 2010 at 10:25 pmVisit keeyit
Wahhhhhhhh..
Wonderful lighting~
First 3 pictures very unique. How to take it ar?
annant Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 12:11 amVisit annant
so pretty <3
your pichas make me yearn for a hugeasscanggihcamera now Now NOW! seimou :S
Dawn Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 6:08 amVisit Dawn
Love all the pictures….the bokeh ones very chun!!!
Che-Cheh Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 10:24 amVisit Che-Cheh
Angie Tan, to ceh. There are 2 ways to go to I-City (via Bukit Raja or after Sungai Rasau toll plaza before the Petronas/Shell station).
Jemima, there’s actually a very tall and white Christmas tree at the I-City building but too bad they didn’t on the tree’s light.
Keeyit, really? I thought they didn’t look that good. Just point and shoot.
Annant, go buy one la. Now DSLR very cheap. Hehe
Dawn, thank you thank you.
foongpc Says:
January 7th, 2010 at 12:24 amVisit foongpc
I wanted to go there last December to take some photos to add to my collection of Christmas decors post on my blog, but too bad, didn’t have time for it! Good thing you went! I’m amazed! It’s really nice!
Do they still have Xmas lights on now in January? Or all shut off already? Maybe they’ll have CNY decors coming up?
jam Says:
January 7th, 2010 at 10:06 amVisit jam
The picture taken are decent enough. Well done! I am thinking of getting myself a 25mm f2.8 single focus lens.
Che-Cheh Says:
January 7th, 2010 at 10:11 amVisit Che-Cheh
Foongpc, I went there on 2nd January. Not sure now.
Jam, yes do get it ya and show us after that.
Swee Says:
January 10th, 2010 at 6:02 pmVisit Swee
ohh… so this is what was there . i keep seeing those lights along the highway.. never knew it’s i-city. but i’m pretty sure we wouldn’t mind if the money to buy these lights were used to engage a faster completion of the flyover … the jam is ridiculous!!!
Che-Cheh Says:
January 10th, 2010 at 8:28 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Swee, hahaha the flyover… tension gilar ohhh
jMs Says:
February 22nd, 2010 at 2:41 amVisit jMs
Thanks for posting this up. I was there 2 days back and was amazed that the lighting was great and was shock and syiiiookk to see the jam. But it’s definetely worth the jam that i was stuck in
uLi Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:13 pmVisit uLi
Nice shots le…And interesting place to be for photographer especially
Che-Cheh Says:
February 27th, 2010 at 3:05 amVisit Che-Cheh
jMs, hiya. So it’s jam-packed now huh. I’m thinking of going there again.
uLi, thank you. Have you visited i-City?
ILikePaperCutting Says:
March 1st, 2010 at 11:34 amVisit ILikePaperCutting
I am staying in SA and don’t know there is such an interesting place to go. thanks for the useful links.
Che-Cheh Says:
March 1st, 2010 at 4:22 pmVisit Che-Cheh
ILikePaperCutting, hi do go and check this place out. It’s very beautiful at night.
geoff Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 2:08 pmVisit geoff
hi! stunning with ur snap!
can email me ur camera settings?
Che-Cheh Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 2:40 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Geoff, the photos properties are available in flickr. Just click at the pictures.
Aka Says:
March 9th, 2010 at 9:12 pmVisit Aka
Hi…just wondering is ald Mac now…
is da gorgeous lighting still on?
Nabil Says:
March 10th, 2010 at 1:42 amVisit Nabil
Event ni sentiasa ada?
Che-Cheh Says:
March 10th, 2010 at 7:55 amVisit Che-Cheh
Aka, not sure what you mean by the first sentence.
Yes the lights are still there.
Nabil, sorry I’m not very sure about it. Maybe you can contact I-City for more info.
Aka Says:
March 14th, 2010 at 3:17 pmVisit Aka
Yup just went yst 13 Mar.. da lighting still on…
and is very jam ~~~
Che-Cheh Says:
March 15th, 2010 at 12:57 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Aka, hehe luckily I went earlier. But of course I bet the lighting is lovelier now than before.
moonlight Says:
March 23rd, 2010 at 10:05 amVisit moonlight
hi, love the light i wist i can go to i-city it soo nice thank so much for the picteres
thank so much
Creative Generation Says:
April 19th, 2010 at 8:42 pmVisit Creative Generation
We are the creative team that’s working on this place. The park is going to be here for quite awhile and is ever evolving. it changes very four to six months or so. you guys will have to keep coming back. the next round’s gonna be ready i june and it’s going to blow you away. spread the word.
mail us at creativegeneration@hotmail.com and give us your feedback.
patricia Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 7:48 amVisit patricia
sure is a beautiful sight. but what’s the big idea really. here we are, everyone’s like going green, save the environment, plant a tree….. the best example now is to follow i city… plant a plastic tree!!!… the number of trees growing.
Che-Cheh Says:
June 10th, 2010 at 8:29 amVisit Che-Cheh
Patricia, if you haven’t seen it then it’s kinda an attraction but if you’ve seen it already you’ll feel it’s waste of money and electricity. Haha
michael sia Says:
July 20th, 2010 at 11:56 amVisit michael sia
I hope all the LED trees and animals are using solar power. I wonder how many hours would the LED lights last. I also wonder how much it will cost the tax payer money to mantain the eye sore in the landscape. If it is mantained by the developer, I am sure the developer will pass on the mantainance cost to the property owner. I urge the developer to make full use of the money to dvelop solar energy to serve the building and help reducing global warming and be proud rather than creating this stupid high energy consumption eye sore.
Che-Cheh Says:
July 20th, 2010 at 12:22 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Michael Sia, the ‘lights trees/animals/flowers’ have become so widespread until I think it’s over the top now. Thinking of the electricity used to light all these up… what a waste of money unless they’re using solar power.
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