Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Under The Sea

My uncle has a big marine aquarium that is filled with fishes with all sort of colors.


BlackBack Butterflyfish


A Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse cleaning the gills of a Sailfin Tang


I'm not sure what species this fish is





Saturday, December 25, 2010

Sunset From The Backyard

I spent Christmas in a small town up in the mountains called Puncak.
I had 2 evening there, both gave me amazing sunset view.


On the first day, the sky was orange pinkish






The sunset on the second day was more spectacular




It had more colour, red from the sunset, blue from the sky and yellow from the light pollution




Friday, December 24, 2010

Big Blue Carpenter Bee

One morning, I was walking in the garden when I saw something out of the ordinary.
It looks like a blue Carpenter Bee.







I still do not have an ID for the insect.
Please comment if you know what this amazing insect is.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Fake Bokeh!

I was sitting in the boot of the car on my way home when it started to rain.
Don't ask me why I was sitting behind!
I decided to snap some shots to kill time.


The raindrops on the windshield made bokeh balls


Although the picture does not make any sense, I quite like the way it turn out


The wet surface reflected light from the vehicle into my lens

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Soda Bottles

I was having my lunch in an Bistro in a mall, when I notice something very special.


This bottles of soda are a blast from the past

My cousin said that it was around since she was young, she is 20 now

There are different flavours

Coffee soda anyone?

These bottles of soda are rare even in Indonesia

Its really refreshing too!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Cactus

There is a small city surrounded by mountains in west Java called Lembang.
The cool temperature makes it a ideal place for nurseries.
People from all over west Java would come here to buy plants to decorate their home.

Plants of all shape and sizes can be found in Lembang, but I found myself attracted to cactus

Cactus flowers are said to be the most beautiful in the plant kingdom

A more greenish cactus also in bloom!

I really like this picture as our eyes are just brought to the centre by underexposing the shot

The black one in the centre reminds me of my uncle's hair

At f/1.4, using the 50mm f/1.4 lens

At f/16

f/1.4 again, making the out of focus exceptionally blur

Bromelia

Cactus flower again

This was using a wide angle lens, the 10-22 EFs lens

Do you feel distorted?

The Angle Of View is just amazing!

Look how big the cactus is!

The plants were all in neat rows


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Jl. Braga

Recently, I had my cousin's 10-22mm wide angle lens on my camera.
I decided to try it out in Jalan Braga, an stretch of street with old buildings


Do you feel distorted?


Dilarang Buang Sampah Disini


Slums of Indonesia


This lens has an amazing 107° 30' Angle Of View


The key rule about taking wide angle shots is to find lines


Another pointer is to try out different angles


Street filled with paintings


Dijual


Jl. Braga


It wasn't too sunny on that day

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