Crafting the Gamelan
This was where I retreated to after the heat from the previous post! Obviously, crafting these musical instruments requires quite a fair amount of precision work in order to get the tone and pitch of each piece correct.
Category: Candid
Candid, people photography
In The Fiery Forge
New post updates will be more frequent with the recent haul of pictures I took in Indonesia… 😀
The first place we visited for photography after our arrival in Solo City was a forge where ethnic Javanese musical instruments and gongs were made. Getting into the forge was a challenge due to the heat and level of dust kicked up by the work going on inside. To protect ourselves, we had to put on disposable ponchos and face masks. Unfortunately, this made the actual picture-taking process practically unbearable due to the immense heat! I lasted barely five minutes inside before I had to retreat outside for some fresh air. The above is probably the only decent picture I managed to get during those few minutes within. Interestingly, someone has posted a short video clip of the gong-making process much earlier on, showing literally what we actually saw. There is quite a fair bit of ritual involved in the forging of these musical instruments as this post describes.
Last Task For The Day
First post of the new year… Obviously, I haven’t had time to go out to take some pictures as yet, so one from 2012 will do for now. We made a short getaway to Western Australia just a month ago. The weather was supposed to be hot but an unusual day of heavy rainfall greeted us when we arrived in the Margaret River area. After a whole day of rain, I was glad that the sun made a dramatic appearance during our evening drive. With little time to spare, I headed towards the beach. I was initially dismayed when I saw the vehicle on the jetty. In the end, the occupants and their activity actually proved to be nice foreground subjects to contrast against the dramatic scene behind them.