Category: Landscape

Taking a break from the Javanese wedding pictures (not everyone’s cup of tea judging from the lack of responses/feedback :P)…

This an even wider view of the clouds dancing to the setting sun over Ceromo Lawang (see the previous posts here and here). I simply love the unusual cloud formations as well as the lighting! Dad has got a different interpretation of the same scene here, captured with his Leica Digital Modul-R. Sometimes, I feel that the beauty of photography is seeing the different interpretations that can be derived from the same subject material. The difference is in what the mind’s eye see.

A wider-angle view of my earlier post… (I’ve got even wider views to post later on :P)

Although there was much more equipment to carry when I brought both my digital SLRs (my older 300D and the current 20D I’m using) to Indonesia, having two camera bodies mounted to two different lenses (17-40 f/4 L and 70-200mm f/4 L) proved to be useful, especially when changing lenses was difficult due to dusty environments, or when there simply isn’t enough time to switch lenses. I am glad I chose to keep my 300D — it is essentially still a camera that produces great images — although at times, I do wish that I had two 20Ds with me (for the faster focusing and higher megapixel count) 🙂

As an aside: I seem to be getting less feedback on my pictures since I started posting this Mount Bromo series. Not everybody’s cup of tea? Do let me know 😛

We visited this place called Savana on our third day at the Mount Bromo area. I cannot find any references to Savana online (except for a couple of Indonesian websites written in Bahasa Indonesia). Looking up Google Earth, I came up with a satellite view of the area. I have marked what I believe should be the true location of Savana. The sunrise we got at Savana was well worth the visit to this extremely windy and cold location.