I returned from Pangalengan,West Java,Indonesia few days ago. I enjoyed my third visit to this beautiful place. The twilight in the evening at the tea plantation was just gorgeous. I think is one of the best twilight that I have ever come across. My sincere thanks to Pak Budi, Pak Effendi and many fellow photographers (twelve of them, too many to be listed here) whom has made this wonderful enjoyable trip possible.
Queuing to cross the road in order to reach Tienanmen Square, Beijing, could be a tiring and boring experience. I queued up my self and eventually I gave up. As seen here, this is a real torture for young and old. My advice, is never visit such a location when you could expect a big turn up on that very day.
To capture an image against the light is a challenge to me. First and foremost, a strong silhouette with good detail, as a foreground is my first requirement. For this particular landscape image, to have the sun appeared as a star is another enhancement to me. My usual practice is to close down the aperture to f.22 in order to achieve the strong star effect of the sun. No star filter is required.