Taken on vacation trips
We chanced upon a village wedding in Cemoro Lawang after our morning outing at Mount Bromo. The wedding presented itself with numerous photographic opportunities. These two sisters were waiting outside the bridegroom’s house for the wedding procession to take place. Ignoring us nosey photographers altogether, they were seemingly in a world of their own. I love the interesting expressions on their faces.
As the sun descended during our first evening at Mount Bromo, I took the opportunity to try out some long exposure shots as the clouds of ash blew over the Sandsea Caldera. This particular one was taken with an exposure of 2.5 seconds at f/11. Much work has been done (including merging two separate processes of the same RAW file) to achieve the final “high dynamic range effect” here.
On our third day at the Mount Bromo area, we had the chance to travel across the Sandsea Caldera on jeep. The landscape was almost something out of Star Wars itself: a desert of fine, grey volcanic sand and ash dotted by clumps of vegetation which has somehow managed to thrive in these barren conditions. I took advantage of the distortion effect from my wide-angle lens to capture the above shot. Mount Bromo is smoking in the distance on the left while the dormant volcano Mount Batok stands on the right.
This picture is also my entry for Photo Friday’s challenge on “Four”. Do vote for me if you like this picture! 🙂