Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Heaven right at my backyard

well not exactly literally at the back of my house....but at the backyard of North Sumatera, 3hours drive from Medan, Tongging to be precise, the famous (but still very underated Sipiso piso water fall).

So, it was the first hunting session with my newly born photography club TPC- Toba Photographers Club. Get there early morning on time to capture sunrise, but the geographical position didn't allow us to get any frontal shot of the sun.

Anyway...nuff crap, i know most of you won't bother reading and go straight to the pictures anyway...so ladies and gentlemen, The magnificent Sipiso-piso water fall...............

Sunrise at Tongging, cant exactly get the sun itself as it was blocked by a hill


Th sun was playing with the tress, they are good buddies


Still playing

The path we must get trough to get to the water fall

The star of the show

For these shots where I'm almost right under the waterfall i have to crossed the pretty wild river to get to it. it was a crossable river, but carrying a back pack full of expensive and not exactly water friendly gears didn't help make it easier. And as it stands i was the only one crazy enough to do it. But i was the only one with pictures from this angle too.


Down there, even though you i was still some 50 meters aways at the very least from the waterfall itself but water was spraying everywhere, but it was gentle, the kind that coming out from a water sprayer bottle at a hair saloon. Grass and little red flower blossom everywhere, it literally feels like a little heaven, it was so refresing, the way the water hit ur entire body. Too bad i cant really enjoy it as i need to protect my camera. Im dying to go back without a camera and just suck in all the atmosphere in there.

Here you can see the water spraying everywhere

Look....rainbow!!!

Plus an amazing cobalt blue sky, and perfect clouds. Absolutely perfect

The guy is preparing our lunch. oh wait, you don't care bout what i did there, just the beauty shots please, coming rite up.....

Fantastic sky

Who here want to do base jumping from the top of the water fall??

More amazing sky

Shot from the car when we were heading to some village down there near the lake. An almost Infra Red tone.

Another version

breath.....ughh...taking...............ughhh can't....breathhh......

One of the more abstract shot

Look at that cloud!! i mean, LOOK AT THAT!!!


Thats it folks. If you wish to see more pictures from amazing location, or if you got a specific places that you want me to go and take pictures of, even if its overseas, please don't hesitate.....to wire me some funds so i can travel.


'till next place and next shot



P.S bank account number will be provided if you ask for it






Saturday, October 6, 2007

Vroom Vroom...

The days of pre-booking a car and can't go anywhere because all cars is taken is over. Coz i finally manage to get myself my own car (though it's only a 2nd hand tin-can) .

So what kind of wheel am i handling now you ask, well lets start with the kind of wheel you gonna see me behind it if i got all the money in the world, if money is no issue at all then i would be driving one of these.....

ASTON MARTIN

Don't mind the Casino Royale thingy, i've been in love with it since forever, whether or not a certain Mr.Bond been driving it or not.

Then for the moment when i want to flex my macho muscle i will drive this....

MUSTANG

One hell of a mean ride this Mustang, and the car you are looking at is "Eleanor" from the movie gone in 60 seconds.


then if i don't have an unlimited money flow but i'm still pretty rich then i will drive this....

MINI COOPER

As seen in the movie Italian Job, mean little sport car. Then going lower on the financial stairway, if i can't call myself rich but i got a further 50 million rupiah to blow this time around i would be driving this.....

DAIHATSU TERIOS

But sadly none of the above is affordable right now, struggling artist don't mix well with new shiny car anyway. So instead this is my new ride.............................

DAIHATSU TARUNA

Its some leap (backward) after driving my parent's Nissan X-trail for a while....oh well, beggar cant be chooser