tanah orang batak asli

Tanah Orang Batak Asli
that's what the TOBA in lake toba stands for
it simply means the native land for the bataks
batak people are often considered as yet another tribe in Indonesia
however, they consider themselves more of a race



























we journeyed from siantar non-stop
and some 1hour+ later
we finally can have a peep at the lake
the largest lake in the southeast asian region

























it was already around 6+ when we first saw the lake
and it will take us another 45mins or so to reach the city
i was already snapping happily by the window of the car
trying not to snap those electrical wires or tress or those bushes
and yeah
i finally got my only sunset shot during the whole entire trip
and it's nothing amusing either

























once reaching the city
we settled down
driving around finding for the right suitable hotel for rest
settling down at niagara hotel which we all regretted the day after,
we bathed
slacked around
watch tv
coz we practically don't know what to do already around the area
the only entertainment in lake toba would be the lake
and when night falls
there is nothing left to be done at the lake
the city doesn't help either
their city is only of a 1 road long which ain't very long either
we basically drove pass the whole city in less than 10 mins
we then decided to go buy the monopoly game
ta bao dinner to the hotel
slack around
watch tv again
have dinner
and it was monopoly till 4 a.m.














and that was the first day of my trip
ended wif homesick sleeping while still holding the tv remote control
-.-"

siantar re-visited 02

a bit busy lately
more specifically
a bit more tiring lately

just finished covering my very first wedding dinner shoot
didn't went exactly like i've hope
coz there's a main photographer there
so i a bit like...
don't really wanna shoot
and don't really have the freedom to move around for what i've wished
but am glad was given the opportunity from homesick
covered his cousin's wedding
man lighting was hard to control
plus i've forgotten to take some of my vital equipment
white paper for white balance
thus, what i've wished to convey was totally :(
was forced to change at last min













so this is part 2 of the siantar temple
again,
processing was done quickly
don't really have the time to really sit down
and go into detailed processing















the temple of the goddess of mercy












we did a bit of cam-hoing over there too














homesick















sally














the goddess












and another perspective of the goddess

























it was at around 2+ when we began our move again
this time to the restaurant to fill up our hungry stomach
it was then
the beginning of our feast
medan like the guys had said is one hell of a sin city to the tummy
entertainment places are little
places to eat are plenty
so if u ask me what do you do in medan ?
i'd say u eat
if u don't
u're like committing a sin
there's no way u can go on a diet if u're on a vacation to medan












once we had all these stomach filled to the max
we were soon on the road again

siantar re-visted 01

we = homesick, st, anggi, yuli, eve, sally and i
started the trip on the 22th morning
breakfast was of curry bihun
and then off we were on the road















hmsik














chow yun st














and me !












we split into two cars
3 of the guys were in 1 car
and the rest of the 4 gals were in the other car














view along the roads were of plantation, trees and rural small small cities












our very first stop were the siantar temple



all these pics were processed super fast

























it took us around 3 hours plus on the road before we finally reached siantar














and i did the jump here
and lots more jump else where during the trip
didn't do much of the handstand coz i didn't wanna get my hands dirty
cause we were practically always eating when in the car
snacking that is














we stayed in the temple for a lil while












so stay tuned for the gigantic goddess of mercy in this temple !
at 10mm :)

me = back

i'm back home !
to medan
shoot lesser pics than i've hope i would
what was suppose to be a photographic holiday
totally turned into simply a short vacation
a getaway
where i really let myself out lose to the world of
.freedom.

nevertheless,
i've still had a couple of shots that amazed even myself

one thing for sure is,
plenty of fun shots

totally very tired now
gonna just go have a shower
and off to the bed i shall go

u shld have come

so homesick, st, deso, sally and yuli came over to medan
today
this morning

hmsik and st will be staying over my place

camho = excessive
like usual

and our first night of camho-ing
is specially dedicated to v+ i to the power of 2















and these are why U shld haf abandoned sch and come over to join us
be reminded
this is only our first night !















the smashpop jump !
this one for u jason =P
aha















*homesick finally home*















*st*
okay sorry for the bad face editing
it was like damn fast
coz this fello is practically sleeping behind me as me = typing now















-concept andy lau-















fly high jump !















-O V I-















over the head














we shot shot shot
then hmsick were saying about this "flying" shot
so just did it



and he IDIOTICALLY crop out my leg
wtf ?













something specially for u vi :)















aight
will be absent for 3 - 4 days


i'm gonna be travelling 178km away from medan
to a lake that is on top of an active volcano that has an island right in its middle the size of singapore.

digging up

dad asked me to print a couple of my pics
so i dig up my folders
and pick 1 pic from 1 outing
edit and re-edit them and re-re-edit again
so far
got a few
sharing these four













#1 es planade















# aBst FLO















# sPiral














# waX drp

changes in the sky

i think everyone that shoot weather, landscape
would know how fast the sky can change
how fast the weather can change

it kinda happen yesterday
thou not as fast
but the change was dramatic
was 180 deg

i was heroes-ing again yesterday
btw, finally i finished season 1
in 3 consecutive days
whoo !
= all the experiments can begin
and yeah i did shoot a bit of my thoughts yest
but still ain't perfect yet
anyway, back to the weather
yeah so i was heroes-ing again right
so like at around 12+ i decided to stop watching a while
coz damn hungry
then i take a look of the sky from the window
WAH
got blue sky
sky of the past few days have been tremendously disappointing
and blue sky now
meaning
10-22
go try try
i went upstairs
OMG
it was so damn HOT
it was so dry
i went back to my room and attached a nd8 filter
it was so hot
i could even still shoot hand held even with a nd8 filter attached shooting narrowly at f/11 man !
nd8
that's 8 stops of darkness balls

so



























i don't know what would u call that
balcony ?
no...i dunno lah
and after that was just shooting the skies
and playing with b+w again









































and a bit of camho-ing
aha















looks very fiery hot eh ?



























and so after that i went back to my room
transfer the pics and all
edit here and there
and went down for my breakfast/lunch
continued heroes-ing after that
2 episodes later
i went up again and the sky was



























DARK
DAMN DARK !
even before i converted it to b+w it was very dark already wor

and hand held
i shot my very first LIGHTNING with the 10-22
hand held okay
ahhahaha
damn lucky
thou compositional wise not very satisfying
















can see where the lightning ?










the sky outside right now is again
very disappointing
and so
it's time to go out
lunch with my baby darling, f
:)


ps. the guys are coming tomorrow,
herbertism.blogspot.com will make a 4 days trip to lake toba and brastagi !
and i don't think i'm gonna be brining the lap top
so my photo storage will be only of 5 gb
and i kinda hope that will be more than enough =D

later ~

the piano

why have i been like so absent ?
why like so little pictures lately ?
after all the experiments i've thought off during the exams period
why no pics till now ?



the answer is only 1
me = watching heroes
=P


it's like that
and that is why i don't like watching series show
once i started watching
i won't stop till i finish them


the other time i asked pOp to send me epi 1 of heroes to accompany my flight back home
and guess what
i kinda liked it
so back here
without thinking twice
i bought myself the whole of season 1 of heroes
7 cds of it
for like less than 8 bux sing
=P
ori quality with subtitle all


meanwhile,
i'm also trying to adjust my eye to the wideness :)
the lens that blow my mind off
the quality is definitely more than i asked for


i'm already at disc 5 !
i think that should mean like epi 11 or 12 can't remember


and these,
are a little bit of what i've shot lately
just trying to train my eye to the wideness
haven't really adjusted to it
well,
it's like that when i got a new lens
it takes time to adjust
and i'm still not trying very hard at it
may be after heroes =P

i've got 1 shot i want with this lens already
wanted to do it last time
then lazy
watched heroes again instead
LOl


okay
4 pics

the piano








































































all shot with only the flash
damn
really want some lighting equipment !

i shall go have my breakfast / lunch
and go heroes-ing again

ahha

u-wideness

i = damn tired
practically was out the whole day
so this will be a pictorial entry
:)













#01















#02














#03














more soon :D
do you know what i wanna say =P ?

lazy-ing

yeah
i'm like lazy-ing all over
nv pick up camera
nv do anything also
whole day just slack machiam nobody's business
wake up
play games
watch movies
play games again
and watch movies again
and hang out
complete slackdom






i've been eying for a certain budget light for my experiments
then i went the other day to buy it
damn it
sold out
so i guess the water experiments will halt for a while
and it's time to move on to people
i want portrait !
then here no model :(
and no lights also
so practically i'm just lazy-ing all over
the new lens will be here soon
and once i got that
then the experiments will begin all over again

now i rest time man \m/







~ SLACK ~
i'm slacking
like never before !


but then i think i'm gonna be picking up the camera later
what am i shooting ?

nagaterbang

part 2 of the macro shootout the other time
of the nagaterbang =P
dragonflies
and a few funny insect i got













firstly show u the funny looking ant first






*OI YOU...*















*HUSH HUSH..GET OUTTA MAH WAY NIGGA*















*that is one angry dood man...*















*yeah lor*














okay no more story alreadi
here are the nagaterbang




the bg a bit ugly i know



























me hungry again man






























this dood here is eating some smaller insect
can see ?















this one also same one















a much more close up pic













okay
gotta run
wanna go feed this hungry stomach already


meanwhile
my body is like aching all over
so experiments will slow down a bit
and while waiting for my recovery
i'm trying to settle the new lens :)
and may be start painting again