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Tag Archives: Reflection
This is what he do every morning.
Rowing his boat around the lake.
Checking what nature has brought him,
As the night pass by.
A smile is always on his face.
Nature is his friend.
[Rawa Pening 2013]
Man And His Boat
Looking at lights
Passing through glass
Always keep me amazed
… Looking for the colors
… Looking for the distortions
… Looking for unusual sights
But do remember
Glass is fragile
And need to be clean.
[Jakarta 2014 .. On my way to Ujung Genteng]
See also:
Fragile But Beatiful
Again
Staring at the beauty
Of the morning sun
Rays of light through the trees
Water vapor from the lake
The empty boat
Is a strange equation
In a place to enjoy scenery.
[Situ Gunung Adventures 2013]
This is another HDR photo, from 9 frames with base exposure of ISO 100, f/11, 1/180 @14mm (+/- 4 x @1stop).
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Teknis Fotografi
Foto ini dibuat HDR dari 9 frame dengan base exposure ISO 100, f/11, 1/180 @14mm (+/- 4 x @1stop).
- Pemotretan menggunakan tripod.
- Bracketing diset auto bracketing 9 frame mulai dari normal, 4 under, 4 over
- Menggunakan remote wireless.
- Fokus menggunakan fasilitas live-view, kemudian dimanualkan.
- Eksposure disetel manual berdasarkan light meter kamera.
Sebagaimana kesulitan pada foto-foto sejenis, disini masalah pada matahari yang persis berhadapan dengan lensa/kamera dan masuk ke dalam frame foto sebagai salah satu objek. Bahkan ada refleksi matahari di danau juga.
Proses pengeditan menggunakan Photomatix Pro, Photoshop CC dan Lightroom 5.
- Kesembilan bracket diekspor ke Photomatix dari Lightroom, menggunakan file RAW/NEF tanpa olahan.
- Dalam Photomatix dicari padanan yang cocok. Dari alternatif yang ada untuk foto ini saya cenderung untuk menggunakan Contrast Optimizer Tone Mapping ataupun Detail Enhancer Tone Mapping. Setelah mencoba lebih detail pada berbagai pilihan slidernya, saya memilih untuk menggunakan Detail Enhancer, untuk mendapat keseimbangan antara langit, matahari dan perahu; juga pada bagian hutan.
- Satu hal yang tertinggal dalam proses adalah deghosting, karena foto menggunakan tripod, ternyata kan bagian perahu bisa bergerak karena bersandar pada air.
- Setelah selesai proses HDR maka file dibuka di Photoshop untuk tambahan sharpening dan sedikit penyesuaian.
- Usai dari Photoshop penyesuaian akhir pada Lightroom meliputi profil lensa yang digunakan, exposure akhir sebelum di ekspor sebagai file JPG untuk penggunaan di web.
Silahkan baca lebih lanjut mengenai HDR pada halaman ini dan pada hasil pencarian HDR di blog ini.
Juga lihat:
An Empty Boat At The Lake – Another Simple HDR
Another example of HDR photo and how to take the photos. Since HDR photo is not something done instaneously then preparation and thinking must accompany its making. Processing is done with Detail Enhancer Tone Mapping dan finishing in Photoshop. Base exposure of ISO 100, f/11, 1/180 @14mm.
My Reflections: The Year 2013 In This Blog
The year of 2013 is going to pass soon. The clock is ticking, and as this post is in writing it is less than 45 hours away from entering 2014 in my timezone. It is time to see what has been done this year.
2012 was closed with a posting of The Borobudur Temple (Edge Of 2012), and this year end we still have another posting from Borobudur near the end of the year. But posting in the blog did not begin until mid of February, and it started with this post of Railway Station In Cirebon dated 11-02-2013, a sunset photo. Then posts start flowing again on and off, during the time. Until 21 August 2013 when the blog achieved 300 posting since the first post in 03 September 2009, a long 4 years off posting as and when possible. But as of today already achieved 432 posts in the blog, meaning that the last few months has been quite productive. [Note: this blog contributes more than 430 posts from the agregate 1000+ posts accumulated from all of my blogs active and inactive ones, see the agregator here >> Makan Lagi .. all free blogs from wordpress except for one]
On language, up to October my posts in the blog was in Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian Language), but started with this Sunrise photo on 17 October 2013 I started posting in English, mixing both language at times. I only posted in Indonesian for sharing photography techniques and details, since I am sure there has been an abundance of writing in English on photography. This is another learning for me, as I live in a non English speaking community, and not working in an English speaking community as well.
This year of 2013 also marked my learning in HDR Technique in photography, and I write quite a lot of the learning process in my HDR posts. You can read from the Pages regarding HDR or from posts on HDR category/tag search. Another one learned this year is the Lightpainting technique, but frankly it is difficult to do outdoors around the city where I lived, so not much is posted and discussed. Other techniques such as slow exposure, long exposure, macro/close-up, photography, is already common so normally it is not much discussed even though quite regularly posted.
On post processing, all these years I only use Lightroom for post processing my photos. But the need for advancement required me to learn other post processing skills, such as with Photoshop. And fortunately this is much helped by the availability of single aplication subscription at Adobe Cloud, which made Photoshop CC affordable; and even cheaper for the Photography bundle which have Lightroom 5 + Photoshop CC with very low monthly subscription. Click for the tag Photoshop CC.
One more important thing regarding this blog is as of 19 November 2013, I decided it is time to use the domain upgrade option from WordPress, so the blog is official iksamenajang.com and not iksamenajang.wordpress.com anymore. Another yearly payment to make, but with wordpress everything is smooth and easy and not as difficult as self hosting option.
So this is 2013 on http://iksamenajang.com/ a blog focusing on photography words that goes with it ….
Thank you so much to all who follows this blog, and to all reader, commentator, and those who liked my posts … This year has been great, and I am sure we will have a better year in 2014 ….
May your life be colorful
As nature provided
Also be magnificent, shimmering and Joyful,
As the magic of Christmas spreads on all of you
Merry Christmas.
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Inilah Aku 