Finally, I have something to write and new photos to post. We’re having our holiday after having 7 days mid-term exams in our college so there’s a lot of time to go to some place and take some photos.
Last saturday, I went to Indonesia’s Landmark, Monas (Stands for Monumen Nasional or National Monument) with this beautiful girl named Eva Theresia. Monas is a 422 ft (128.7 m) tower in Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia’s independence. Construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Sukarno and the monument was opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame covered with gold foil. (source: wikipedia) I’ll publish the photo in the next post. 
Ok, now about the photo. I took this photos around blue hour (around 6 pm) when we were sitting relax on the ground after 1 hour photo session. The sun had set that time and the park lamps were turned on. I noticed the lights would be a nice background so I turned on my camera and asked her to pose for me. I set the apperture value to its max 1.8, set the picture style to Romantic and then composed the shot. Voila, it turned out great! And what makes it even better is I didnt have to do some post-processing because the tone, saturation, contrast was just right. Thanks to Canon Picture Style, the color adjustment was done straight from the camera. If you want to know what is Canon Picture Style you can read about it here.
- Exposure time 1/40 s
- F-number f/1.8
- Exposure program Aperture priority
- ISO speed ratings ISO 400
- Exposure bias value 0.00 eV
- Max. aperture value f/1.8
- Metering mode Partial
- Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
- Focal length 50 mm
- Canon EOS 450D
- Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
- Canon Picture Style: Romantic
- Handheld
I always believe what count is the man behind the camera. No matter what is your camera and lenses, if you dont know how to …
In the previous post, I wrote that I’m gonna post the picture of Monumen Nasional. So here it is.