In the previous post, I wrote that I’m gonna post the picture of Monumen Nasional. So here it is. Jakarta Government Website wrote
The National Monument is one of the monuments in Jakarta erected to commemorate the Indonesian people fighting against the Dutch colonialist. The monument is located in central Jakarta, it is at the Lapangan monas (Monas square). The monument, with its unique style and is 137 m in height , was made of marbles with phallus form symbolizing the fertilizing. The flaming torch shape weighing 14.5 kg and is plated with 35 kg gold is placed on the top of the monument . The torch symbolizes the Indonesian people fighting for independence. The monument, erected at a 80-hectare land was officially opened for public on 12 July 1975, is known as Tugu Monas.
If you notice, there is a man who carry a tripod in the low left corner of the photo. He is one of so many photographers in Monas that offer to take photo people with Monas as the background. There’s so many people with so many activities around here. I think I’m gonna spend my next Saturday afternoon in this place again. With my camera of course.. 
Photo Details:
- Exposure time 1/30 s
- F-number f/11
- Exposure program Aperture priority
- ISO speed ratings ISO 100
- Exposure bias value 0.00 eV
- Metering mode Center weighted average
- Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
- Focal length 17 mm
- Circular Polarizing Filter
- Canon EOS 450D
- Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II LD Asp IF
- Handheld
I take this photos around blue hour (around 6 pm). 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!
2 Comments
Looks great! I really need to get me a circular polarizer. I think it’s cool that you got another photographer in your picture haha.
BW … enjoy good fotos … cayoo