Concert at Grimisuat - 19 February 2011

This is the one of my favorite song from our last night concert at Eglise Paroissiale de Grimisuat (VS).
Hallelujah (the french version of the one written by Leonard Cohen)

Almost Unforgotten Bali (Most beautiful moment in Indonesia)

Just came back from Bali last Thursday. I was a tiring trip, considering I took 30-hour flights to stay only for 5 days, but worth it. I had a chance to be upclose personal with a glimpse of Indonesia's almost forgotten life - Petani di sawah (translation : farmer on the rice field). The last decade, when people talk about Indonesia, first picture I had was Jakarta the Cosmopolitan.

I saw this farmer somewhere at Sidemen (eastern Bali), I was doing my small "walk" on the rice terrace and he was there, right in front of me, working on Sunday afternoon. This was typical image we had seen on Indonesian local TV station back at my Primary's years, but later on, everybody tend to forget how the rice on their plate had been produced - isn't that sad?

I had some people asked me how to make this type of picture. It's actually quite easy, first, I edit the picture with my Adobe Photoshop CS4 extended - I put the picture to almost black and white, gave a bit sepia tone on it, add the scratch and dust to give the old feeling. What make it different is actually I add an mask from my digital scrapbooking elements collection as a layer to my edited picture. It was the mask which gave the folded mark on the picture. And by the end, I just flatten the image all together. As simple as that.

Image information : I took the picture with my Canon EOS 5D mark II using Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6L USM IS

Are you ready for Valentine's Day ?

It's about 2-week from now, but honestly, I am not ready...at all. But my website does :) Before leaving for Bali coming Thursday, I update my website, so it's ready for the coming Valentine's day.....

New face of PyongBricole-dot-com

If you could only have 1 lens with you, which one will it be?

The answer certainly different from one to the other. Mine is Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM - the very one that I used during my last trip to the artic circle area. With its "big" aperture, it has helped to solve problem to take picture on the bad-light condition. I had all the liberty to take portrait, landscape even the famous northern lights with it without have to give up too much on the ISO and noise on pictures.

Here are the example :
- Portrait

 








- Landscape

- Random objects

-  AND THE FAMOUS NORTHERN LIGHTS

For more pictures you may visit my website : PyongBricole 

*_* Novita

I did the artic (again)....

Hi guys,

If you wondering where were I for sometimes, guess what, I just did the Artic (again)!
But this time, I traveled a lot lighter - only my camera (Canon EOS 5D mark II), tripod, remote control, and Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM - only lens I took with me.

I am on my way to work with pictures that I took from up north, but since I took more than 2500 shots, I hope you will understand if it takes me sometimes before I finish with them.

But for the moment, here is a  little souvenir from Bergen - HOMEMADE POSTCARD made by me with all my digital scrapbooking things that I have around my computer. I hope you'll like it.

I promise, later on, I will give you tips about "IF YOU COULD ONLY HAVE 1 LENS WITH YOU" ... and of course gallery picture of my trip (when I've done with them, of course *_* )

Cheers,

Novita

Happy New Year....

Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!


This bright new year is given me,
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!


I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!
 
Quoted from William Arthur Ward
 
Dear all,
 
I would like to thank you for all the time you've spent here. It's been a great joy to share so many fabulous things with all of you. And now, come the new year, 2011, and I hope it will be just another bright year for everyone. Wish you all a great year ahead.........HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
 
Sincerely,
 
Novita