TheFella Photography

Travel and HDR Photography

Crossing The Steps
A Macaque monkey roams across the coloured steps deep inside the Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Setting Off
A cormorant fisherman sets off down the Li River.
The Lion City
Sunrise blue hour of Marina Bay in Singapore.
Hong Kong Sunset
Sunset over Hong Kong from Victoria Peak.
The Fisherman and The Lamp
A cormorant fisherman in Yanghsuo, Guiliin, China lights his lamp before setting off down the river.
The Waterfall of Light
Yes, I know it's a bit of an arty title, but then again, it's a bit of an arty shot!
This is actually a rarely taken scene from a hugely popular location - Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in Indonesia, containing Mount Bromo, a currently active volcano.
Sometimes, where there is a violent volcanic eruption, the ground left can collapse, leaving a massive crater knows as a caldera. In this particular one, the Tengger Caldera, it also left five smaller volcanoes in the middle of it; Mount Bromo being the most popular of these.
The land inside the caldera is mostly barren landscape, known as The Sea of Sand, the edges of which can rise up to 600 metres. It was on one of these high edges that I saw this wonderful scene.
Everyone was busy snapping away at the sunrise hitting Mount Bromo (and the other volcanoes) in the middle, whereas I had turned my back to see what was happening behind us.
The low, rising sun was streaming across this tree-filled plain on the lush ground surrounding the caldera. That, coupled with the low-lying clouds in the basin meant that the beams of light from between the trees became very prominent.
At the time when I took this shot, I knew I'd like it, but I wasn't too sure how to process it. I tried black and white first and bingo, that was the one. This is pretty much straight out of camera with just some monochroming, slight denoising, slight selective sharpening and some contrast work.
I think this shot is a love it or hate it shot, but I hope you love it as I do!
Batu Ferringhi
Sunset behind an island at Batu Ferringhi in Penang, Malaysia
Singapore Sunrise
Long exposure sunrise behind the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore.
Marina Bay Sands
Laser show at the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore.
Crossing The Steps
A Macaque monkey roams across the coloured steps deep inside the Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Crossing The Steps
A Macaque monkey roams across the coloured steps deep inside the Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Crossing The Steps
A Macaque monkey roams across the coloured steps deep inside the Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
See photo in original gallery.