Curug Nangka Photo Hunting

February 5th, 2011...I went to Bogor with some colleagues to photo hunt. The destination was Curug Nangka, one of the mainstay waterfalls in Bogor regency. Its location was not a thing you could not reach by motorcycling or driving a car (we got there fully assisted by GPS, tho..LOL). Soon we arrived at the place, papz immediately pulled out his gear and took us some photos (as soon as he publish it on the web, I'll provide the link). Didn't wanna miss out the chance and moments, I took out my camera and started to capture those beautiful moments.

Can I See?

Still experimenting with tone...by adjusting levels, selective colors, and color balance in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

My Colleague in Action

Hello guys,

In this post, I am showing you some of my photo retouch projects that I been experimenting for the last week. That's why I rarely post or comment and blogwalking to my friends' blog. *Sorry! :)

For the first photo, I used Adobe Photoshop to spice it up. Levels, selective colors, and color balance adjusting were used here. Unfortunaltely, I forgot the steps I made for the photo. *LOL
I put a texture image at the top layer and applied overlay in blending options.

Pap in Action

For the second photos, I retouched them in Adobe Lightroom 3 software using my own-made preset. I know that I have been experimenting on this preset log time ago, back in the last quarter of year 2010. Lucky you I have shared it on the web. Here are the photos:

If you are interested in using my preset, please give me credit for the photo or you can simply tell me where you put it online (the link of the image).

This is for the bonus photo:
I know that it is definitely not good to experiment on the food photo tone. But, I wanna break the rule! Only for this photo. :)

A Poetry from Mother

My lovely mom and sister

Saying goodbye

By Lucinda Price

Letting go does not mean I don't care
With everything in our life that we have shared
Letting go means that I don't own your mistakes
I will not be in control; high stakes
You are in control of this day, this one....
It is time that my hands go down by my side
And you get a reality ride
For every mother knows
It hurts to let go
But if I continue to take the blows for you
You'll never learn about life and I love you
Letting go does not mean I'll leave you totally alone
It means that I'll be on the side lines cheering "go!"

A request from Utie...*But I was a little bit confused whether she would like me to put this on my blog or not :-/

Old Lady

“What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady —an accident of nature, growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.”