Last week I went to Darwin on a business trip, very interesting as I have never been there before. On some of my free times I was lucky enough to be able to snap the few photos below.
For your information, the crocodile and the lizzards were taken inside crocosaurus, which you can see in one of the photos below.
The Queen’s Birthday long weekend has given me a great opportunity to do some photography. With that extra one day myself and a friend were able to do a short daytrip for photohunting. The trip was unplanned trip, starting up with a simple idea to go to Frankston beach we ended up hoping ona bus to Portsea. From there on we walked all the way to Sorrento while snapping up some scenery pics.
Fortunately for us, the day was very good indeed. A little foggy in the morning to begin with, but clearing up during the day. The view on Portsea and Sorrento was amazing, it was certainly a good photo trip. I can recommend these two places for any photographers wanting to take a picture of sceneries.
The gears that I used:
- Nikon D300s
- 18-55mm Tamron lens
- 70-300mm Nikon lens
- Corel Paintshop Pro Photo X3
The best thing about travel is that you get to see vast amount of different cultures and different people. In many respects that influence the architectures in their respective areas, which is the subject of today’s post.
The photographs that I wanted to present today were taken in Indonesia and Singapore. This was taken late last year during my holiday but have left unprocessed since my Macbook Pro broke down.
In many respects, Singapore is in my opinion much more modern and organized than Indonesia, most of the buildings are of modern designs (eg. ION Orchard). On the other hand however, in Indonesia one can find many heritage buildings granted you go to the right places.
The photo on the left is taken from Marina Bay Sands (on the Sky Park), where most of Singapore can be seen clearly from above (here’s a link if you are interested about the building). It was an impressive view, buildings as far as the eye can see, a lot of development in progress and busy industrial ships. You’ll be able to see more shots from Singapore in the gallery below. Oh, and there are some shots from Singapore Universal Studio too, great place to have fun for a whole day!
During my short holiday though, I also went around in Indonesia, in particular Solo and Semarang city, both cities are located in Central Java. While Solo is very rich in its heritage and history of the old royal families and government, Semarang is a more populated area and is the capital city of Central Java. Visit these wikipedia article about Solo and Semarang if you are interested.
One of the most interesting photo in Solo is the interior of the meeting room in Solo’s Mangkunegaran, it consisted of great detailed and beautiful interior suited for royalties. You can see the photograph on the right. I won’t write more about the Mangkunegaran because obviously history isn’t exactly my expertise. I did had a bit of historical tour about the complex from the local guide though and it was very insightful!
On the left, is a photo of Semarang, taken from Gumaya tower and Grand Candi. Great scenery from up there, you can also see how populated the area is by looking from the photos.
All in all it was a great trip and it was great to see all the different cities and their unique cultures. Next time you visit different countries and cities, it always pays to learn a bit of its history from the locals.
