Lake Maninjaou Photo

Photographer’s Note

Lake Maninjaou is the second largest volcanic lake in Sumatra; not as overwhelmingly huge as Toba,it's still a great view. A trip by bus from a town of Bukkitingi will take you through a beautiful mountainous area covered with thick vegetation, and you'll finally find yourself on the edge of a large crater with the lake at its bottom. From there only 42 hairpin bends remain to get down...

We arrived there on a clouded day, there was a little mist over the lake, it was so calm and empty.
This purple tone is a result of scanning in my old scanner, not a reflection of natural colours but I like it. I ran it through NeatImage, the quality seems really poor this time, it seems a little too smooth to me but it looks better (I think) than before.

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fabio_ts (13672) 2006-01-13 6:02

A great impact picture Aleksandra, I like a lot its purple dominant and it's grephically perfect.. great work, BRAVA+++

have a nice week end,
Fabio.

Paolo (40655) 2006-01-13 6:07

Hi Aleksandra, good shot with a wodnerful purple light and reflection.
there are some focus problems but the composition is really amazing.
i did a small WS.
thanks, ciao

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sixTL (8582) 2006-01-13 6:07

cze¶æ Ola, bardzo ³adna kompozycja zdjêcia. Interesuj±ca kolorystyka. Wyjatkowy dzieki swojej prostocie kadr. Piekna praca.

Artur

shangri-la (353) 2006-01-13 7:07

beautiful picture! I like the color & peacefully atmosphere...
;-)

bantonbuju (48358) 2006-01-13 11:27

no a to zdjęie to jest z kategorii "wallhanger:, mogę je sobie spoko wyobrazić w jakiejś kafejce, albo może klubie, na ścianie, a ja popijająceo herbatkę o orientalnym aromaciue;
ale nastrojowe;
fajne;
pozdr. j.

ahmetgedikli (21621) 2006-01-13 11:33

Hi Aleksandra,
Great shot. I like yuor picture. Fantastic colors, good reflection and frame. Thanks for sharing,
Ahmet

lu_muratori (618) 2006-01-21 3:17

hello aleksandra,
i have been to maninjau too , it is so peacefull and beautifull there, isn't it? i agree with you about the purple, it is absolutely lovely, and i think the focus problem to which paolo refers might come from the scanner aned not from your shot, but i think it is better a bit unfocused than without the purple... maybe a little photoshop could improve it.
luciana