Cave of darkness Photo

Photographer’s Note

Hello friends in TE.

The Cave of Darkness, called Gua Kelam in Bahasa Malaysia lies at the foothills of Perlis in a town called Kaki Bukit. When you visit this tranquil yet intriguing place, be sure to wear proper shoes. Ladies are reminded that high heels is a no no. You won’t want to be stuck by your heels and create more adventures, but it would be a nice story to share though! Some green lovers just simply enjoy the peace, lush and serenity. But for some enthusiastic climbers, they have establish some climbing routes so you can see over 30 bolted routes in 6 climbing locations. The walk through the cave is accompanied by the sound of flowing water, smell of bat guano and the impressive sights of stalactites, stalagmites, rim stone pools and other limestone formations. Indeed Perlis have many lovely interesting places to visit.

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Regards.

WORK FLOW
Shot JPEG fine
Adjusted White balance, brightness and contrast in Lightroom
Increased the clarity and lightness
Export to Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
- Tweaks with Level and Curves.
Increase sharpness
USM (110,2,10)
Resized, and framed.

EXIF Data
Make NIKON CORPORATION
Model NIKON D50
Software Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Exposure Time 1/60
F-Stop f/3.5
Focal Length 18 mm
Date Taken 2007-12-26 15:13
Metering Mode Pattern
Flash Flash fired, auto mode, return light detected
File Size 178 kb
© jusni nasirun 2008

zeynepe, trekks, ls7902, robertosalguero, syd1946, savask, kpav, siamesa, gracious, alftrek, cfreire has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

zeynepe (9171) 2008-08-24 22:03

Hi Jusni,
Very intersesting place with your fantastic note...
The depth is amazing, and the rocks makes the compo splendid.
Congrats and have a nice week,
Zeynep

trekks (14230) 2008-08-24 22:07

hi Jusni

Very good shot of the cave interior to show the details. Often we shoot something like this but the result is bad.

Your flash effect is good.

tfs, bill

robertosalguero (1840) 2008-08-24 22:17

Hi Jusni,

Caves are interesting places. I like this picture because it show good depth and colours. The trail lead the eyes well into the background. Nice compo with good light. Good contrast as well. Thanks Jusni.

Roberto

syd1946 (17549) 2008-08-24 22:19

Hello Jusni,
Very good use of point of view,sending us straight to the cave...Well presented image together with the interesting note!

Greetings,
Thomas

ls7902 (5766) 2008-08-24 22:20

Hello Jusni,
Have not heard of this place until I saw it on TE ... first posted by Foozi. Will certainly make it a point to visit the next time I'm in Perlis. A negative flash exposure compensation of 1.5 to 2 would probably tame the light in the foreground ... not very sure but just a thought. I'll have to test this point myself :). Salam. Latiff.

savask (1745) 2008-08-24 22:33

it emits awe and respect. Good work

kpav (5800) 2008-08-25 0:27

Hello Jusni, great cave picture, beautiful colors and light and very nice perspective given by your excellent POV. Thanks for sharing.
Best regards,
Kostas.

siamesa (9458) 2008-08-25 1:31

Hi Jusni,
The illuminated entrance of this cavern is very beautiful. I want to guess what is inside. Very interesting and beautiful shot. TFS
Regards
Maria

gracious (20005) 2008-08-25 1:39

Hello Jusni,
Good use of flash to have the best sharpness, good colour and detials over the interior of the cave!
many thanks for sharing and the useful notes
well done
Tony

jlbrthnn (31771) 2008-08-25 3:08

Hello Jusni,
it is the Voyage in the Center of the Earth. The red color of lightings suggests that a lake of lava is at the end of the gallery. Excellent and interesting capture.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

clic (3932) 2008-08-25 13:09

Bonjour Jusni
La perspective de cette passerelle est fort invitante pour une visite de la grotte et vous avez su bien doser les deux sources de lumière pour un éclairage équilibré.
Amicalement.
Robert

aadilj (16697) 2008-08-26 1:32

The eprspective ahs been sued very well and it seems to just go on and on. I lvoe the way you have sued the internal lights here and handled the scenario

alftrek (2300) 2008-08-27 17:06

Hello Jusni,
The infill flash has definitely give you a very good result for a dark cave. The exposure on the walls of the cave is just right, with good contrast against the guard rails.

Best regards
Alfred

cfreire (10950) 2008-09-10 4:47

Hi Jusni
Interesting place well captured with beautiful colors and textures. The orange are seeming a great fire. The fence leads our glance to the background. Good POV and framing. Best regards, consuelo

giorgimer (17490) 2008-09-19 15:18

Hi Jusni,

very good result considering the low light. Excellent perspective.

TFS

Gio