February, the valentine month, also rainy month at Jakarta, capital of Indonesia. 13th February, its saturday, I decice to bringing my beloved wife and her Mom to walk arround city, with the cloudy and rainy conditions i choose Ragunan, its a zoo inside Jakarta, dunno how get ragunan why ragunan is the first palce came to my mind. May be cause i never get there for the last three years, may be my wife and her Mom also never been there. also may be because i love animal and green place. at last, i decide to go there without thinking i'll get any surprise, all i have in my mind, i 'll get pity to animal there, or i 'll get tired to walking arround the zoo, thirsty and hungry ( in my mind ). because all i hear about ragunan its the cheapest place to weekend, it will overload with the people to weekend, yeah i know all i have its bad thinking.
7 AM, i start to lock my hause door and leading my family to start this journey. i decide to get breakfeast nearly ragunan, i love to walk in early morning. cheering my self by not thinking all "bad think" i hear about ragunan. without forgeting my lovely Nikon D60 and 700mm Tamron lens... yes.. i decide to take a photos in ragunan and start my hobby again. ist better than "bad think" isnt?
8:00 AM, in the west gate or ragunan...its so quite and cloudy, its like no activy at all, I love it...may be all people still sleep... oh my God, nothing suprise me from "bad think" i have last nite. i am hungry, then i see a small restorant (if you call it so), its famous with "WARTEG" in this country. LOL ... but its really cheap.
The "WARTEG" seller told me that i am too early to entering ragunan when i am telling him my desire to visit ragunan.LOL (I do think that last nite)... but is okay.. i am finishing my breakfast at 8:30 AM, and start walking to West Gate of Ragunan Zoo.
08:45 AM, wow ... its start rain, yeah i know i am in february, its okay .. i am not surprise with this first bad luck (i think). I am ready prepare my self for more (LOL).
09:00 AM, by waiting rain to finish, i decide to change my default lens and install my Tamron Lens, time to warm up. start to click here and there choosing the right F and speed. yeaaah... i want to start shooting manually... and the result not bad ... ok i'll continue the stroy tomorrow...
My first click with Tamron 700mm F 4.5 and exp 1/8 ..... i dont like those smoke must remove it from picture
Second shoot still with Tamron 700 mm F 4.5 and exp 1/25, look more nice and bright ..hmm my be i 'll use it for next.
yeah .. try to zoom it with same metode : F 4.5 and exp 1/25, i am happy with color and decide to play arround this F and exposure with my nikon 60D and tamro 700mm manually.
You can visit http://www.jakartazoo.org to get more information about ragunan.
February 16, 2010 at 7:45 AM
Hi... ragunan .. keren banget emang sekarang.. jauhlah dari kesan ndeso... hehe.. lumayan ko buat refreshing dr kesibukan kota jakarta...
Ga nyesel maen kesana.. pengen lagi liat polah.. gorilla nya.. yg lucu bangeeet... jd gemeeesss