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When I started learning photography a few years ago, I was highly impressed by landscape photography: seeing beautiful images of seas and mountains. Eventually
by anta40 4y ago
When I started learning photography a few years ago, I was highly impressed by landscape photography: seeing beautiful images of seas and mountains.
Eventually I realised as someone livin' in a city, those are not parts of my city. Well, there's a beach in Jakarta but the view isn't particularly exciting. And of course it takes some time to reach the place, due to traffic jams.
And lockdown/social distancing in 2020 changed my perception about photography. From landscape/street photography to something I can photograph within 20 meters. For me, that means capturing abstract patterns like stones, leaves, peeling paint on the wall, etc. There's always something interesting as long as you are willing to "see"
- mikub 4y agoAs someone who's living in a small "empty" village in germany I always find it fascinating to see pictures of crowded places like Jakarta. Sooo many people everywhere. :)
- Brajeshwar 4y agoYou should come for a holiday to India. ;-)
- anta40 4y agoI think those pictures only tell you half of truth. The crowds are usually concentrated on certain areas like business districts, shopping malls, traditional markets, or at certain hours like streets at after office hours. If you want to see "less-crowded" Jakarta, book a ticket say 2 or 3 days before Eid al-Fitr. Quite a lot Jakartans "mudik" (visit their hometowns to spend the holiday there).
- rr808 4y agoJakarta sounds like one of the most exciting places in the world. Familiarity breeds contempt :).
- jerrre 4y ago> seeing beautiful images of seas and mountains are the places beautiful, or the photos of them
- yakubin 4y agoI’ve never seen a sea, nor a mountain, which wouldn’t be beautiful.