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10 September 2009

Riak Danau Lido

Kita akan melihat sebuah danau kecil ketika melintas di jalan poros ke arah Sukabumi... tentu akan menarik perhatian setelah melewati kemacetan Ciawi yang kadang membuat jengkel... Lido... begitulah danau yang terletak diantara Gunung Salak dan Pangrango tersebut dikenal oleh masyarakat.. Sebuah danau dengan pulau kecil di tengahnya, terdapat rakit-rakit bambu yang berayun-ayun mengikuti riak air... terletak di Kec. Cijeruk kurang lebih 21 km dari kota Bogor.. berada di ketinggian 458 mdpl sehingga tempat ini memiliki udara yang sejuk... adalah Van den Bosch, orang yang memerintahkan dibuatnya danau ini...


Pada era tanam paksa (cultuurstelsel) yang merupakan buah karya van den bosch, perkebunan di buat dimana-mana. Di desa-desa pada prakteknya seluruh wilayah pertanian wajib ditanami tanaman laku ekspor dan hasilnya diserahkan kepada pemerintahan Belanda. Bagi warga yang tidak mempunyai tanah atau lahan pertanian wajib bekerja setahun penuh di lahan perkebunan, meskipun peraturan yang dikeluarkan pemerintahan belanda sebenarnya tidak demikian.. yah... namanya juga penjajah... pasti sesukanyalah...


Danau Lido sendiri dibuat untuk memenuhi kebutuhan air bagi areal perkebunan Pondok Gedeh yang ada di Cigombong. Bosch mengerahkan masyarakat sekitar untuk membangun danau ini, antara lain dengan menggunakan ijuk, batu, dan pasir sebagai pondasinya. Membendung aliran sungai yang berasal dari Ciletuh, Ciketing, Pereng dan rembesan air dari dataran yg lebih tinggi di Cigombong. Ini dilakukan siang dan malam oleh para pekerja... pekerja paksa tentunya....


Era tanam paksa memang era paling eksploitatif dalam praktek ekonomi Hindia Belanda, jauh lebih keras dan kejam dibanding sistem monopoli VOC. Aset tanam paksalah yang membuat negeri Belanda bisa menjadi salah satu negara maju di dunia. Untuk itu Van den Bosch selaku penggagas Cultuurstelsel dianugerahi gelar Graaf oleh raja Belanda pada tanggal 25 Desember 1839, karena sistem ini yang memakmurkan dan mensejahterakan negeri Belanda.


Sehingga ketika melewati danau Lido... bukan hanya keindahan panorama dan kesejukan tempat rekreasi yang nyaman yang kubayangkan... kadang terlintas cerita tentang penderitaan rakyat Indonesia pada era penjajahan ... kekejaman penjajah pada para pekerja paksa yang membangun danau tersebut... tangisan anak istri disetiap kematian.... Riak air danau Lido memang menyimpan banyak cerita... sayangnya sebagian besar cerita duka....


Ghonjess

Top 10 DSLR Mistakes and How to Avoid Them


We've all been there - the light is perfect, the subject is willing, the moment is just right - when you suddenly realise that you're not going to able to capture that award-winning shot after all. Here's a handy list of the most common mistakes that DSLR shooters make, and how best to avoid them.

1. Left your kit at home

As your photography equipment expands, it can be easy to leave something at home that you thought would be insignificant but actually turns out to be vitally important. We're not suggesting that you carry everything with you every time you venture out the door, so it's important to take a few moments, "visualise" your next photographic trip, then pack a bag accordingly. Or you could work out at the gym and take everything bar the kitchen sink...

2. Not recharged the batteries

This is perhaps the most frequent mistake of all time, and almost always results in a despondent trip home. To avoid this, buy a spare battery, no, make that two, or better yet, choose a camera that uses easily-accessible AA batteries. Always recharge the batteries the night before a shoot, even if they were charged the last time you used your camera. And whatever you do, don't combine mistakes 1 and 2!

3. Set the wrong ISO speed

Being able to change the ISO speed at will is now an accepted part of photography, as natural as changing shutter speed or aperture (the days of having to wait until the end of the film are long gone). With this new-found freedom comes the danger of leaving your camera on the wrong ISO setting for the current situation, which tend to happen especially in-between shoots. So make sure to always triple-check the ISO before you get started, and you'll never have an unwanted noisy image again.

4. Left the lens cap on

Wondering why the frame is dark and the camera is suggesting a 30 second exposure? Quick, check the front of your lens! This is the one mistake that makes you look most foolish, especially in front of another photographer...

5. Forgot to reset Exposure Compensation

Picture too dark or light, and you have no idea why? You've almost certainly forgot to reset the exposure compensation after that last difficult exposure, or you've accidentally changed it to an off-the-scale value. If you're shooting in RAW and the photo is too dark, you may be able to recover it - massive overexposure is a different story...

6. Shot in JPEG instead of RAW

Not the worst mistake in the world if you and the camera get the exposure right, but very annoying if the photo is underexposed, the white balance is wrong, or you just usually shoot in RAW and enjoy its many benefits. You can convert an image from RAW to JPEG, but not the other way round, so if you want to get the best out of your photos, double-check the image settings.

7. Chimped a prize-winning picture

The recent advent of bigger, brighter and clearer LCD screens has made it easier than ever before to review, sort and delete, known as "chimping", your photos in-camera. STOP! Don't do it! Fight that compulsive urge and wait until you can look at them on that nice 24 inch monitor in the comfort of your own home. Memory is incredibly cheap nowadays, so invest in some rather than inadvertently delete that prize-winning picture (probably without even knowing it).

8. Blurry pictures

You could have sworn that the picture looked sharp on the LCD screen, but at 100% magnification on a decent monitor, there's no getting away from the fact that it's just plain burned. Delete. Another one for the Recycle bin. If you're hand-holding the camera, always use a shutter speed that is faster than the focal length - so use 1/400th second or faster for 300mm, or 1/80th or faster for 70mm. Better still, use a tripod, the mirror-lockup function and a remote release, and never have to worry about blurry pictures again.

9. Spent more on a camera body than the lens

Photography is one of those rare combinations of art and science, but it can be easy to forget the former and spend all your money on the latter. Photographers' just can't resist lusting after the latest DSLR cameras, which promise more features, faster performance and better images than the previous model. But it's actually a wiser idea to start by upgrading your lenses, rather than the body, especially if you're still using the cheap kit lens that came with the camera, as the lens has the most influence on image quality.

10. Didn't check the memory card before formatting

Check, check and check again that you've transferred all the photos from your memory card to your computer BEFORE you format it. There's no worse feeling than realising that you've deleted all the photos from your last shoot. On the other hand, make sure you do format the card in-camera after you've copied your photos. If you format it on your computer instead, there's a greater risk that it will eventually become corrupted, and you might lose some photos from an error.

Have you got your own top tips for avoiding common DSLR mistakes? Share them with everyone by leaving a comment below...

sourch: http://www.photographyblog.com/articles/top_10_dslr_mistakes_and_how_to_avoid_them/

Naik Hard -Top


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07 September 2009

In August and Everything After (part 2) : Go Deep

Leang Putte, the death chamber, single pitch 260 m vertical.

gak pernah terpikir sebelumnya bakal pernah ke Leang Putte... salah satu goa yg banyak menjadi obsesi para caver... mungkin lagi beruntung bisa sempat mengalami SRT-an (single rope technique) di tempat yang begitu mengagumkan... more than just experience....

ghonjess

In August and Everything After (part 1) : Go Up


finally.... cuma itu yg bisa ku katakan ketika kakiku menjejak di Rante Mario, nama puncak tertinggi dari beberapa puncak yg ada di peg.Latimojong. Ada yg pernah tanya, "terus apa yg kamu rasakan?"... aku jawab.....

I was feeling empty at first, and then I started to feel so peaceful and at the end, I felt sad..don't know why..

ghonjess