Snowy

The days are gloomy and cloudy but everytime I went to this part of the island I met snowy. Snowy, a self-made name, is a very curious and friendly dog. The first time I encountered snowy, it was already quite dark and the winds are strong. 

Snowy went so close to me that I was quite shocked that something white and warm licked at my legs. I nearly jumped up and knocked my tripod over. All I see is a cute furry white dog, curiously wagging its tail, wondering what I am doing.

I wanted a dog, for a very long time already but I have promised to myself, never get too attached to a pet. I am a very soft person in the inside. This is an inherent weakness which causes me to miss that pet so much that I can have a painful heart for quite sometime if I had a loss.

Ever since, I decide to stay away and never dared to get attached emotionally to a pet. Snowy ohh snowy, how I wished we're friends.

Hazed Horizon

Due to the haze, I haven't been getting nice sunrise and sunset photos lately. This is due to the fact, the island I am on now is attacked by haze from the peninsular winds. There has been heavy burning at Sumatra, Indonesia which causes heavy amount of poisonous haze to attack my country.

Figure 1: The sea shore.

So as an alternative to the unattractive scene, I decide to take long exposure photos and convert them to black and white. The smoothness of the sea in long exposure is mated with the sandy beach is quite a good contrast. I wish I had a big stopper though, so that I can really make the sea smoother and cloudier.

Figure 2: Still experimenting with B&W.

The haze has also been affecting my health and the people around me, I was lucky that I am not around the Peninsular areas of my country which are heavily affected by the haze. Some say that the haze is something caused by property owners who are saving cost of cleaning up large areas of land. Some say it is intentional.

Figure 3: Sandy transition into the sea.

The haze really make the visibility bad and a lot of accidents have happen since that. I need to be really careful too as not to be involve in an accident. Now the amount of haze is lessening and it rains now and then, so I hope for a better weather soon enough.

Figure 4: Smooth-en out sea in B&W.