Kawah Ijen by geckogr
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the (fat) man in pic 8/8 is me braking some sulfur rocks for souveniers
Enthusiastic hobby photographer which didn't get an eye (yet). meaning I make postcard style pictures, so don't expect a lot of creativity or artistic viewing angles. I try show the things as they are (sometimes a little more beautiful)
Follow the "golden rule" and care about technical details, as there are for example: straight horizons, perspectivic and other distortions, noise, sharpness, close to natural color or as I have the color in mind or show the mood.
My motives are a lot: night and available light, natur, landscape, cityscape, architecture, portrait, street, macro and animal life of which is 99,9% wildlife (not a big fan of zoo and animal show pictures). nude/act only very little, as till now not a lot of chances to get many models ( have no $).
I am german, living since over 22 years in Greece. Because of my business I was till now every year for 2 Month in Thailand & Indonesia. That 's why a lot of pictures are from there.
Hope you enjoy my pictures, and I am happy with any kind of critic as i still learning to get better.
If someone is interested in some more photos please have a look hereÂÂ
http://geckogr.deviantart.com/gallery/
Reinhard Latzke (a.k.a. gecko_gr or geckogr)
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Comments (20)
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
Dreamdesigner
Wonderful work!Stunning capture,Congrats..:-)))
auntietk
Wow. I hope you'll post more of this series here on RR. (I particularly liked #2 and #5.) What an amazing place that must be!
treasureprints
This is a wonderful documentation!:)
wotan
Fascinating and surreal scene!
Faemike55
WOW! Very impressive slide show and information
Lenord
Wow, great shots, sulpher is nasty stuff, think I've seen shots of that Lake nefore on Discovery or something. Life is very hard in many places, you do what you have to do to make money to just get by not get ahead. Peace
photosynthesis
I think I saw these sulfur collectors on the Human Planet series on Discovery. This shot does a great job of conveying a sense of hellishness...
jophoto
Must have been very smelly! Interesting shots of a not so nice place.
bmac62
Hellish indeed. Your linked photos provide excellent context for this sulfur-hazy image. Hard to imagine working every day here. Well done.
neoexcello
Makes me very thankful to be a bus driver. Fascinating.
bobrgallegos
Awesome slide show!! People do what they have to do to get by.
bodo_56
Great shot! Seen a docu of this place the other day - what a comfortable life we live...
geico2000
interesting picture! Beautiful shot
fallen21
Wonderful view & shot!
dakotabluemoon
That is terrible what they have to do guess we are just lucky here in the United States as not to have that kind of work and the picture tells it all almost looks haunting.
Meowgli
Fascinating!
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wysiwig
So you have been to the doorway of Dante's Inferno? You are braver than I am. Very impressive series of photos. I can't imagine working here for very long without some protection.
Meisiekind
Fascinating place and the most amazing capture! Well done my friend!