By far my most hardcore photography trip, me and 5 friends spent 6d5n in the East Java of Indonesia, sleeping very little and spent most of the nights capturing milkyway. On the first day we arrived, we went to Mount Ijen which is famous for its acidic crater lake and blue flame. We started to hike at around 1.30am and we took an hour and a half and completed 3km journey and reached at the peak. When the day breaks, you will see the turquoise colored crater lake at the bottom. A mask is highly recommended here.
Then we moved on to Papuma Beach, a leading tourist attraction in the Jember district. The crushing waves here are so strong that swimming and playing in the sea are prohibited. We successfully captured the rising milkyway on the first night, spending the whole night at the seaside. On the second night luck was not on our side. Hence, we stayed in our hostel and finally get some sleep.
During the 4th day, we reached Bromo which is our true goal during this trip. We agreed to leave it as the last destination because you will always like to leave the best for the last right? =D
Reaching the Penanjakan 1 at 8pm, we setup our gears and wait for the milkyway to rise. It was cloudy starting but after a couple of hours, the clouds gave way and we saw the milkyway with our naked eyes! It was empty all over the place so we got to secure the front row and make sure nobody will block our view. After 9 hours standing under the temperature of 12 degree celsius, the day began to break and you will see a sea of people trying to squeeze to the front row, phones and cameras were gliding by our side, and they look forward to photograph the amazing view.
I look forward to returning to this amazing piece of land again in the next few years.
Camera & Gears:
Canon 5D Mark III
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II
Sigma 50mm f/1.4A
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Ambiment - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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