Arief Rahardjo
July 2025 - German Villa in Pangalengan.
About the Image(s)
Locate in Pangalengan, West Java, Indonesia this villa is known as German Villa. It was said in the past living German citizen who work as director in tea plantation in that area. I crop from original image to bring focus on the villa.
Editing using PS, I exercise to remove unwanted element like grass and bushes in foreground. I edit using camera raw filter to emphasize some element like sky, colour, and contrast.
Technical data :
Date image was taken : March 24, 2022
Camera make and model - Canon EOS RP
Lens type and focal length - Canon RF 24-105 F4 ??“ 7.1 STM ; FL = 24 mm (Cropped)
Aperture : f/11, Shutter : 1/200 Second, ISO : 100, Exposure mode : Aperture Priority, Metering : Centre-Weighted Average Metering.
5 comments posted
I know this sounds strange, but your first impression for someone from England, this could have been taken in Hampshire or Wiltshire with their green rolling hills and Tudor large house and ornate lakes. Capability Brown did a lot of these with ornate trees rolling rolling down to the river edge.
The reflection is lovely and adds lovely scale to the image, this is a very pretty tranquil image. Posted: 07/17/2025 08:48:05
The reflection is lovely and adds lovely scale to the image, this is a very pretty tranquil image. Posted: 07/17/2025 08:48:05
Hi Paul, indeed many old European style building scatter in many location in Indonesia. As from historical Portuguese, Dutch, British come to Indonesia from ancient time. Thank you for your appreciation. Posted: 07/17/2025 09:38:48
Hello Arief, thanks for sharing the picture of this peaceful scene. The blend of sky, a grassy hill with trees, a building, and the reflection of all the above in the water is a nice composition. Love the formation of clouds, forming a "halo" above the building. I like the small building just left of center between the trees; a nice counterpoint to the larger building.
Some thoughts:
- I'd like to see just a little more detail in the shadows under the trees on the left, and also in the reflections in the water.
- For next time: consider including more detail in the reflections in the water by zooming out or stepping back to include the tops of the trees/building (making the image more symmetrical, top-to-bottom). Alternatively, consider slightly cropping the bottom so that less detail is seen in the reflection (thus, calling more attention to the scene above). Posted: 07/24/2025 16:18:29
Some thoughts:
- I'd like to see just a little more detail in the shadows under the trees on the left, and also in the reflections in the water.
- For next time: consider including more detail in the reflections in the water by zooming out or stepping back to include the tops of the trees/building (making the image more symmetrical, top-to-bottom). Alternatively, consider slightly cropping the bottom so that less detail is seen in the reflection (thus, calling more attention to the scene above). Posted: 07/24/2025 16:18:29
Hi Stan,
Appreciate your feedback. This kind of input is very useful for me. Thanks a lot ! Posted: 07/28/2025 07:41:44
Appreciate your feedback. This kind of input is very useful for me. Thanks a lot ! Posted: 07/28/2025 07:41:44
You are most welcome! Keep up the great work! Posted: 07/28/2025 16:50:54