Yellow
Have you ever wanted to take pictures in a field full of flowers? I know it sounds and even looks cheesy to begin with, but to be honest, it is one of the theme photo that i really wanted to shoot for quite sometime now. A few days back, i have spotted this, what i believe to be, a Rapeseed field - basically, a field full of yellow flowers. Since then, i couldn't stop thinking of going there, dragging a few of my friends together and have some fun camwhoring. So, yesterday (it was already past midnight when i started typing this entry) i finally did - tricking a few of my friends to join the adventure (it is quite a distance away from our hostel). And ouh, that's bruno banani again at left =)
I don't have much to elaborate about this trip except that it was fun, i did a lot of experiments while taking the pictures and also made a few of the typical shots that everyone would take if they are in such a place =)
In all of the images, the sky wasn't really being in my favour, it was cloudy and i could catch next to nothing in terms of details for the sky. If it was just bright blue, it would have been a perfect day. But one could only ask for so much, we have to live with what we have, i guess =)
Ah, if you are wondering, all of the images were taken with my brand new broken lens from last week's entry - it is performing pretty well i would say, for a lens that just had an accident =) (haven't send it for repairs yet, have to wait for next month)
The Aalbäumle Tragedy
For you guys who never met me, that's not me in the left, that's bruno banani. He is from sabah and currently studying electronics here in aalen. Sometimes i like to call him 'kuda' or horse - because that's the only animal came into my mind when i was trying to make a relative comparison of his stamina.
But, this blog isn't about him and his relation to a horse. It is about me and my account of things that i find interesting =) Most of it will be accompanied by loads of images, because i kinda like taking pictures.
Anyway, i thought it would be a really good idea to start off my first entry showing a few images i took yesterday about the trip that bruno, daskin and i made to Aalbäumle.
It was friday morning, sometime about 7.30 when started our journey. We initially planned to cycle all the way up to the top of the hill, but it proven to be too challenging, tiring and well, slow. There was one point, where i was cyling uphill and bruno overtook me while pushing his bike. So, we ended up carrying our bike all the way up and made a few stops on the way to enjoy the scenery (excuse used to rest a little).
That is daskin (top) and me pretending to carry our bike while being photographed (bruno was also guilty of this).
I don't really know how long it took us to reach the top - but when we finally did, it had a good feeling to it - at least i felt something, it is probably the feeling of relieve *finally all the suffering is over*
At the top of Aalbäumle, there is a tower which you could climb up and have a 360° view of Aalen. But to be honest, we didn't care much at all about the view, probably because it was not the best time to enjoy such scenery (not sunset or sunrise). So we ended up taking a lot of pictures up there and then, when we were done, each of us hid something up at the tower - just something for us to look forward to the next time we decide to climb Aalbäumle back again.
And then, before we cycle downhill - we took the compulsory shot of all Aaleners (only apply to malaysian studying in Aalen) - the jumping-with-style shot. Below are two of jumping shots i took that day.
There was also a few shots of me jumping, but i prefer not to post it in here due to personal reasons =) After that, since we were already at the top, the only way left was going down - and it was a really really fast and furious journey towards the bottom of the hill. I felt like i was on a rollercoaster except that i didn't do the 360° or cork screw move. But the story didn't end there. Though we have left Aalbäumle, we were still moving downhill - FAST. And...... i had a small accident - colllided with daskin to be exact, on the road.
Don't even ask why i was smiling while being examined at the hospital - i am still trying to think for a plausible explanation. I was aching from head to hip and i was happily smiling at the hospital!
Daskin also had a minor injury from the accident. But we weren't the only casualties, there is one other.
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let me introduce to you, my less-than-a-week old lens =) but luckily, the damage wasn't anything serious, only the filter thread was broken. Amazingly, there wasn't a single scratch on the front element and the lens retained all of its functions. I still need to send it off for repairs though *sad*
