Nature's Art
18·02·2006 | Permalink | Comments
- photographer
- Eddy Chew
- Eddy Chew aka LeoChimaera lives in Penang. He's a corporate advisor, and run his own advisory and training company firm based in Penang and Singapore.
He first experienced photography when he was 9 years old and fell in love with it ever since.
During his free time, he'll seek out new photo opportunities, whenever he is at home or abroad.
Presently, he's coaching his 7 years old daughter photography as she has shown interest in the field as well. She accompany him in his photographic outings when in Malaysia.
- loc.
- Gua Tempurung, Perak
- tags
- abstract, cave, nature
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Picture was taken at Gua Tempurung, out skirt of Kampar, Perak.
An outing with my family and friends from Penang.Narrative:
I’ve photographed so many of nature’s wonderful offerings for as long as I’ve discovered photography and nature have yet ceased to amaze me with it’s magic. May it be the radiant sunrise on cloud formation as I leave my home early this morning, or the shape and formations of hills and mountains along North South Highway as I head for Gua Tempurung.Knowing that I’ll be getting myself wet and will be squeezing through tight gaps and holes (because of my ample size…), I decided to leave my larger dSLR camera secured in my car and just pack my point and shoot compact camera in a Ziploc bag to bring into the cave, not really expecting to photograph much, perhaps some group photos or people’s antics.
A few hundred feet into the cave, the wonder of nature started appearing before me. Formation of stalactites and stalagmites, the erosion of soft lime rocks, marbles worn out by eons of water flowing over it and many more sights, which need to be seen with our two eyes to really appreciate the amazing and magical beauty. Unfortunately, not all of these nature’s wonder can be photographed effectively without proper photo lighting equipments in the dim but often dark cave.
As we walk further in, our attention was diverted by the guide to observe the cave’s wall, just few feet away from us. Amazingly and for a moment, I thought I was looking straight onto what seems to be some kind of man made abstract painting of a human face. Not one face, but two faces facing each other. I immediately realised that, it’s actually natural markings, either due to erosion or water markings on the ancient cave walls. It is so real, that my daughter (yup… she’s also an adventurous one), remarked immediately, “picture of two people talking”!
I took this photo and another without having much hope that it will turn out clearly to be seen on the photographs, so you can imagine my delight, when the photographs turned out clearly and the faces can be seen clearly. Seeing the faces on the photographs again, just reinforces my continuing passion to seek out and photograph nature’s beauty… and not to underestimate the kind of surprises mother nature throws at us when we least expect them.
Very nice photo. Been to Gua Tempurung myself, but never seen that?
— Jacky 13. April 2006, 14:33 #
Interesting shapes !
— Atom 19. April 2006, 10:25 #