Kalimas Surabaya - The Traditional Sea Port

Kalimas traditional seaport is located at the east of Kalimas River, lies about 10 kilometers west of Kenjeran beach. Comprising a two-kilometre stretch of warehouse and wharves along the East ward flank of Tanjung Perak, Kalimas is a living history of Surabaya's maritime heritage where carts and human toil continue to load and unload merchandise into and out of tile holds of brooch-beamed Phinisi Schooners. The best visit in order to see the loading and unloading activities is in the morning or before the sun, climbs too high and schooners set sail. The available facilities are; place parked, lodging and restaurant. It is easy reachable by various public vehicles.

Kalimas is the fraction of Brantas River that has upstream in Mojokerto town, flow into northeast direction and have estuary in Surabaya (Madura Strait). A hypothesis tell Kalimas is river becoming the gateway of Majapahit Kingdom, and in this river have ever happened encounter between Raden Wijaya (the founder of Majapahit) fight against Tar-tar (Mongol) team at 13th century.
Kali Mas is also as the limited line between Sidoarjo regency and Gresik regency. The estuary of Kalimas is traditional port of Surabaya, which have been there since for centuries ago. A number of the bridges getting through Kalimas in Surabaya now specified as culture pledge, refer to it historical value.

Went ther mid April 2015, and have a chance to shot a couple of activities around the area. It surely is a beautiful place to take picture.

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Visiting Istanbul in black and White

I always have a soft spot for taking BW pictures. Well afterall photography started with black and white. And after considering back and forth, last year I've managed to switch my M9 to M Monochrom, a big upgrade and also a big complaints from my wife as I've spent the whole amount of money to buy a "color-less" camera :)

So I've taken this beauty to Istanbul and try to get a couple of good shots out of it.

Please enjoy, and remember all the images were copyrighted.

Gear: Leica M Monochrom with some lenses

Inside Sultan Ahmet Mosque

Inside Sultan Ahmet Mosque

topkapi Palace's Dog

a shoeshiner at a market

view from pierre lotti

Eminonu Bridge

Entrance to Grand Bazaar

Street Shot

Street Shot

Market Street Shot

Market Street Shot

Sultanahmet Square

Visiting Istanbul in Colour

Traveling will always be my passion, and I've got a chance to visit Istanbul last October 2014.
For a couple of days, me and my friends scour around the city to get some nice shots around.

From Wikipedia, the history of Istanbul describes as:
The History of Istanbul explains the historical development of the modern city of Istanbul. Its name from 330 AD to 1930 was Constantinople.
The settlement was established as a Greek colony, called Byzantion, in the 7th century BC. It fell to the Roman Republic in AD 196, and was known as Byzantium until 330, when it was renamed Constantinople and made the new capital of the Roman Empire. During late antiquity, the city rose to be the largest of the western hemisphere, with a population peaking at close to half a million people. Constantinople was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, known as the Byzantine Empire. That ended with the Muslim conquest in 1453. Constantinople then became the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

Here are some pictures when I travel there, I will post 2 parts to separate between color and BW pictures. Please keep in mind that these pictures were copyrighted, any use of these picrues needs a special permission from me

Gear: Sony A7s with some lenses

Istanbul Airport

Bird market inside the city wall

an old seller was passing by

Buyer can test the bird before buy it

a gypsy seller from a flea market

Window Shopper

View of Bosphorus Strait

The Lobby of Almina Hotel

Taksim Square

Around Sultanahmet Complex

Me and Craig

a couple months ago, I've received an email from Leica Store Singapore saying that I've won a book from Craig Semetko, I was so over the moon  that I was able to win a small photocontest held by Leica Store Singapore.

So they told me to come to SG 1 day before the ceremony, I was running like crazy to book my tickets and manage to find flights to make it in time.

FYI, I've lived around 400km outside Jakarta, and to find all the transportation that I need in one day was not that easy.

Anyhow, God gave me lots of helps and I was a bit 30 minutes late to the ceremonial party.....

I was ecstatic to have a chance to win that prize......
I hope this is the beginning of a lifelong journey....

Thank you Craig!!
Thank you Leica Store Singapore

Me and Craig

The Winning Picture