Balik Kampung !! / Journey going back hometown !!

Coming back home

While trying to spot another scene on this le old road journey back to the wife's home town in Taiping, Perak; I noticed these teenagers on motorcycle with their large bags on their back. Clearly they were returning home from a long journey. This really reminded me during my college years when the festive season came (mainly Hari Raya - the day which ended the 1 month of fasting) and we were all going on long holidays. Everyone packed their belongings as much as possible, as neatly as possible, as economical as possible into one large bag with newly bought clothes, gadgets & the dirty 1-month-due-to-wash clothes; all to be proudly shown during the festive season (minus the dirty clothes which actually begged to be home wash for the fresh home soap wash smell - LOL). Everyone was so excited that books & studies never come across one's head but instead the faces of loved ones, family reunions and the taste of home cooked food. It sure packed a very enjoyable story for each every soul with especially the face on parents faces the moment you reach the door step (and also that special friend too!).

Without wasting any time, I quickly planted that newly bought tripod into place hoping that the boys will use the road my eyes predicted. Waiting for them to exit the tarmac, I was joyed seeing them entering the path I predicted. All I have to do now was to set a proper timing on for the shot with the 5 exposure needed (even though Canon only limits 3 per bracket), I had to be quick on the fingers to change settings.

Thank god, I was fast enough to capture them with nice clouds above and did I mentioned that I ran across the tarmac road where at that time there were many speeding cars??!! Ha ha ha... it usually happens when you see a nice plot because when I was across the road, one could rarely see any cars coming and you can count them till tomorrow for the next to come!

So how was your history during a long festive season? Come & share it with me :)

Details:
ISO 100
HDR 5 Exposure
f20


Signing off
Daddy Rain
14/09/2013 @ 0115