2 Mysterious Boys by Shirren Lim

After coming down from Mt Penanjakan viewpoint, I was taking a walk on the plains of Mt Bromo. I spotted these 2 boys walking against the background of the mountain, backlighted. In my mind’s eye, it all look mysterious and I waited until they walked into my line of sighted before I took the picture.

Nikon D90 with Nikkor 18-200mm | Exposure 1/4000sec @ f/4.8 | Focal Length 55mm | ISO 100
2 Mysterious Boys, by Shirren Lim

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | January 05
Award Score: 65 (Value 13, Clarity 12, Composition 16, Style 12, Skill 12)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Black & White Photography
Photograph Location: Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java | Indonesia

Photographer: Shirren Lim (Jakarta, Indonesia) Registered
Born in Penang Island, Malaysia, in 1970, Shirren would find herself moving cities over the course of her life. She is now based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Shirren took up photography in 2009, as she thought it would be an interesting habit, later she discovered it as her true passion. Shirren loves portraitures best. To her, the expressions people wear are so beautiful, so telling, so uncovered in their sincerity. With her photo-taking, she tries and does justice to capture humanity in its many forms. Shirren’s work has been described as intense and earthy with her simple composition cutting to the heart of the subject matter. As a child, she had flipped through many of her father’s National Geographic magazines, but it was Steve McCurry’s 1984 “Afghan Girl” that she recall two decades later. That is what she wants to do with her life. She believes, someday, she can able to capture that one moment that could change the world. Her work has appeared in several web and printed magazines.

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