Sunday, February 3, 2013

Gilli Trawangan - the Other Kuta

If you travel to Bali, as many Australians do every year, one tends to forget that there are other paces one can visit. As a frequent visitor to Indonesia over the last 25 years, this is a trap that we fell into until just a few years ago.

Gilli Trawangan
Gilli Trawangan
In 2011, I took my first trip to Lombok. Then, armed with a Nikon D3s I discovered Gilli Trawangan. One of three small islands located off the north west coast of Lombok, Gilli T as it is colloqually know is the largest of three small islands, the others being Gilli Meno and Gilli Air.

There are no cars on Gilli T, its bicycles, walking or horse drawn Chidomo (taxis) if you want to explore or go anywhere. Gilli T is more colourful than Kuta Bali, in fact as a destination it has a much friendlier feel about it.

This is how one gets around on the island

In 2012 I ventured back to Gilli T and captured these with my Nikon D800.




I shoot only in RAW and have discovered that the D800's wide dynamic range produces sharp images with plenty of depth. All my images are processed in Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Nik Software's Complete Collection adds to some amazing results.

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