{"id":1508,"date":"2008-01-06T14:04:46","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T06:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maddruid.com\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2009-05-02T15:21:55","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T07:21:55","slug":"1503-of-the-cenotaph-and-jata-negara-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maddruid.com\/?p=1508","title":{"rendered":"[1503] Of the Jata Negara and the Cenotaph"},"content":{"rendered":"

After enjoying a company of good people on Saturday’s evening, I drove toward the Parliament<\/a> and the Tugu Negara<\/a> to sharpen my photography skill. I am always dissatisfied with my photos under low light and so, I finally decided to do something about it that evening. And for the first time, I used my tripod!<\/p>\n

By the time I reached the Parliament, it was already midnight. A drizzling midnight. My presence was enough to rouse curiosity that two security personnel approached me to inquire my business. I had nothing to hide and even if I needed to lie, my equipments would have betrayed me. So, I was franked, which is unusual because I simply do not share personal information with strangers. They wished me well before leaving me alone with my camera.<\/p>\n

The Houses of Parliament proved to be a tough subject at night. The lighting was uninteresting and the streetlights produced distracting side effects on the photos. I tried various settings but all the shots deserve a place in a trash can. I honestly hate the orange-colored light. It provides some kind of challenge which I do not quite understand at the moment. I thought, maybe I should move on to the Tugu Negara.<\/p>\n

The Tugu Negara offered better opportunities for a person like me whom has a lot of learning still need to be done. The Cenotaph was the first object of interest:<\/p>\n

\"Some<\/p>\n

There are lists of names<\/a> of those that fought and died during the two World Wars and the Malayan Emergency at the bottom part of the Cenotaph.<\/p>\n

And this, a shot of the Jata Negara<\/em>, is my favorite:<\/p>\n

\"Some<\/p>\n

Still, despite having the camera mounted on a tripod, the shot looks blurry. It is not as sharp as I would like it to be.<\/p>\n

Anyway, if you are interested, I have a post that walks through the possible evolutionary path of the Jata Negara<\/em><\/a>. As you can see, the Fleur-de-lis is still visible. The current version has a betel nut tree and a bridge replacing the Fleur-de-lis. More interestingly, the symbols that represent Sabah and Sarawak do not seem to correspond to any of the images I posted on the entry about the evolution of the coat of arms.<\/p>\n

As for the Tugu itself, I simply could not get a good shot. The gates were locked and there was no way I could enter the compound without climbing over the fence. I did try but as the sky threatened to offer me more than drizzling rain, I left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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