Meet my new Keris

[vinny]

Hi Guys

I have managed to take more photots, but it has been difficult. I managed to run my batteries out trying to do this, and only got 2 good photos, where I had not cast a shadow by being to close, made the picture really blurred with a little wobble of of either hand, or just not photographed what I was trying to capture.

So here we go. The first photo is a close up and shows the pamor nicely, but you can't really see much of the "hologram" effect. The second photo shows the hologram effect better, and in the centre of the photo there is a bright white spot, which is where the light got it just right and glinted so nicely. .

Regards
Vinny

[rahman]

Vinny

Don't kill yourself trying to capture 3D images on a 2D medium

Your photos actually turned out better than mine:


You can photos of the whole keris, plus other collections, at http://www.kampungnet.com.sg You're also welcome to create your own albums in our Keris Gallery.

[vinny]

Pak Rahman

Thanks for the link. Some very nice Keris.

Terima kasih.

Regards
Vinny

[nechesh]

Yes Rahman, i would also like to thank you for this link. I bookmarked it immediately. I must also thank you folks for presenting so much of the site in English, which, given the cultural orientation of most of the participants, seems unnecessary. My only regret is that i would have far too much difficulty trying to communicate on the forum section with an Indonesian-English dictionary in hand.

[rahman]

Dear Nechesh

Thanks for the kind feedback. What I'm trying to do is popularize the keris culture among the 'natives' . It's a ruddy shame to see all you non-Malays having this passion towards the keris, and the Malays actually shying away from it, when there's so much they can be proud of.

I welcome all to set up albums of your collections. Please help to populate this gallery.

Our forums are bilingual, and you can actually participate in English. However, I hesitate to encourage this so as not to dilute the discussion in vikingsword. We have a different audience in mind, and I ask you keep in-depth keris discussions here.

[vinny]

Pak Rahman

Salams

Saya orang putih, tapi Ibu saya orang melayu. Nama saya juga Isa. Maafkan saya, saya bercakap sedikit-sedikit bahasa melayu. Saya tak ada peluang belajar.

I just try to catch up with all the culture I been missing out on, having been raised in England all my life. I came to visit my family in Singapore last year, my younger cousins thought it is very funny that as an orang putih - orang melay "mongrel" I was trying to be more "asian". Especially when I went hunting for gamelan recordings in Geylan.


Vinny

[rahman]

Vinny

Your Malay is perfect. Anda berbahasa lebih tertib dari ramai anak melayu sekarang. I am delighted you are recapturing your past. KampungNet has been doing that for the past 10 years for many people on the Internet. I hope you find yourself at home in our kampung.

Do join us as a member of our kampung.

wassalam

[Ian]

Rahman:

Thanks so much for the link. A few familiar names reside there.

Ian.