Wrong Gear, Wrong time

It is so often that when I want to do a photo hunt, the result that I come back with is not as great as I initially thought. There are several factors that play in the process, sometimes wrong gear, sometimes wrong timing, or wrong places, or maybe both og them. And this time I would say that, when I took the photos here, I brought the wrong gear, and also it was the wrong time and circumstances.

Last time I talked about the time when I was late for my son's Balinese New Year Parade which you can read in this post here, and this time I would like to share with all of you the real parade with lot more people, and it is only in one village, while the parade is all over the island, and it is a lot more crowded and more festive and majestic in the city.

Why I called it wrong gear is because I have my Canon tele lens with me which is not that great for its autofocus ability, especially in low light situations. It was a little bit cloudy and also already around 5 pm when the parade started, so to add more challenges for me. and to top it up, halfway through the parade it started to drizzle, so I have to stop my photo session, and keep my camera in the bag.

I will let you enjoy the first statue that I managed to photograph here.

If you notice that it's more like a demon, it is because the statue symbolizes the demonic power; it also symbolizes the one that we have in ourselves, the one that is so hard to destroy and to conquer.

The statue is quite heavy, as you can see by the facial expressions of these youngsters who are carrying the statue on their shoulders.

But surely they still have fun.

One of the seriously concentrating spectators who was enjoying the parade just like me.

The sign of one of the contestants.

Another Ogoh-ogoh from a different community.

Of course, when there was a halt or stop in the parade, the phone is now became an escape, maybe to take a selfie, or to make any social media update. ;)

On the stop quick fix, when there is a mishap happening on the statue.

And Avatar Avatar-inspired demon?

And that's it for now, I hope I can buy the proper lens next time.

	I am a Balinese man, a father of a toddler son, working in the hospitality industry, who has recently found a passion for macro photography. I want to share the photos that I've taken here on Hive. I appreciate any comments or feedback you leave on my posts and kindly invite you to be part of my journey in this vast Hive Ocean. Thank you very much