During my amazing trip to Indonesia, in autumn 2023 we drove to the Bromo volcano to watch the sunrise. For me personally, this was 1 of the highlights of my trip and I was looking forward to this long before the trip started because I had seen many beautiful pictures of this. We arrived at our hotel near The Bromo volcano during the round trip 's evening, had dinner and went to bed on time because we 'd leave at 2.30am with jeeps to the viewpoint for the sunrise. When we 'd left at night it turned out we were not the only ones, we were heading towards the volcano in a whole procession of jeeps. We arrived around half past three there were several coffee shops but I wanted to check out the viewpoint first, so I could have a little idea of how best to stand to get a nice photo. When I arrived at the viewpoint, there was hardly anyone there yet and I was able to take a position at the front and decided not to leave because I had a beautiful spot. However, I still had to wait a good 2 hours before the sun would rise. This turned out to be a prudent choice because from an hour later it became incredibly crowded (think a thousand people). Sometimes you have to sacrifice something for a nice photo but I found it well worth it, what a great view and beautiful moment, enjoyed it!
My name is Meindert Marinus and I live in 't Harde.
I have been photographing since the end of September 2020. I always tried to make nice pictures on holiday with my mobile phone but I was really caught by the photography virus when I was on holiday on Ameland and..
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