It was a hot day, the white-tailed plovers were resting by the wetland, we were having breakfast until my husband saw the birds and pointed to me to take a picture of them. Half an hour later the weather became stormy and there was lightning and heavy rain, the plovers taking refuge behind a row of tamarix trees on the road because of the rain.
Batagor is a Sundanese dish from Indonesia, consisting of fried fish dumplings, and Siomay is the steamed fish dumpling with vegetables such as cabbage, potatoes, bitter gourd, boiled egg, and tofu. Mixed them together and served in peanut sauce is what known as Batagor and Siomay.
I took this long exposure photo using 17mm wide lens and natural grey filter that allows exposure to be extended by the factor of a thousand (DolDer X-Pro Series Slim Neutral Density Filter ND 1000). Exposure settings was 27 minutes. I was standing in the shallow water using tripod and waiting for a photo for over 27 minutes (noise reduction time included).