[Leica] More Temple Pictures from Cambodia - People Pictures to follow

[jnelon at netvigator.com (James R. Nelon)]

Howard,

Great shots! Brings back oh-so-fine memories of Cambodia. Keep the shots
coming!

Jim Nelon

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[mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Howard Cummer
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:42 PM
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Subject: [Leica] More Temple Pictures from Cambodia - People Pictures
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Hi Luggers,
I have uploaded some more photos to my LUG site. Please have a look  
if you like.

1. Sunrise at Angkor Wat - every tourist does this - 600,000 last  
year - but the morning we were there it
didn't seem crowded by Hong Kong standards.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Thailand+Cambodia/ 
Angkor3Twrsunrisew.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/36jfm6

2. Here is a less standard view with the sun rising over the moat  
which surrounds Angkor Wat. Most every
one else is on the other side of the wall looking at the sun and the  
towers in the distance.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Thailand+Cambodia/ 
AngkorMoatSunrisew.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/37y23n

3. If you are lucky the morning light is diffused and golden and you  
can catch shots like this opening at the Ta Keo Temple

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Thailand+Cambodia/ 
TaKeoDoorw.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/37l43y

4. The temples can endure a long time but not the destructive force  
of tree roots;

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Thailand+Cambodia/ 
Rootsdestructionw.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/323p33

5. The entrance to Ta Prohm Temple - as I walked around I became  
convinced that the designer for
the "Indiana Jones" movies had been here.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Thailand+Cambodia/ 
LionsTaProhmw.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/2jw2pn

6. The temples of Siem Reap celebrated the Hindu gods and Buddhism  
came later. The monks we saw
were tourists - just like us - and colorfully dressed.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Thailand+Cambodia/ 
MonkBrellaw.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/2pnogd

7. Three panel panorama of ruins. I took my panorama kit but couldn't  
seem to get inspired.
People were always walking into the frames. This looked better in B&W  
in my opinion

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Thailand+Cambodia/ 
ThreePanoRuinBww.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/2ubuka

8. More Spielberg movie sets: Three sides of the gate at the Bay On  
temple:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Thailand+Cambodia/ 
ThreeHeadsBayonTemplebww.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/2memrg

9. The ladies of the Khymer Kingdom were very curvacious in the 10th  
century and inclined to show it!

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Thailand+Cambodia/ 
4maidensw.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/2ra5m5

People pictures are up on the site too - as I got tired of looking at  
temples.
Cheers
Howard
PS: All photos taken with a Nikon D300 and either the 12 - 24 zoom or  
the 18 - 200 zoom. The 12 - 24 was very handy in the tight interiors.  
The D300 is a joy to use and can be set up to handle almost all  
lighting situations using auto ISO while keeping shutter speeds up. I  
think it is a "home run" camera design for Nikon and makes me wonder  
if Leica (there - on topic at last ) will ever catch up with their R  
series. I wish some one would mill Nikon mounts to replace R bayonets  
- it is sadness for me that I can't use my R glass on the Nikon.
Cheers
Howard (in Hong Kong - where the cold weather returned when we did).

  

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