Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sitting down to a temples tour with my coffee this morning - delightful - thank you for a fine series documenting places I'll never see. Fond regards, George george@imagist.com www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 On Feb 26, 2008, at 10:42 PM, Howard Cummer wrote: > > 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). > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information