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Bagan, Burma 2011 Nat Taung Kyaung Monastery: I used Photoshop to make this look as if I’d had a fish-eye lens. Go to transform>perspective and straighten the towers. Then open transform> warp and exaggerate the aspect of the photo that you … Continue reading
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Rangoon, Burma 2012 You’d think that getting a photo at Shwedagon would be simple, but it takes some thought. And after thinking, my conclusion is that a simple landscape featuring as much of the gold covered pagoda is the best. … Continue reading
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Burma 2011 Inle Lake I’ve shown Inle Lake fishermen on this blog before. This one is different because it is high-key and a silhouette, almost. All my other fishermen shots are in glorious color. After I got home from my trip, I saw … Continue reading
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Burma 2011: A floating village on Inle Lake There are several families of the Padaung tribe who live in the Inle lake area. They live in floating villages and keep souvenir shops where the women, with their brass neck rings, are a … Continue reading
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Yangon (Rangoon) Burma 2012 The Burmese are devout Buddhists and on this day of prayer, the Full Moon Festival, the pagoda was teeming with families, couples, groups of teenagers. In other words, everyone was there. They were there to pray … Continue reading
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I’m back from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Still a bit punchy from jet lag. I was eager to show you the Stans, but my computer is on its last legs and I can’t process my new photos until I get a new … Continue reading
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Burma 2011 I don’t remember the name of this monastery, but I do remember that I had a very hard time getting the shot. It was very dark and, for me, hard to focus. I used my tripod and my … Continue reading
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Bagan, Burma 2011: A farm woman drives her bullock cart back to her village. I was hoping for a scene of bullock cars trailing clouds of dust with the temples of Bagan in the background. No luck. We were there … Continue reading
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Burma 2012 I think I’m going to have to have a series on “woman’s work”… here we have a Burmese countrywoman preparing the midday meal. Most likely rice is the staple. You can see a coconut in the foreground. Maybe … Continue reading
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Rangoon, Burma 2011 Two young men, dressed in longyi, check their phone for messages. Rangoon was, until recently, the capitol of Burma, but in 2006 the capitol was moved to a city in the north of the country. Vestiges of … Continue reading
