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Three fishermen doing their best to please the photographers. They were quite close to our boat. I used a wide angled lens: 12 – 24mm. But with a small sensor that translates to 18 to 36mm. Even though I have … Continue reading
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Before the Rain We got caught in the rain on this evening, but took shelter in a home in one of the many floating villages on Lake Inle. These fisherpeople are quite nimble and have great balance. Everyone has to … Continue reading
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Portrait of a Flowergirl This is one of Win’s set-up shots. We were visiting this monastery in Mandalay. It was one of the old wooden monasteries decorated with carvings inside and out. Otherworldly. Win saw this girl whose job … Continue reading
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We stayed in a hotel on the lake at Inle. I think it was the Sky View. The rooms were bungalows on stilts hovering over the lake. Sometimes, when some larger, heavier long tailed boats sped past, our bungalow would sway in … Continue reading
I wanted to show you three photos that we took in this colonnade, but sometimes WordPress won’t co-operate. So, it’ll be one a day. Win Kyaw Zan, our tour leader in Burma, set these shots up for us. (http://asiaphototravel.com/) Win … Continue reading
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Bagan was once the capital of Myanmar and a center of Buddhism. Most of its more than 5000 temples were built between the 11th and 13th centuries. Nowadays there are only roughly 2000 temples as many were destroyed in an … Continue reading
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Bagan Temple with Monk and Umbrella This was a shot set up by Win (http://asiaphototravel.com/). Win would go to the local monastery where he was well known and get a few boy novitiates to pose for us. He knew … Continue reading
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Fisherman with cheroot Isn’t he perfect? The typical straw hat, holding a cheroot (the green cigars popular in southeast Asia) in his left hand and his fishing line clearly seen. Oh, I love my Nikon lens (28 to 300mm). … Continue reading
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U Bein bridge spans Lake Taungthaman and is near the city of Mandalay. We drove out one evening and got into boats to shoot this famous site. Luckily, I had a long lens with a stabilizer. The bridge is pretty tall so … Continue reading
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Boy monk in Burma I had seen a beautiful black and white photo of a young monk in the Strand Hotel in Yangon or, as we call it, Rangoon. When I saw this young boy in a monastery in that city, I … Continue reading
