[Leica] Burma Pictures

[ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)]

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On May 1, 2013, at 12:17 AM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> Have been resting from the LUG for awhile while traveling in Asia and am 
> now back in internet wired Canada.
> Esther and I spent 10 days in Burma (Myanmar) in March - a country where I 
> worked for a while in the early 70's and which I haven't visited since the 
> mid 80's. The Burmese are lovely people - despite 60 years of oppressive 
> military dictatorship. Over the next few days I will be posting some 
> photos of the 10 days and later, I am going to revisit my slides from the 
> 1970's.
> 
> First pictures:
> 
> We arrived in Rangoon (Yangon) late at night and the next morning early 
> flew early to Pagan (Bagan). We arranged for a guide and driver to give us 
> a two person photo tour of the area which has something like 1600 pagodas 
> dating from the 10 - 12th centuries forward.
> 
> Here's a sunrise - taken with the X Pro 1 and the 90 Elmarit from the 
> vantage point of a pagoda - several stories up. It was good luck and good 
> planning that got the basket of the balloon silhouetted against the sun:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BaganBalloonSunriseW.jpg.html>
> 
> <http://tinyurl.com/crrebzz>
> 
> And here is Esther's sunset picture taken looking west from another 
> pagoda. I really like the way she has lined up the spires of the pagodas 
> and the horse cart gives perspective to the scene.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BaganSunsetHorseEW.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/cyjagne
> 
> 
> Here is my sunset picture taken from the roof of a pagoda with me leaning 
> out beyond a ruined wall. The smoke from fires obscured the actual setting.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BaganSunset90ElXw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/c5becva
> 
> Our driver, Soemoo, was an enthusiastic photographer. He had been given a 
> digital camera by a grateful Chinese tourist and he brought it with him 
> wherever he drove us to take pictures as we did. Here he is, holding on to 
> me, as I lean out to get a clear picture around a ruined wall of the 
> setting sun. The Burmese have a different sense of personal space.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/SoemooHCw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/czajueo
> 
> Here's my horse cart sunset picture - with two carts - but a different 
> perspective from Esther's on the pagoda spires. I think I prefer her view:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/Sunset2HorseHw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/cz9ah8l
> 
> The farmers in Bagan deal with a dry continental climate and are 
> subsistent. They value their oxen:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BullockCartw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/cebpucn
> 
> Three monks in Bagan - it is cool in the mornings and very hot by noon - 
> so one of the monks is protecting his pate:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/3Monksw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/cjxs75o
> 
> More later - please look large.
> All C&C welcome as usual.
> Howard
> (in sunny, windy, Vancouver)
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