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Subject: [Leica] More Temple Pictures from Cambodia - People Pictures to follow
From: bjq1 at mac.com (Bernard Quinn)
Date: Wed Feb 27 19:20:54 2008
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What great shots! My favorite is the monk!

Barney

On Feb 26, 2008, at 11:42 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).
>
>
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