View allAll Photos Tagged ASIA
The Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. This distinctive stork is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is greyish or white with glossy black wings and tail and the adults have a gap between the arched upper mandible and recurved lower mandible. [...] Although resident within their range, they make long distance movements in response to weather and food availability. Source: Wikipedia
Jeepneys are the most popular form of public transport in the Philippines. They carry as many people on the roof as they do inside!
Inle Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Taunggyi District of Shan State, part of Shan Hills in Myanmar (Burma). It is the second largest lake in Myanmar with an estimated surface area of 44.9 square miles (116 km2), and one of the highest at an elevation of 2,900 feet (880 m). During the dry season, the average water depth is 7 feet (2.1 m), with the deepest point being 12 feet (3.7 m), but during the rainy season this can increase by 5 feet (1.5 m).
Most transportation on the lake is traditionally by small boats, or by somewhat larger boats fitted with single cylinder inboard diesel engines. Local fishermen are known for practicing a distinctive rowing style which involves standing at the stern on one leg and wrapping the other leg around the oar. This unique style evolved for the reason that the lake is covered by reeds and floating plants making it difficult to see above them while sitting. Standing provides the rower with a view beyond the reeds. However, the leg rowing style is only practiced by the men. Women row in the customary style, using the oar with their hands, sitting cross legged at the stern.
The fig tree near my house is fruiting.
Perling
Philippine Glossy Starling, Burung Perling, Aplonis panayensis
A sucess story of bird originated from forest edges, now adapted well to human habitation and has become one of the most common bird in urban areas. Sometimes congregates in large flocks at communal roosting sites in roadside trees, raining cars that parked under the trees with flying bird dungs. Feed mainly on fruits that can be found in urban landscapes.
Burung Perling pernah di salah anggap oleh saya suatu ketika dulu (masa sekolah rendah) sebagai anak gagak. Rupa rupanya ia suatu spesis yang lain. Dulu agak sukar nak jumpa burung ini tetapi sekarang ia boleh dijumpai di mana mana kawasan bandar dalam jumlah yang besar dan bising, terutama lewat petang bila mereka berkumpul di pokok tertentu untuk tidur. Pastinya kereta yang parking bawah pokok tu kena hantar carwash pagi nanti. Perling yang ini sedang makan buah ara di pokok puaka ketika pokok itu lebat berbuah, menjadikannya spesis keempat yang dapat saya shoot dengan Cik Canon di pokok itu dalam masa yang sama.
(From Wikipedia)
Kuthodaw Pagoda (literally Royal Merit, and formally titled Mahalawka Marazein is a Buddhist stupa, located in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar), that contains the world's largest book. It lies at the foot of Mandalay Hill and was built during the reign of King Mindon. The stupa itself, which is gilded above its terraces, is 188 feet (57 m) high, and is modelled after the Shwezigon Pagoda at Nyaung-U near Bagan. In the grounds of the pagoda are 729 kyauksa gu or stone-inscription caves, each containing a marble slab inscribed on both sides with a page of text from the Tipitaka, the entire Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
From the peak. The place was covered in fog when we got up there, but miraculously, just as we were about to give up and get back on the bus to go back down, it cleared in seconds to reveal the buildings and a stormy sky.
Wikipedia: "The Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. This distinctive stork is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is greyish or white with glossy black wings and tail and the adults have a gap between the arched upper mandible and recurved lower mandible."
Asian beauty stretching at dusk at Burning Man 2016.
For reproduction rights, please check www.deselliers.info/en/copyright.htm
Photo ref: j81_08541-ps3
Gloaming 2311 p10 982
Thanks to everyone for visits , comments , awards and invitations, I appreciate your feedback very much
Inle Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Taunggyi District of Shan State, part of Shan Hills in Myanmar (Burma). It is the second largest lake in Myanmar with an estimated surface area of 44.9 square miles (116 km2), and one of the highest at an elevation of 2,900 feet (880 m). During the dry season, the average water depth is 7 feet (2.1 m), with the deepest point being 12 feet (3.7 m), but during the rainy season this can increase by 5 feet (1.5 m).
Most transportation on the lake is traditionally by small boats, or by somewhat larger boats fitted with single cylinder inboard diesel engines. Local fishermen are known for practicing a distinctive rowing style which involves standing at the stern on one leg and wrapping the other leg around the oar. This unique style evolved for the reason that the lake is covered by reeds and floating plants making it difficult to see above them while sitting. Standing provides the rower with a view beyond the reeds. However, the leg rowing style is only practiced by the men. Women row in the customary style, using the oar with their hands, sitting cross legged at the stern.
Anuradhapura is a major city in Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central Province, Sri Lanka and the capital of Anuradhapura District. Anuradhapura is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of an ancient Sri Lankan civilization. It was the third capital of the Kingdom of Rajarata, following the kingdoms of Tambapanni and Upatissa Nuwara.
The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the center of Theravada Buddhism for many centuries. The city lies 205 km (127 mi) north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic Malvathu Oya. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and one of the eight World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka.
It is believed that from the fourth century BC until the beginning of the 11th century AD it was the capital of the Sinhalese. During this period it remained one of the most stable and durable centers of political power and urban life in South Asia. The ancient city, considered sacred to the Buddhist world, is today surrounded by monasteries covering an area of over sixteen square miles (40 km²).
Photowalk 2022-06-25
Ricoh GRIII
Shutter Alliance
Hong Kong
www.facebook.com/shutteralliance/
www.instagram.com/shutteralliance/
YouTube
The station at has been rebuilt when the Shinkansen arrived and it has a truly big wooden gate at the entrance.
~Tableau Vivant~ 7 sins ~ Lust
NEW Glam Affair - Vanity skin - Tone Tan
.:EMO-tions:. * WINDBLOWN III*
F I N E S M I T H
MODEL.Photographer: Asia Rae