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4-shot HDR panorama of downtown Pittsburgh, taken from Mt. Washington. In the foreground is the Monongahela river, which meets the Allegheny river just past the left edge of the photo, to form the beginning of the Ohio river, Pittsburgh's famous Golden Triangle.
Pittsburgh, PA
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Another one from the Golden Triangle trip. This time its the Gullfoss waterfall.
Forgot the tripod at in the car, couldn´t take a long exposure so a hand held shot had to do this time.
Nikkor 16-35mm @ 32mm; f/8; ISO 400; HDR 9 exposures x 5 vertical frames panorama. Notice the pink colour of the facade lights for the Petronas Twin Towers, commemorating the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign.
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City Palace, Jaipur, India.
Jaipur, the land of Rajahs, Rajputs, and the capital of a relatively new kingdom, is a colorful city that has been under siege many times throughout its history and took on some of the most brutal attacks. This included invasions from the Pathans, the Mughals, the Marathas and even the British and the French. Ironically, a relative peace was brought to this war-torn city via a rare treaty in which it would function as a Princely State during the British Raj. The then Rajah opened his arms to the British by saying, “Having learnt a good deal about the uprightness and amiable qualities of the Governor-General and other English men, I am anxious to open friendly relations with them.” The Rajahs remained loyal to the British, so much so that when the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria visited Jaipur in 1876 on a tour, the entire city was painted pink. Even today, the city is characteristically pink and is called the Pink City. The affluence of this small Princely State is hinted at by the presence of two huge sterling silver water vessels used by the Rajah to carry holy Ganges River water from Banaras when he traveled to England. The sufferings of the Rajputs, however, due to the affluence of a few, the number of wars and invasions, as well as the droughts and famine they have lived through are largely forgotten by history. Instead, now they are known for their bravery, colorful photogenic turbans, and best of all their folksy desert music.
Today Jaipur, as a part of the golden triangle, is a most important tourist destination in India and is the gateway to one of the most photogenic states in India – Rajasthan.
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Sam Liam Thong Kham translates to Golden Triangle.
A region in northern Thailand where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet. The region is known for its natural beauty, cultural attractions and historical association with the opium trade.
Along the riverbank, there are few attraction such as a huge golden buddha status standing tall on the elevated platform and elephant and other buddha sculpture
Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai province - Thailand
The Golden Triangle is one of Asia's two main opium-producing areas. It is an area of around 950,000 square kilometres that overlaps the mountains of three countries of Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Laos and Thailand.
about to take off
~~ Bharatpur sanctuary is home to several migratory birds including many species of sarus cranes, pelicans, geese, grey heron, ducks, eagles, brown long eared bat, hawks, shanks, stints, garganey teal, wagtails, warblers, wheatears, flycatchers, buntings, larks, pipits and others. The last time the sanctuary played a perfect host for the migratory birds was in 2008, which was following a good rain. In 2009, the water crisis took its toll on the sanctuary with both the monsoonal breeding birds and the migratory birds giving it a complete skip. When the level of water in the water-bodies of the sanctuary is quite low, only small birds opt to come down to the sanctuary. Large birds like pelican, crane and others are not sighted. (From an old article of times of india)
City Palace, Jaipur, India.
Jaipur, the land of Rajahs, Rajputs, and the capital of a relatively new kingdom, is a colorful city that has been under siege many times throughout its history and took on some of the most brutal attacks. This included invasions from the Pathans, the Mughals, the Marathas and even the British and the French. Ironically, a relative peace was brought to this war-torn city via a rare treaty in which it would function as a Princely State during the British Raj. The then Rajah opened his arms to the British by saying, “Having learnt a good deal about the uprightness and amiable qualities of the Governor-General and other English men, I am anxious to open friendly relations with them.” The Rajahs remained loyal to the British, so much so that when the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria visited Jaipur in 1876 on a tour, the entire city was painted pink. Even today, the city is characteristically pink and is called the Pink City. The affluence of this small Princely State is hinted at by the presence of two huge sterling silver water vessels used by the Rajah to carry holy Ganges River water from Banaras when he travelled to England. The sufferings of the Rajputs, however, due to the affluence of a few, the number of wars and invasions, as well as the droughts and famine they have lived through are largely forgotten by history. Instead, now they are known for their bravery, colorful photogenic turbans, and best of all their folksy desert music.
Today Jaipur, as a part of the golden triangle, is a most important tourist destination in India and is the gateway to one of the most photogenic states in India – Rajasthan.
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One of the stops on the golden triangle tour is the crater of the volcano Kerið. The crater was formed when the magma suddenly disappeared and the crater collapsed.
Again my wife posing for me.
The incline railroad up Mt. Washington (formerly known as "Coal Hill") that offers spectacular views of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle downtown district and the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers.
The old Pennsylvania Station building has been renovated and turned into condominiums; the rotunda provides a most interesting entrance.
On the morning of November 14, 2012, for reasons pertaining to bureaucracy and procrastination, i was forced to make a hurried trip out of Thailand and into Laos through a less common border crossing in the Golden Triangle region between these two countries. Due to my own technical error and the stubbornness of a particular Laos policy, I was anticipating obstruction in achieving my goal (I also thought perhaps there would be tigers and opium cartels and Kalashnikovs). Instead all I found was a well-rutted tourist trail of drunken idiot backpackers and the parasitic (though friendly) locals that make a living by exploiting them (and, in this case, me).
This is the unplanned documentation of seven days bound to this unpleasantness, and the attempt to take street pictures that make no mention of the aforementioned unpleasantness.
[disclaimer: this may lose the thread pretty quickly and just degenerate into a "Attempts at SP/PJ while in Laos" series.]