Krabi Province - Thailand
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Wikipedia: Wat Plai Laem is a wat on the resort island of Ko Samui, Thailand. Like the nearby Wat Phra Yai or "Big Buddha Temple", it is a modern Buddhist temple. The temple's design incorporates elements of Chinese and Thai traditions and was in part designed by distinguished Thai artist Jarit Phumdonming. Its main statue, which is in Chinese style, is not of Gautama Buddha. It is a form of the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy, Avalokiteśvara, called Cundi. This form of the deity is known in Chinese as "Guanyin with eighteen arms".
In addition to the main statue, there is also a white statue of Budai and smaller shrines dedicated to Ganesha, Vishnu, Shiva and Sakka.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Plai_Laem
I make a beeline for this favourite shoot destination of mine, whenever I see these small puffy Alto-Cumulus clouds forming in the noon sky. I shoot the sunset and I stay put for another fifteen minutes. The clouds go gray for a while after the sun vanishes from the horizon. Patience is crucial here as the mosquitoes start hovering over your head and collect blood samples. The Alto-Cumulus slowly start going red as the sun further dips six degrees beneath the horizon. Start clicking every few seconds as they go crimson and spill paint on the river too. The show lasts for less than six minutes but very rewarding, I guarantee.
Hang on for the afterglow on your cheeks.
This was where I stayed for 3 days and 2 night. (during sunathon)
My foster family lives here.
Pak Pin and Mak cik Rohani.
They sell nasi lemak.
Accomodating they were.
Many thanks for the warm hospitality.
:)
Surat city is such a smelly industrial armpit & yet if we travel just a few kilometers away & we still have some remnants of how Surat was, say fifty years back. Landscape photography like all things beautiful is not just about traveling to exotic faraway destinations; it is also about finding that tranquil hidden gem in our own backyard.
It requires some simple things as scouting such locations & then wait for the right conditions. I depend a lot on various weather & cloud cover apps, sun, moon & other celestial bodies rise & set charting apps & that trusty early morning alarm. Aaargh those blasted early morning alarms!
Good morning & keep on sharpening your axe, fellas!
Surat Bay, the Catlins, South Otago.
f8; 1/320; ISO 80.
Some selections and work with curves.
A little dodge&burn in the sky.
Suvali is a treacherous beach on the outskirts of Surat, Gujarat, which has usurped many unsuspecting visitors. Today was thankfully an uneventful morning at this sandy & rocky beach & the light & clouds made the visit a fun trip for all the Drashtikonians.
Surat Thani, 11 mars 2017.
Cette photo-là, c’est le cadrage. Ça fait pas tout, mais quand il est là, c’est mieux. Je sais pas d’où ça nous vient cette passion pour la géométrie. Ça à l’air d’être un vieux truc un peu strict, le genre de truc carré ou si tu respectes pas les règles, tu te prends une droite dans le segment.
Il y a pleins de livres chiant sur la géométrie dans l’art. Faudrait que j’en lise. Mais est ce que ça rendrait mon travail plus intéressant ou plus chiant qu’il ne l’est déjà ?
Je ne crois pas à l’accumulation de savoir, je crois que cela désert la créativité. Il faut avoir le compas dans l’oeil et si on ne l’a pas il faut travailler pour, mais le temps que l’on passe à apprendre par coeur le chiffre Pi nous rapproche plus de l’aveuglement que de la découverte du monde.
Après avoir appris quelque basiques à l’école publique, il faut se mettre à apprendre inconsciemment. Il n’y a pas un bon livre technique qui vous expliquera comment faire de belles photos. Il n’y a que des bons livres de photographes. Regardez en le plus possible, apprenez inconsciemment, et vous finirez par tracer votre propre géométrie. Pour moi, elle est plus ou moins parallèles aux choses que j’aime. Mais il n’y a pas de règles… Parait-il !
This was shot in Surat Thani. We had to wait about 14 hours for our train to Georgetown and spend our time walking around. Then we met this guy and his friends. A bunch of old men watching thaiboxing and placing bets in someones garage.
A beach on the Catlins to find sea-lions lazing in the sun, flicking sand to drive off the flies. This is obviously a montage if you check what is in focus and what isn't. Had to walk about 2 km on the sand to get this in a bracing breeze off the Pacific Ocean. A good way to get up an appetite for lunch on our first day of the trip.