Saturday, April 29, 2006
Doggy
Well you know about people and their pets and how they never get tired of showing pictures of them. Well, I'm one of those people. Here testing my brilliant new 18-200mm AF-S Nikkor. Nikon D70, AF-S DX VR Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6IF ED
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Cambodia!
Under the roots
Painting the ruins
Reconstruction
Ta Prohm
Funky wideangle
Yet again, a funky distorted shot of one of the buildings at Angkor Thom, taken with my friend's 10.5mm fisheye lens. The lens is loads of fun. Unfortunately, this lens suffers from quite major chromatic aberration at the edges, which mostly clears up when you stop down the aperture, which I forgot to do in this shot. The design of this structure reminds me of an Aztec temple. Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8
Hidden wall
Wall Detail 2
Shooting the wall
Wall Detail 1
Red rocket
Longest Panoramic ever
This is the longest succesful panoramic I've ever done -- a joined image of 6 images, taken handheld. The joins are nearly invisible here, and required very minimal work on my part. Too bad it appears very small on Blogspot, because if you could see it in a much larger size, you'd be able to pick out all kinds of interesting activity going on, such as people selling ice-cream and families having a picnic. The shot is of a number of little buildings near the Angkor Thom complex. Nikon D70, AF-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5
Colour in the ruins
Candlelit
Off-duty Monks
Monks taking a break
Angkor Thom
Angkor Wat may be the most well-known temple in the Angkor area, but the most interesting one has to be the Bayon at Angkor Thom, which is an even bigger temple topped by these huge four-headed statues. The Bayon was built during the reign of Jayavaraman VII, Kher's greatest builder, and is a Buddhist complex with the giant faces of Avalaokiteswara adorning the temple towers to scare away would-be intruders. If you ever visit Siem Reap, Angkor Thom should be at the top of your list. Nikon D70, AF-S Nikkor 12-24mm f/4
Doing the gape
Beggar children 2
Boat people
Coloured boathouses
Tonle Sap Guide
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