[LRflex] Re: Burma
- From: William Abbott <bill2301@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:58:18 -0700
Howard,
All are lovely but the two-ox powered cart struck me as as perfect a photo as
anyone could hope for.
Bill
On Apr 30, 2013, at 9:30 PM, H&ECummer <cummer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Flexers,
> Have been resting from the internet for awhile while traveling in Asia and am
> now
> back in internet wired Canada.
> Esther and I spent 10 days in Burma (Myanmar) in March - a country where I
> worked for a while in the early 70's and which I haven't visited since the
> mid 80's. The Burmese are lovely people - despite 60 years of oppressive
> military dictatorship. Over the next few days I will be posting some photos
> of the 10 days and later, I am going to revisit my slides from the 1970's.
>
> First pictures:
>
> We arrived in Rangoon (Yangon) late at night and the next morning early flew
> early to Pagan (Bagan). We arranged for a guide and driver to give us a two
> person photo tour of the area which has something like 1600 pagodas dating
> from the 10 - 12th centuries forward.
>
> Here's a sunrise - taken with the X Pro 1 and the 90 Elmarit from the
> vantage point of a pagoda - several stories up. It was good luck and good
> planning that got the basket of the balloon silhouetted against the sun:
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BaganBalloonSunriseW.jpg.html
>>
>
> <
> http://tinyurl.com/crrebzz
>>
>
> And here is Esther's sunset picture taken looking west from another pagoda.
> I really like the way she has lined up the spires of the pagodas and the
> horse cart gives perspective to the scene.
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BaganSunsetHorseEW.jpg.html
>>
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cyjagne
>
>
>
> Here is my sunset picture taken from the roof of a pagoda with me leaning
> out beyond a ruined wall. The smoke from fires obscured the actual setting.
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BaganSunset90ElXw.jpg.html
>>
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/c5becva
>
>
> Our driver, Soemoo, was an enthusiastic photographer. He had been given a
> digital camera by a grateful Chinese tourist and he brought it with him
> wherever he drove us to take pictures as we did. Here he is, holding on to
> me, as I lean out to get a clear picture around a ruined wall of the setting
> sun. The Burmese have a different sense of personal space.
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/SoemooHCw.jpg.html
>>
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/czajueo
>
>
> Here's my horse cart sunset picture - with two carts - but a different
> perspective from Esther's on the pagoda spires. I think I prefer her view:
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/Sunset2HorseHw.jpg.html
>>
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cz9ah8l
>
>
> The farmers in Bagan deal with a dry continental climate and are subsistent.
> They value their oxen:
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BullockCartw.jpg.html
>>
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cebpucn
>
>
> Three monks in Bagan - it is cool in the mornings and very hot by noon - so
> one of the monks is protecting his pate:
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/3Monksw.jpg.html
>>
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cjxs75o
>
>
> More later - please look large.
> All C&C welcome as usual.
> Howard
> (in sunny, windy, Vancouver)
>
>
>
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