[LRflex] Re: [Leica] Burma Pictures
- From: Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Leica Reflex <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 10:34:51 -0400
+1! Wonderful photos of a place I would love to visit.
Tina
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:13 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>wrote:
> Such an amazing place !
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> Thank you for sharing the views, and Esther's and you comments.
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> Another place on my wish list, even though I don't share the same sense of
> personal space either ;-)
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> Keep them coming Howard
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> Any panos around? ;-)
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> Amitiés
> Philippe
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> Le 1 mai 13 à 06:17, H&ECummer a écrit :
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> Hi Luggers,
> Have been resting from the LUG 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:
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> 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:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BaganBalloonSunriseW.jpg.html
> >
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> <http://tinyurl.com/crrebzz>
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> 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.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BaganSunsetHorseEW.jpg.html
> >
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> http://tinyurl.com/cyjagne
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> 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.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BaganSunset90ElXw.jpg.html
> >
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> http://tinyurl.com/c5becva
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> 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.
>
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/SoemooHCw.jpg.html
> >
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> http://tinyurl.com/czajueo
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> 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:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/Sunset2HorseHw.jpg.html
> >
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> http://tinyurl.com/cz9ah8l
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> The farmers in Bagan deal with a dry continental climate and are
> subsistent. They value their oxen:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BullockCartw.jpg.html
> >
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> http://tinyurl.com/cebpucn
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> Three monks in Bagan - it is cool in the mornings and very hot by noon -
> so one of the monks is protecting his pate:
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/3Monksw.jpg.html
> >
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> http://tinyurl.com/cjxs75o
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> More later - please look large.
> All C&C welcome as usual.
> Howard
> (in sunny, windy, Vancouver)
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