luang prabang babies
Some of them were sleeping, some of them were moody and some were quite outgoing. Nevertheless, babies are always a joy to watch. Their smiles and laughter are music to my ears. © 2006 daddywasabi, all rights reserved.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
offerings
During my visit to Luang Prabang, I noticed that aside from lighting incense sticks, the people were also offering cones made of banana leaf decorated with flowers as well as releasing birds. The photo of the girl came from the damages film roll I mentioned in my travel blogs. I was able to reasonably repair it using Photoshop. I still would have preferred being able to save the film so that I could make hand prints out of it. The only consolation is that I have other pictures of the girl in another film roll that I did not manage to damage. click here to go to my luang prabang travel blog © 2006, daddywasabi, all rights reserved.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
sai bat
in luang prabang, every morning without fail, the monks and novices walk the street to collect alms from the faithful. At daybreak , people lay down mats along the route where the monks pass by with their basket of warm sticky rice. With each monk or novice that will pass by, a small handful of rice is placed in the monk's bowl. At times we find children begging food from the monks.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Welcome the year of the Fire Dog 
I would like to send my friends in Hong Kong my wishes for prosperity and happiness during the year of the Fire Dog. The Lunar New Year starts this sunday. Our office is closed on Monday. However tomorrow, I will be leaving for Luang Prabang in the northern part of Laos. Hopefully, the air will be fresh and clear and I am looking forward to 10 days of bliss because all I will be doing is taking pictures. I am an earth dog myself. My chinese sign is referred to as dog going up the mountain. So that is exactly what I am doing. © 2006 daddywasabi, all rights reserved.
wat suthat 
If you have heard of Bangkok's giant swing then you would have heard of Wat Suthat. I like coming back to this temple because of the series of Buddha statues lining the inner wall surrounding the temple. Unlike the other temples, these statues are not enclosed with lucite. Also fascinating are the fresco paintings behind the Buddha images. Last Sunday turned out to be one of the holy days because some people dressed in white were in the temple fasting and spending some time meditating. A lot of the statues that I saw last year were now painted in black. Some were covered with saffron cloth.
It was a good time for me to try out my Rollei. It was also the first time I used Fuji acros. I am very pleased with the result. I was using F 8.0 in all of the shots and the I am impressed with the amount of detail captured by the photograph. I am still learning to use the tlr. There does not seem to be any problem with paralax if the camera is pointed straight to the subject. It is more of an issue if the camera is pointed upwards. I remember, I positioned the naga of the temple near the top of the frame. The print came out with the naga being further away from the top frame. It is perhaps in this situation that some anticipated compensation is required. © 2006 daddywasabi, all rights reserved.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
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Saturday, January 14, 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006
oval
I am up to my old tricks again. I was taking some pictures of the architectural details of the train station then suddenly one of the guards told me to stop. These days are sensitive so I stopped. I converted the image into monochrome and then back to rgb. Lastly I manipulated each individual channel of the curve and this was the result. To me it looks like a mandala. What does it look like to you? © 2006 daddywasabi, all rights reserved.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
holga and perseverance 
the holga arrived much earlier than the hasselblad, leica, canonet and rolleiflex. However, I have not devouted enough time to the use of this camera. I had managed to take slides of the palat klik shrine in Bangkok but I still have not figured out a way of having it scanned. Perhaps the mistake here was the fact that the pictures were taken in a shade and I foolishly tried to hand hold the camera. In addition, I could not figure out the correct setting of the camera so I was using B when I thought I was using the 1/100 shutter speed. It is far easier to estimate 2 sec than it is to do 1/60 sec. So I ended up either under-exposing or over exposing the pictures that I took. With the 12 exposures, the 3 pictures above are what I could photoshop into submission. The others are too blurred to be of much use. Perhaps the problem lie in the fact that I was using an iso 100 film. I am not giving up on this challenge. Next time I will try taking pictures using a tripod. Or else a different subject might be more suitable with the camera being supported by a monopod. Several options for improvement are available. all photos © 2006 daddywasabi, all rights reserved.
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