Or, from the same musical source and perhaps more appropriate given that we are talking more Chinese gods than Buddha: Paint it black.
Having not had a chance to play much with my new camera, I took a little trip to Viharn Sien this morning. a pretty Chinese temple next to the lake featured in the Pattaya Days header image.
It’s a good place to take visitors for an hour or so, the best bit being the collection of statues on the roof; which to the untrained eye (i.e. mine) are cast in bronze.
So most disappointed to discover that they have now been painted black.
This must be a recent change, because there was man with a pot of black paint going round touching up in case any bronze was showing through. Maybe this is some form of Chinese custom and in due course they will be restored to their real colour; but it did rather spoil the photographic opportunities, with dark shadows everywhere. Took a few shots though, using black and white in many cases as there was not much colour on offer.
Loved using the GF1; image quality was excellent and the ability to easily switch to manual focusing was very useful when trying to focus on the eyes for this shot:
Inside there are some painted walls. A bit dark, but no problem for the GF1 with an F1.7 lens attached; this one at F2.0
What a fine little camera. If I could wean myself off action photography I would sell all my big camera gear and shoot only with a camera like this.