Fun in the sun

During our fruitless quest to find mortar makers in Ang Sila, we stumbled upon a large Chinese temple. The main building had the sun inconveniently sat right behind it, but there were plenty of other bits and pieces to photograph.

Much of my recent photography has involved scrabbling around in the semi-darkness, trying to catch discrete shots of hookers and other undesirables; so it was very pleasant to just amble round this temple complex in bright, if rather harsh, sunlight and shoot some colourful bits and pieces. It was a reminder of why I love my Micro Four Thirds gear so much. Camera, four lenses (7-14mm, 25mm, 45mm and 75mm) in a lightweight bag. Point the lens of choice at anything and be rewarded with rich, detailed images. No great compositions, but that is my fault and not the camera’s.

Comments 🔗

2012-11-02 | The Lightweight says

Beautiful pics, beautiful colours. And a lot of DOF as well, shows how excellent m43 is in this department (with a good lens, I assume). I’m often puzzled by how serious, hard-working, dedicated and self-controlled some Asians are, and then you look at their temples and they are so colourful, playful even, a wonderland for the eye.

2012-11-02 | Spike says

So are some of the women….

2012-11-02 | Pete says

I was going to ask if you’d found this place when I commented on the Ang Sila post. Photography is (was when I was last there, anyway) prohibited inside the main temple - ideal opportunity for a devious type with a remote release ….

2012-11-02 | Grant says

Love the colour, surely some of your best? That second-to-last shot has captured “the yellow of the photographer” perfectly, just as I imagined it! Screw black & white, and all that angsty morbid arty crap they spout about it… Are these images “straight out of the camera” as I believe you experts put it or have they been ‘‘dicked around with’’ as we ignorant laity would describe your “professional enhancements”?

2012-11-03 | Chang noi says

Beautiful colors! Next time try the small temple at Sam Muk. But be aware of the monkeys.

2012-11-03 | Spike says

I mentioned it when I wrote the Ang Sila post “And, as further compensation, we also paid a visit to the local Chinese temple which provided an hour of excellent photo opportunities. But that’s another post.” Not much of interest in the main temple, but some of the shots and The Wall were taken from the walkways around it.

2012-11-03 | Spike says

Minor adjustments to things like exposure, otherwise straight out of the camera. Professional enhancements only to The Wall.

2012-11-03 | Spike says

I keep getting tweets from you telling me how much money you are making doing something, which you will tell me about if I click on a link. I assume your twitter account has been hacked?

2012-11-03 | Grant says

Very impressive, you’re a poster boy for M4/3, no doubt about it! Mention The Wall again and Pete and I will start lobbing bricks…

2012-11-03 | Barry says

Great pictures, great colours. And it just shows what amazing work Thai builders are able to produce if they can be arsed.