Jan 30, 2013

The Face on the Gate

I went all in on this one, I added lens flare and texture, especially because I wasn’t happy with the upper left part of the photo, the sky was totally burnt out and pretty boring to look at, but I really liked the rest of the image. So something had to be done.

And I must admit that I like the outcome.

So even if there is a part of your photo you don’t like, don’t give up on it with out a fight sometimes it turns out to something cool.

Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Camera: NIKON D3S
Taken: 7 July, 2012
Focal length: 24mm
ISO: 200
Location: 13° 27.2992′ 0″ N 103° 51.5557′ 0″ E
Shutter speed: 1/50s

Bo47 Angkor Wat, Cambodia 0 2012, Ancient, Angkor Wat, Asia, Cambodia, Flare, Gate, Geotag, Jungle, Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8, Nikon D3s, Photoshop, Sculpture, Texture

Jan 27, 2013

Kneel Before Buddha

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I think I was standing here for almost an hour to get this photo, because there where people coming in all the time, and one family – I think they were Russian – spend a lot of time here, because every single one in the family should have a photo made in front of the Buddha figure. But I think it was worth the wait.

Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Camera: NIKON D800
Taken: 20 July, 2012
Focal length: 14mm
ISO: 100
Location: 13° 45.0645′ 0″ N 100° 30.0661′ 0″ E
Shutter speed: 1.6s

Bo47 Bangkok, Thailand 0 2012, Asia, Bangkok, Geotag, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8, Nikon D800, Religion, Temple, Thailand, Wat Suthat

Jan 20, 2013

One of the Daily Tasks

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Me and My German friend Jan, had rented some motorbikes for a few days, while we where in Battambang.

One of the days we just decided to drive out on the road that are running a long side the river that runs from Battambang to the great lake Tonle Sap.
Here we saw a lot of things and meet a lot people, of which I got a lot of photos, that I’ll show to you later, today I wanted to share this hard-working guy with you.

I’m not quiet sure on why his turning the fish fillet, but it’s properly got something to do with them getting dried up the right way.
Anyway there where a lot of fish, there where a least 4 times as many as you can see on the photo and I don’t know how often they had to be turned around, one things is for sure there wasn’t much time left to play in after the job was done.

Aperture: ƒ/2.8
Camera: NIKON D3S
Taken: 15 July, 2012
Focal length: 31mm
ISO: 200
Location: 13° 8.9527′ 0″ N 103° 13.4129′ 0″ E
Shutter speed: 1/3200s

Bo47 Battambang, Cambodia 0 2012, Aek Phnom, Asia, Battambang, Boy, Cambodia, Fish, Geotag, Human, Kid, Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8, Nikon D3s, Working

Jan 12, 2013

Stop Whining

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Aperture: ƒ/9
Camera: NIKON D800
Taken: 26 June, 2012
Focal length: 300mm
ISO: 400
Location: 1° 17.4394′ 0″ N 103° 50.83′ 0″ E
Shutter speed: 1/13s

Bo47 Singapore 0 2012, Architecture, Asia, Colorful, Colors, Frame, Geotag, Nikkor 70-300mm f4.0-5.6, Nikon D800, Singapore

Jan 7, 2013

Hmmmm…

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Aperture: ƒ/5
Camera: NIKON D300
Taken: 21 March, 2009
Focal length: 80mm
ISO: 400
Shutter speed: 1/80s

Bo47 India, New Delhi 0 2009, Asia, Black and White, Human, India, Looking, Man, New Delhi, Nikkor 18-200mm f3.5-5.6, Nikon D300, Street photography

Dec 29, 2012

Hunger Strike

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This little girl was running around the restaurant I was eating at, She was very curious about who I was and what I was eating. Later when she got her own food and I was finish with mine, the roles sort of turned around now I was the curious one and she was the one eating.

Bo47 Cambodia 0 2012, Asia, Bokeh, Cambodia, Eating, Food, Girl, Human, Kid, Nikkor 85mm f1.8, Nikon D3s, Prasat Banteay Srei

Dec 23, 2012

She Was On Her Way, When She Got the Call

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Sometimes when I’m traveling, I give myself these small challenges, like with this photo from Tokyo, that evening I only brought my 50mm with me.
I do it because it makes me think differently and be creative with what I got and not with what I have in my bag, and the most important factor makes me learn to live with the fact that I might have missed a photo that would have been great with another lens and then just focus on what I can make with the lens I got.

And then it’s nice to “travel” light, for once.

How about you, do you give yourself photographic challenges?

Aperture: ƒ/1.4
Camera: NIKON D3S
Taken: 26 June, 2011
Focal length: 50mm
ISO: 2500
Location: 35° 43.8638′ 0″ N 139° 42.768′ 0″ E
Shutter speed: 1/160s

Bo47 Japan, Tokyo 0 2011, Asia, Cellular Phone, Crossing, Geotag, Human, Japan, Mobile Phone, Nikkor 50mm f1.4, Nikon D3s, Phone, Street photography, Talking, Tokyo, Urban, Woman, X-ing

Dec 22, 2012

Bicycle Repair Man

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Do you like Monty Python? I sure do, and the title of the photo is an homage to Monty Python’s Flying Circus, the series that started it all, back in the late 60′s

And here’s the sketch

Aperture: ƒ/4
Camera: NIKON D300
Taken: 2 April, 2009
Focal length: 24mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/800s

Bo47 India, New Delhi 1 2009, Asia, Bicycle, Big Load, Human, Humans, India, Monty Python, New Delhi, Nikkor DX 12-24mm f4, Nikon D300, Repairing, Street, Street photography

Dec 16, 2012

Temple of the Mountains

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Temple of the Mountains (or Wat Phnom in Khmer) is a Buddhist wat (temple) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was built-in 1373, and with its 27 metres, it’s the tallest religious building in the city.

Aperture: ƒ/2.8
Camera: NIKON D3S
Taken: 2 July, 2012
Focal length: 24mm
ISO: 200
Location: 11° 34.5576′ 0″ N 104° 55.3797′ 0″ E
Shutter speed: 1/4000s

Bo47 Cambodia, Phnom Penh 0 2012, Architecture, Asia, Cambodia, Clouds, Geotag, Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8, Nikon D3s, Phnom Penh, Religion, Sculpture, Shadows, Temple, Wat, Wat Phnom

Dec 15, 2012

Where I Lay My Head, is My Home

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I was on My way to catch some sunrise, one early morning in Singapore, when I came by this sleepy fella, and of course I couldn’t resist making a photo of him.

I made the photo with My Olympus OM-D, which I always carrying around with me as a second (and portrait) camera, I only have the 17mm f2.8 lens, and that’s a great piece of glass, really like the depth of field you can get at f2.8.

I also got some fantastic sunrise photos, which I’ll show to you later on.