Thai temple

[Ian]

This picture has had a fair bit of work done on it (taken with a wide angle lens and so verticals corrected) plus it was a difficult time - just about to rain.

It looks like an old temple, but it's apparently only about ten years old.

It's located in North Eastern Thailand.

The sky is the original - honest!

Ian

[Autumn]

Re: Thai temple

Beautiful image Ian. It brings back memories for me, although I don't think we saw that particular Temple.

Interesting mounting - it emphasizes the sky and clouds, which in turn sets off the white and gold of the temple. I like the symmetry of the picture.

[Ian]

Re: Thai temple

Beautiful image Ian. It brings back memories for me, although I don't think we saw that particular Temple.

Interesting mounting - it emphasizes the sky and clouds, which in turn sets off the white and gold of the temple. I like the symmetry of the picture.

Thanks Audrey - it was a shame about the weather - showery day.

The framing above was provided by an archway in the outer wall of the site.

This was on the way to Mukdahan, on the Mekong river, which separates North Eastern Thailand from Cambodia.

Ian

[Autumn]

Re: Thai temple

We went to the Golden Triangle, where the borders of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma) and Laos converge. We actually took a trip down the Mekong to Laos and did the touristy thing of posting a card back home to ourselves with the Laos postmark on.

I really loved every minute of that holiday as I am sure you did.

PS I hadn't realised that you had taken the pic through an arch. I thought it was one of these software frames.

[fluffy penguin]

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lovely photo I like the way its been framed by the arch.
You say it was about to rain but I think the dark cloud adds to set the temple up.

was it as wow as it looks in the photo?

FP

[Ian]

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lovely photo I like the way its been framed by the arch.
You say it was about to rain but I think the dark cloud adds to set the temple up.

was it as wow as it looks in the photo?

FP

Actually, it was a bit disappointment as some areas weren't yet complete and some of the completed areas were already falling to bits.

It was a holiday and packed with noisy people, nobody respected the peace and sanctity you expect in these places. I'm not an expert on buddhism, but I was surprised to see a lot of gold statues of monks being venerated - some even depicted wearing spectacles. There were more of these than buddha statues, which seemed odd!

Ian

[Danny Chau]

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Ian,

You have forgotten to remove your selection around the sky, as the 'marching ants' is still clearly visible.

Danny