I ran into this unique fixer-upper that is available in Jomtien, Thailand. Clearly just needs some paint and a few other odds and ends. Then again, I could be wrong and my dream career in real estate could be just that, a dream. Enjoy
If you want to read about what this is feel free to follow this link. It’s basically a replica from a temple in India. It looked cool so I took a photo of it. Enjoy.
Snapped this at Wat Pho in Bangkok when you could still access it. Most people just go for the Reclining Buddha but there is much more to any temple in Southeast Asia. I highly recommend you take a wander around the temple ground. Enjoy.
When you go for photo walks you run into some interesting things like this coffee bar. I was walking Beach Rd in Pattaya practicing civil disobedience and walking on the beach path. No idea how this place was before but it looks cool from the outside so I took a photo of it. Enjoy.
It’s fairly obvious that this is not Paris since the Effiel tower isn’t surrounded by buildings or the top of a Bally’s sign. Still, it’s an interesting enough photo to make it worthwhile. I did the black and white conversion in Lightroom then used Aurora 2019 to make it HDR. The sky was a flat grey, to begin with, and making it black and white helped and when you punch it with HDR you got some swirls into it so…
This is another old one from the archives I never edited. This is obviously the San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas. I never really liked the image and at the time my edited skills didn’t allow me to edit it the way I wanted to. Plus the software at the time was crap. I shot it for HDR so I had bracketed the photo and I used to do 5 at a time using an Olympus EM-1. Forget the…
I took this in Panama City, Panama a few years back. I thought it was a great idea to lug around a Nikon D810. I quickly learned that it was a crap idea and learned to carry much lighter cameras unless I needed the big ass, Nikon, for something. Hell, lately I have been using my Sony RX100III. Why? Because it’s light and happily fits in my cup holder. That’s how I roll these days. Enjoy.
Wat Phra Yai is the real name for what everyone else in Pattaya calls Big Buddha. Having seen Big Buddha more times than I care to admit I skip it now and head towards the Chinese Temple that most ignore. Meaning, it’s not jammed by a bunch of tourists being dropped off by the busloads. If you are ever in Pattaya and are like I rather see the Chinese Temple, just pull in at the top of the parking area…
This is underneath the pier at Fort Myers Beach in Florida. Guess that’s why I called it Under The Pier And Dreaming. I’m original like that. This was done in HDR using Aurora 2019. One image and done. I haven’t shot bracketed images in about forever when you can do HDR with one anymore. The program does a good job with just one image so why bother. Enjoy
I shot these last year when I was in Phnom Penh for a couple weeks. Wat Phnom is the main temple everyone goes to if they are in Phnom Penh. It’s a mixture of a tourist trap and a local temple. There is an entrance fee of $1 (Cambodia uses the US Dollar) but you can easily just step over the rope and avoid paying it. I saw a lot of cheap ass tourists doing this, it is a dollar…