The Temples of Bagan, Myanmar

 

Here's a pleasant change from photos that feature water in some way or another. The temples of Myanmar late in the afternoon. This is actually a 14 image panorama at 300mm, these temples were well away from where I stood. I cropped the ends off the resulting panorama so it's probably closer to 10 or 11 shots.

Longtail boat at dusk, Railay Beach, Thailand

 

Coastal Thailand and its accompanying islands are full of Longtail boats, think of them as the took took of the seas. And since they are so common in Thailand images of them are a dime a dozen. But there is a reason for that, they're photographic little buggers and moor them in an even more photogenic Thai beach and you've got the makings of 90% of Thailand's postcards. Naturally I had to give a few shots of one or two boats a crack (I'm afraid there'll be plenty more pictures to come).

This one was taken a few minutes before my previously posted shot of Dusk at Railay Beach when the early dusk light gave the scene the appearance of being coloured with pastels.

It's a combination of two images shot from the same position, a slow 2.5 second shot to give some movement to the water and a faster 0.6 second shot to remove that same movement from the boat and keep it nice and sharp.

Stormy skies over Auckland

 

Some months ago I was waiting for evening so I could get some twilight shots of Auckland's waterfront. Instead the heavens opened and drenched me and every other poor sod who happened to be out side that evening.

In dismay I looked at the sky and noticed it had a rather armageddonish quality to it so I fled as far as Westhaven marina in the hope of capturing said sky behind the city. Luck was on my side as not only did the dark clouds remain but the sun peeked through from the west, lighting the cities skyline. A rainbow also briefly appeared, which seems to end at the AIG building, raising several questions: are they hiding a pot of gold we should know about? and are they staffed by leprechauns? 

Either way, the sun and rainbow only lasted long enough for me to throw my tripod mounted camera at the ground and fire off a few shots before the sun hid behind clouds, the rainbow disappeared and the heavens once again opened.