Thailand

[epoh]

Just wanted to share a few of the images I've edited that I think came out pretty nice. Took these during a 2 week trip to Thailand, these are all from the first stop - Chiang Mai.

Orchid growing off a tree at the resort we stayed at

IMG_7797 by amybrown, on Flickr

Ganesh? Also at the resort.

IMG_7741 by amybrown, on Flickr

Detail on the front of a wat.

IMG_7837 by amybrown, on Flickr

[toverman]

Neat shots, Amy! I read your posts on FB while you were there. Do you have some shots with local people in them, too? That's something that fascinates me about other countries – how the "normal" people dress and act. :-)

[groovyone]

For CC you'll need to reduce it to 3, or change the thread to NC.

That said, really beautiful shots! I could spend hours shooting the architecture alone!

[epoh]

Todd - I have shots of some of the folks in the hill tribes area, but not really of average folks. (Other than random folks in the foreground/background of a shot.)

They don't really look any different from Americans, honestly. They dress pretty much the same as we do, maybe less of the trashy-looking stuff you see here, but it's still nearly all jeans or cotton pants/shorts and t-shirts, polos and button-ups. I never saw any crazy hair or tattoos even! Thailand is very 'western' in terms of dress/style.

Keith - thanks! I've edited it down to 3. I haven't posted here much since the rules were changed, my bad.

And yes, I wished many times that I had had a lens with a larger range than what I brought (maybe the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L?) but you do what you can with what you've got! I will def shell out for a better lens next time though. Trying to swap out lenses while walking around in the heat and humidity and dirt was rough.

[Nikonfan]

The first and last are my favorites. Just out of curiosity, I would be interested to see a tighter crop on pic 1 and possibly a B&W of pic 4. Of course the photo number may change if you end up removing one of the 4 shots.

[ronocnikral]

sawdee khrap! I personally like #2, even though it goes a bit cold at the bottom.

I saw plenty of burmaese in western thailand when I was there 5 years ago. I rode on a songtoew for about 4 hours and it was the best baht I spent. the karen people in traditional dress and their face makeup.

nice pictures, keep them coming!

[ifly223]

Very colorful. : )

[epoh]

I've uploaded more photos to my flickr set - Singapore Thailand - a set on Flickr