Earl visits Prasat Preah Vihear

[draco888]

I suppose later in the day it's crawling with visitors?

[Mr Earl]

^ I tell ya it nearly killed me! Riding that fucking scooter, for so long. I broke one of the fork springs and rode 200kms with no suspension.

It took me a a week of countless massages, beer by the gallons and a few visits to the brothels and local freelancers to even begin to put me right.
I'm back in BKK now and I figure another week here of R&R is what the doctor orders.

I did just look through these pics again and I must say I'm very pleased, some of my best pictures to date I think.

Thanks all for all the positive responses.

I wanted to take some pictures of Phonm Penh and the cremation shindig, but I was played out!

[Jools]

Wonderful pix, sir. May I ask what kind of camera?

[Mr Earl]

Wonderful pix, sir. May I ask what kind of camera?

https://teakdoor.com/the-multimedia-f...msung-ex1.html (Samsung EX1)

It took me a while getting used to framing pictures without a viewfinder and just the swivel screen. Getting to like it now.

It's not as easy to use as a point and shoot camera, but close. It's much easier to carry around than the DSLR cameras. Seems to me the picture quality is a close equal to some of the DSLR's.
I noticed big camera was having a sale on the EX1 shortly after I bought mine, about 1400 baht cheaper. Still it's a good one to have, Samsung really does produce some quality kit these days.
What it is, is a professional grade pocket camera. What a pro might carry for a backup camera.
Esthetically the camera gives the feel of the Leica cameras of yesteryear, quite a pleasing camera.

[Lash LaRue]

For those who don't know this is a very large temple complex in northern Cambodia on the border with Thailand, this where the fighting took place and why Thailand wanted to steal it.
It is a complex of five temples stretching along 800m. They were built over a period of about 260 years between 889AD and 1150AD.


I was up early and arrived on the site for the morning light and before any tourists showed up.

The trusty little Daelim scooter at sunrise.




























That was just the first temple of five!

Thai border off in the distance, I plugged in my Thai sim card and made some calls.

Some very impressive photos here. You caught the light just right.

[Mr Earl]

^Thanks, after looking though this thread again, it is really some of my best work.
Honestly I haven't seen any better photos of Preah Vihear.
Much of it was hitting the light at the right time.
Most photographers like myself dream about hitting light conditions like that.

[Phuketrichard]

MY shot of PV

[Ronin]

Some brilliant pictures Earl.