Myanmar

[Leica All Day]

Thanks javimm and paapoopa for your nice comments....very nice of you guys...

To answer your question paapoopa, tanaka (paint on the face) is used everywhere in Myanmar.....some people decide to put it on and some do not.....it also varies day by day too.....some people told me that they wear it every day and then some people have told me they only put it on sometimes.....

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a merry-go-round.......Burmese stlye






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[Mablo]

Fantastic photos, Michael. Thank you for showing us your work. I will go back to Burma one day, I swear.

 

[brainwood]

great work Michael thanks for sharing it with us

Chris

 

[Leica All Day]

Thanks Chris and Mablo for the nice compliments......if you go Mablo, stop by in Bangkok for a beer.....round trip tickets from Bangkok to Yangon are about 100 USD on AirAsia.....

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[Leica All Day]

I shot one roll of Kodak 100 vs slide film on my recent trip.....There is a similar photo like this that was shot on film earlier in this thread, but I like the way this one looks.......

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[Harry S.]

Wow. That one is amazing!

 

[Leica All Day]

Wow. That one is amazing!

thanks a lot......I really like that shot too.....

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this guy saw me in the local market and asked me to take his photo...i like it......he looks cool...



Inle Lake....



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[Leica All Day]

a merry-go-round

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I have seen these trucks many times on my visits to Myanmar........logging



I was lost somewhere in the Shan hills in Shan State......good times



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[John Lawrence]

I shot one roll of Kodak 100 vs slide film on my recent trip.....There is a similar photo like this that was shot on film earlier in this thread, but I like the way this one looks.......

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Both are great shots - but I agree that this one edges the first.

Super stuff Michael.

John

 

[Leica All Day]

Both are great shots - but I agree that this one edges the first.

Super stuff Michael.

John

thanks a lot John.......I actually like the second shot better too......

I spent my birthday (13 hours) at Shwedagon pagoda....I took photos, slept, read a whole issue of National Geographic, talked to a lot of people and had an excellent day......these kids took an interest to my National Geographic.......good times....good times.....

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[AFenvy]

This is truly some of the most fascinating and beautiful photography I have seen to date! You have a great eye and certainly a way with getting the best reactions from the people. I would absolutely pay for a book of this work.

A quick question: do you use any filters in these shots or are the lenses bare?

 

[Leica All Day]

This is truly some of the most fascinating and beautiful photography I have seen to date! You have a great eye and certainly a way with getting the best reactions from the people. I would absolutely pay for a book of this work.

A quick question: do you use any filters in these shots or are the lenses bare?

Thanks a lot man, that is a very cool compliment..........
I use UV filters on all my lenses except the 15mm cv......but for the most part of this trip, I shot my 28mm elmarit without a filter....

a couple of more

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[Leica All Day]

a couple of more

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[Leica All Day]

a couple more

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[Leica All Day]

a couple more from the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, Inle lake

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gold buddhas



Than Shwe......



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[Leica All Day]

a couple more

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[akarin]

This is an excellent collection, Khun Michael. Congrats!

 

[Phantomas]

What great insight into the country! Fantastic travel shots. Thanks a lot man.

 

[Leica All Day]

Thanks a lot akarin and Phantomas for the nice compliments.......

I am planning on going back to Myanmar in 3 weeks and I have been looking through some of my earlier photos....here are some ones that I ran across that I like.......

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I like the "harsh" light on her face






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[fotomeow]

all great, i especially like the blurred image of the horse-n-carriage on this page. it breaks up the "monotony" (sarcasm) of all your great portraits!!

I would be really interested in your editing process: all these great images,but how
do you choose to put 20 or so together that "tell the story" ??

E.g.: I have found that even some of the best stand-alone images I can take do not make the final cut for the final 20 images that I would present as a body of work: the images have to work together as a group, rather than having 20 great images that do not relate to one another as a whole.