Giant Buddha - Phuket, Thailand

[sury]

From the trip last November.

[Birma]

Wow - that is amazing. Great picture Sury - I like the sky.

[bakubo]

Sury, that is cool!

[sury]

Thank you Andy and Henry. Actually I lied. This is the Big Buddha as locally called.
I suppose it is all relative.
There was a restoration going on at the time of my visit hence the scaffolding.

[Kalainen]

From the trip last November.

Very good dynamics. Love to look it and wis I were there.

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[sury]

Thank you Toni. That is a beautiful hill top location too.

Sury

[Darren Hankard]

Love those dynamic clouds/lighting. Amazing.
Gives it a very holy aura Work with LightRoom?

[sury]

Darren,
Thank you. Yes. I do use LR3 and PS7. Rather generations old versions but adequate for my limited capabilities.

Sury

[aster]

Nice Buddha shots, Sury.

I wonder if these sculptures are actually hollow inside. Rather giant they are for sure and impressive too.

Thanks for sharing your vacation shots,

Yildiz

[sury]

Yildiz,
Thank you. Good question though. I would think they would be hollow to minimize the
sheer weight. This all I could find till now.


The smaller Buddha

There are, in fact, two Buddha images. A smaller one, 12 metres high, is made of 22 tons of brass and cost eight million baht.
It is dwarfed by the giant Buddha image facing eastward toward Chalong Bay and Phang Nga Bay beyond. The Phra Puttamingmongkol Akenakkiri Buddha – to give it its official name – is 45 metres high and 25 metres across at the base.


It cost about 30 million baht to complete the giant image. Khun Suporn says “The money has come from everywhere, from locals, from Thais in other provinces and from foreign tourists. With our website and the help we have had from the press, we have even received donations from overseas.”