Take a walk on the wild side: Thailand photos

[sury]

Great interpretive series Henry....

[bakubo]

This would probably make a pretty good animated gif. This young elephant is all alone and appeared to be humping a stone post.

[sury]

Henry. Anatomically speaking, it looks like scratching a literal itch
and not the "figurative one" but what would I know.

Sury

[bakubo]

Henry. Anatomically speaking, it looks like scratching a literal itch
and not the "figurative one" but what would I know.

Yeah, I think you are right that he was scratching what itched. You may or may not be right about what itched though.

At the floating market, Bangkok on my first trip to Thailand in 1985. She is roasting chickens. That place now is very touristy, but not in 1985. Scanned negative.



View of Bangkok and Chao Phraya River from Wat Arun with Wat Pho across the river in 1985. Scanned Kodachrome 64.



I encountered this pipe smoking hilltribe woman in northern Thailand while trekking in 1998. Scanned negative.

[sury]

The third one is straight out of National Geographic, Henry.

Sury

[the_hefay]

I agree with Sury on that third one. Excellent pictures.

[Birma]

That third one is especially good Henry. Fabulous tones.

[bakubo]

Thanks, guys. Here are a few more from trekking in northern Thailand in 1998 (scanned negatives):





Cold little girl in the morning in a village we stayed in:

[sury]

The little boy's expression in the first one is priceless.
Till I saw third one, I thought I had problems to deal with.
Now I am dumb to think I have problems.

Sury

[bakubo]

The little boy's expression in the first one is priceless.
Till I saw third one, I thought I had problems to deal with.
Now I am dumb to think I have problems.

The girl in the 3rd photo is fine, just cold. She has her arms tucked inside her shirt. You can see her hands and arms under her legs.

[the_hefay]

This is great stuff Henry.

[Birma]

These scanned negatives have a fabulous quality to them. I can't quite explain what it is. They just look very natural although they're obviously in black and White. There is a subtle and appealing soft tone about them.

[bakubo]

Thanks to everyone for taking a look and commenting!

These scanned negatives have a fabulous quality to them. I can't quite explain what it is. They just look very natural although they're obviously in black and White. There is a subtle and appealing soft tone about them.

Those are scanned color negatives that I converted to B&W in LR. I always use the channel mixer and other LR controls when converting to B&W. No plugins or other software.

Man on the street selling food in Bangkok, 2006:



Mother and child on the sidewalk in the evening in Bangkok, 2006:



At the end of a day of trekking in 2006 we all relax around the fire in a village. These three British guys are enjoying Chang beer time.

[sury]

Very nice set Henry. The second one is my favorite. There is something
appealing in that capture that I can't put my finger on it. It just feels right.

Sury

[bakubo]

Very nice set Henry. The second one is my favorite. There is something
appealing in that capture that I can't put my finger on it. It just feels right.

Thanks, Sury. I took that photo with my Canon 30D in 2006. As is so often the case it appeared suddenly with no time to fool around with the camera. It was over in an instant. The Canon 30D didn't have auto ISO so I was walking around using ISO 400 at that moment. It was 7:14 PM (great to have timestamps!). Shutter speed was fairly slow so there is a bit of both subject and camera movement. Of course, if there had been time it would have been good to up the ISO to a higher value, but even a 1 second delay would have missed it. Also, there were people walking on the sidewalk and any moment someone would step between us. In fact, I only got this one photo and then people were between us and when the way was clear again everything had changed. That is how it is with street photography. The subject movement in this photo doesn't bother me and I actually sort of like it.