Oudong Temples
- Aperture: f/3.5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/1250 s
- Focal Length: 10mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D
Oudong (also known as as Udong or Odong) is located about 40 km northwest of the Cambodian capital – Phnom Penh. The temples (which are visible from miles around) are located on the top of a mountain. When we visited the tiling around these temples was undergoing restoration … and being replaced by lovely white (and…
Brick Factories & Spiders
- Aperture: f/6.3
- ISO: 1000
- Shutter Speed: 1/125 s
- Focal Length: 84mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
The Road from Kompong Thom to Phnom Penh, is better (and busier) than many in Cambodia and packed full with thibngs ti see and photograph. A couple of the memorable stops on this journey are highlighted below : Hmmmm, Fried Taranatulas Like most subsistence farming communities throughout the world, rural Cambodians make the most of…
Bullock Cart in the Paddy Fields
- Aperture: f/6.3
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/640 s
- Focal Length: 45mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Many of the “iconic” photos of rural life, not just in Cambodia but throughout Asia, involves locals going about their daily work activities in the rice paddies. While on the road we are always on the lookout for opportunities to photograph workers in the foreground with some “interesting” landscape scene in the background (often sugar…
Kratie to Kompong Thom
- Aperture: f/8
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/30 s
- Focal Length: 24mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
A reasonably full days traveling today – with lots of opportunities to stop along the way for a variety of very different photo opportunities : Along the road Travelling in Cambodia is always fascinating, there are a plethora of things going on all around – many of which seem odd or even bizarre. The roads…
They Love their Timber in the North
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 1250
- Shutter Speed: 1/40 s
- Focal Length: 24mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
One of the major natural resources in the north of Cambodia is timber… and they LOVE to showcase it with BIG, chunky, solid, furniture. Many of the hotels in the north feature very heavy timber furniture – so much so that on one occasion I actually considered asking for assistance to help move a single…
Kratie and the River Dolphins
- Aperture: f/6.3
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/250 s
- Focal Length: 45mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
On the way to Kratie (a resonably bumpy drive plus a river crossing) we stopped at a random Temple/Monastery and the locals were preparing a meal for their monks. Everyone delights in visitors and the kids especially are curious of strangers. They are ALL fascinated by the cameras and love to see their photos –…
Happy Happy Pizza Anyone ??
Apparently, even though the actual smoking of marijuana is illegal in Cambodia it is considered quite acceptable to include it as an ingredient in cooking. Hence at many restaurants/cafes it is possible to get it added as an extra with your meal. At our “local” breakfast cafe they have an option for “Happy Happy Pizzas”,…
Stung Treng
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/1250 s
- Focal Length: 70mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
I hoped to do some long exposure shots of the Perseid meteor shower last night, and got up a couple of times to check the weather , however it was overcast all night unfortunately… maybe tonight (last chance). This morning we had a well deserved sleep in (to 8am – what a luxury), and a 3hr…
Cambodias Favourite form of Transport – The Motorbike
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/200 s
- Focal Length: 55mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
By far the most popular form of transport in Cambodia is the motorbike, they are everywhere and seem to outnumber cars by a factor of 20 or more. Motorbikes are used to transport just about anything you can think of, and the ingenuity that the locals use to load up all manner of odd things…
Beng Mealea & Preah Vihear
- Aperture: f/8
- ISO: 12800
- Shutter Speed: 1/320 s
- Focal Length: 24mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
The heat, humidity, early starts, and long days have caught up with me… am feeling exhausted today and also seem to have picked up a stomach bug. A few of the others are also feeling the pressure and have actually pulled out of today’s tour. Perhaps I should have taken it a bit easier too,…