Preah Khan & The Cheeky Nun
- Aperture: f/4.5
- ISO: 400
- Shutter Speed: 1/640 s
- Focal Length: 105mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Preah Khan was the centre of a substantial community, with almost 100,000 officials and servants. The temple is flat in design, with a basic plan of successive rectangular galleries around a Buddhist sanctuary. Like the nearby Ta Prohm, Preah Khan has been left largely unrestored, with numerous trees and other vegetation growing among the ruins….
Sra Srang Sunrise – The Water Girl
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/80 s
- Focal Length: 24mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Sra Srang is an ancient bathing pool, and like most things associated with the Angkor complex is aligned East/West… so is a perfect place to view the sunrise with reflections across the water. So… after (yet another) early morning start – 5:00 this time- we set off for the site and arrived just before sunrise……
Anghor Thom, The Great City
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 2000
- Shutter Speed: 1/80 s
- Focal Length: 10mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D
Angkor Thom (“Great City”), was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. At the centre of the city is the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north.
Angkor Wat Sunrise & Monks
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 400
- Shutter Speed: 3.2 s
- Focal Length: 13mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D
My introduction to the famous temple of Angkor Wat was under complete darkness. We had a 4:30 (in the MORNING) start to try and get a prime spot in time to catch the famous Angkor Wat sunrise. We arrived at the temple (and drove through the checkpoint before even the guards had arrived), dashed up…
Angkor Temples – Kbal Spean and Banteay Srei
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/500 s
- Focal Length: 58mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Today we kicked off the Nathan Horton Photography tour with a visit to a couple of temples in the Angkor area – Banteay Srei, and Kbal Spean. We headed off at 7:30 and got our week pass to the Angkor Temple complex (this costs $40 and is a photo-id which is required to enter the…
Ta Prohm – The “Tomb Raider” Temple
- Aperture: f/8
- ISO: 200
- Shutter Speed: 1/60 s
- Focal Length: 10mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D
Ta Prohm is “famous” for being the location for filming of some of the amazing scenes in the Angelina Jolie “Tomb Raider” movie, -a movie that has been credited with raising the profie of Cambodia, and the Angkor temples in particular. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm has been left in much the same condition…
The Bayon – Faces of Stone
- Aperture: f/9
- ISO: 160
- Shutter Speed: 1/250 s
- Focal Length: 24mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
The Bayon is a richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor complex. It’s most distinctive feature is the multitude of serene and massive stone faces on the many towers which jut out from the upper terrace and cluster around its central peak. I was intrigued by the masses of carved stones stacked around the inner perimeter…
Rehydrating at The Red Piano
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 200
- Shutter Speed: 1/60 s
- Focal Length: 40mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
After a busy morning at he markets, and a good general walk around the area, I felt it was time to take my rehydration responsibilities seriously and do some people watching at the same time, so started searching out a suitable watering hole. There are many many restaurants and bars in the area, but I…
Siem Reap Old Markets
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/800 s
- Focal Length: 24mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lots of Rain ( thunder and lightning too) last night, but has cleared up nicely today so I headed into town for a wander around. The trip by Tuk tuk was just $2 for the ride downtown and I headed straight for the markets – A full city block under one roof, packed with stalls…
Cambodia Day 2 – A Day in the Life
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 200
- Shutter Speed: 1/400 s
- Focal Length: 24mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 650D
I spent much of today with a local Khmer family at Kompheim (Ladybug) Village about 20km out of Siem Reap. It was part of a A Day in the Life – Village Tour run by Beyond Unique Escapes, and provided a fascinating insight into the day to day activities and subsistence farming lifestyle of a…