Photo Trip to Thailand 2005 #3

On my part, I managed to squeeze in 5 rolls of film during the trip. 2 Fuji Superia 400 rated at ISO250, 1 Provia100F, 2 Tmax400, 1 mistakenly rated at ISO200. As I get the films digitized, I would be posting more photos here.

This was shot at Wat Chai Wattanaram at Ayuthaya, Thailand. Climbing the steps to the top of this temple to take the bird's eye view of the place is pretty scary. The steps are steep, small and stony. Finally with the sky slightly on the bluer side, the Provia was put to good use.Fuji Provia 100F

This is another view from the same place. This shows a wider view of the place taken at the peak of the building shown in the next picture.Kodak Tmax 400, rated 200, developed at 320.

I actually took this shot before I embarked on the climb which led me to takethe two shots above. Going up was easy, coming down was a bit scary. More care had to be taken to ensure the camera were intact. Kodak Tmax 400, rated 200, developed at 320.

This was still at Wat Chai Wattanaram. These headless buddhas are located just beside the building shown at the above pictures, to the right hand side of the first and second picture to be specific. Fuji Provia 100F.

Another shot of the headless Buddha using the fisheye. I actually carried two film cameras. One would be carrying a negative while the other one positive, or one colour and the other black and white. Kodak Tmax 400, rated 200, developed at 320.

Finally, a group shot of the outing members!! This was actually taken to provide proof of presence!! Heh. Of course, camera was on tripod. Just a point to note, the shots of Ayutthaya was mainly done with Polarizer on, contributing to the saturated look of the sky. The disadvantage here would be the vignetting at the corners. Nonetheless, I would trade the vignetting for the saturated blue. Fuji Provia 100F

Another shot of the ruins at the same place. If in the old days they can trade stones with metal and technology would be more advanced, doesn't this look like a couple of missiles or rockets? Fuji Provia 100F

Still at Wat Chai Wattanaram, I did some PS on this shot to bring out the Buddha's face. I wanted to take the silhoutte of the buddha, but guess it doesn't look appealing on screen. I might just post the original up just for comparison.Fuji Provia 100F

I've some difficulty on recalling where was this taken. Nonetheless, this is one of the rare group shot taken!! The shot came out a bit underexposed. Luckily it was taken on slide film. Wonders of Photoshop eh? Fuji Provia 100F,

Another shot at the same place. The building is sooo high. And the sky is so blue!!! Polarizer + Slide film rocks! Fuji Provia 100F,

Finally we reach 1 of the 2 initial destinations we had in mind when we were going to Ayuthaya, Wat Phra Si San Phet. The first one was the Wat Chai Wattanaram. Kodak Tmax 400, rated 200, developed at 320.

This is a closeup of the 'rubbles' lying around Wat Phra Si San Phet. Why 'rubbles' with the inverted commas? Look on to the next picture. Kodak Tmax 400, rated 200, developed at 320.

When we were there, there were construction workers working on retouching/renewing/maintenance of the ruins. Hence, the use of the term 'rubbles'. The white dots at the top right hand portion of this pic was not intended. I believed some thing went wrong while I was developing this in the dark room. In another roll, the dots look like snow flakes!! Kodak Tmax 400, rated 200, developed at 320.

When I was taking this shot, I was thinking whether the pointed end of the shadow would look nice with the runis. Gosh, was the sun ever so hot!! That's the irony. Bad weathered day is cooling but not good for photographing. Good photographing day is so hot! Blue sky, no clouds, and us fully exposed to the sun. Kodak Tmax 400, rated 200, developed at 320.