Thailand, 2009

chrismoore

Spent the first two weeks of the month exploring Thailand and Malaysia- from the southern city of Kual Lampour, Phuket, Koh Samui, Bangkok and up north to Chaing Mai.

We started in Phuket, sailing through the Phi Phi Islands.







In Bangkok, we visited the Grand Palace:







And a boat trip down the Chao Praya River through the heart of the city:



Up north in Chiang Mai, the Asian elephants are plenty:







And Chiang Mai is famous for its temples as well:



Koh Samui, on the east coast, has a nice Muslim fishing village (Ha Thanon):







The Damnoen Saduak (Floating Market) outside Bangkok is touristy, but very unique:





The last couple of days we spent wandering the streets of Bangkok,



The electrical grid must be a nightmare:



And we toasted the sunset on the roof of Bangkok's highest building before the long flight home.



Thanks for looking!

dlplumer

Allan FG

Great shots, I really love the close up of the elephant.

Jonnyyaya

Great work #1 jumps out at me love it... #13 & #16 grab my attention also but like them all.
Thanks for sharing.

Blackwood

The elephant portrait is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing.

Dogdots

I really enjoyed looking at your photos -- all of them good

chrismoore

Thanks for the nice feedback. It was a unique experience, both personally and photographically. My usual landscape work involves scouting locations during the day, getting there and setting up the tripod an hour or so before sunrise/sunset, and then waiting for the light. This was all handheld, quick draws of the camera and shooting on the go! No time for tripods, and there were some safety issues going places after dark, especially areas where my gear drew a lot of attention. It is definitely a place that if you are familiar with the areas, many beautiful photographs are possible.

Photopaddler

Very nice,being a water guy obviously I like the first two, but the closeup off the elephant is realy cool, almost sureal.

anonymouscuban

Very nice series Chris. I am going to Thailand next year around this time. We will be spending a week there and two weeks in the Philippines.

Any advice you can share about Thailand from a photog perspective would be much appreciated.

Awais Yaqub

It was a pleasure to watch this series !!
Thanks for posting:ivar

schmoo

:jawdrop

I have no useful words, really. This is what travel photography should always be!

chrismoore

anonymouscuban wrote:

Very nice series Chris. I am going to Thailand next year around this time. We will be spending a week there and two weeks in the Philippines.

Any advice you can share about Thailand from a photog perspective would be much appreciated.

Hi, you will have a great time I'm sure. Some small bits of advice... DSLRs and big lenses draw a lot of attention there. Be careful and get insurance on your equipment. Not that it is not safe, but better safe than sorry. Being mainly a landscape photographer, I took a lot of landscape lenses I did not use that much. My 24-70mm and 70-200mm were used 99% of the time. Have a backup plan. I took around 5000 photos in two weeks which meant I had to recycle my memory cards a few times. I use the UDMA Colorspace (Hyperdrive) with a 500GB internal drive to backup the memory cards and also carried a portable external drive for an additional backup. If you have a specific itinerary set, I can give you a few photography tips if you are traveling to the same places I did, just let me know.

emeraldrose

jeaous, love love love the close up of the elephant