Photos of Thailand

[Serendipity2]

Originally Posted by frogblogger

What's going on here!?! Let's get this straight...

I - frogblogger - am frogblogger
S2 is S2
King Silk is King Silk

There's not that many of us here, but I'm totally confused now!

frogblogger,

Arghhhhh, I meant King Silk. :/ My pitiful excuse? I'm old and it's Monday morning.

[frogblogger]

Originally Posted by Serendipity2

frogblogger,

Arghhhhh, I meant King Silk. :/ My pitiful excuse? I'm old and it's Monday morning.

Having just 5 minutes before got a PM from KS calling me S2, I was beginning to think it was some sort of joke I wasn't in on!

[frogblogger]

At the Sunday Market, Thapae Gate, young dancers wait to perform...

[Serendipity2]

frogblogger,

Outstanding photo but the girls look Chinese instead of Thai. What kind of camera/lens are you using? You've got to be a pro! If not, you missed your calling. Did you use Photoshop or other software?

[frogblogger]

And following on from the young Thai dancers, at the same street festival, one of the displays...



Plastic? Paper? ....
No, this exquisite centre piece made for a Thai dancing performance during the Sunday Market in Chiang Mai was made from various fruits and vegetables - chillies, water melons, carrots, etc ...

Can you imagine anything like that being prepared for a one-off street show in the West?

[frogblogger]

Originally Posted by Serendipity2

frogblogger,

Outstanding photo but the girls look Chinese instead of Thai. What kind of camera/lens are you using? You've got to be a pro! If not, you missed your calling. Did you use Photoshop or other software?

Cheers S2, there are a lot of Chinese in Thailand, isn't one of the Thai gripes that they have most of the money?!

I use a Nikon D2X, aging a bit now but a good camera. No Photoshop. Hardly a pro, but if I take a few hundred pics I end up getting lucky eventually!

[Serendipity2]

Originally Posted by frogblogger

Cheers S2, there are a lot of Chinese in Thailand, isn't one of the Thai gripes that they have most of the money?!

I use a Nikon D2X, aging a bit now but a good camera. No Photoshop. Hardly a pro, but if I take a few hundred pics I end up getting lucky eventually!

frogblogger,

The Chinese DO have most of the money in Thailand, that's for sure!

So you're driving a full frame D2x. What lens are you using? Perhaps a Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.2 AiS? It must be a very good piece of glass as your shots are very sharp.

I was looking at a D700 to replace my Nikon F2AS but too heavy. Initially I was lusting over a D3X but too heavy and too expensive! Am going with a D90 instead at about 2/3 the weight of the D700. I would rather have a full frame instead of DX but cameras and lenses get heavy after lugging around for the day and I'm not getting any younger. I can only imagine humping up some mountains to visit hill tribes with my tongue handing out due to the extra weight. :/

Serendipity2

[King Silk]

Originally Posted by frogblogger

What's going on here!?! Let's get this straight...

I - frogblogger - am frogblogger
S2 is S2
King Silk is King Silk

There's not that many of us here, but I'm totally confused now!

I am confused by your confusion old bean.....

[frogblogger]

Originally Posted by King Silk

I am confused by your confusion old bean.....

Yesterday you sent me a PM, calling me. "S2". Five minutes later I see a new post from S2 to me, but he calls me "KS". I thought there was some kind of conspiracy

[King Silk]

Sorry S2/KL/Frogy there I've said it.

Poor S2 can't carry a DX up mountains anymore and his F2AS is getting on a bit.....in Thailand we do NOT lust after D3Xs. We prefer the Ladies in Walking St and would NEVER settle for a D90 even for a short time......but we would certainly 'hump' them up Mountains. Whatever they weighed......The Ladies that is. OK, S2/KL/Frogy? Or whoever.......