Bayon, IR

[Olivier]

Hello everyone, I hope all is well. It has been a while since I last posted a picture, but our move to Singapore has taken a lot of our time and energy in the last months...

We had a very short vacation in Cambodia last week, to visit Siem Reap and the temples of Angkor.

This is a 3 shots pano of Bayon temple, a marvelous place covered with dozens of sculpted faces (and thousands of tourists!)
V1 IR (720nm), 10-30 kit lens.

[tommiejeep]

Olivier,  excellent composition and tones.  Interestingly, I would not have thought IR without reading.  I see that the residents of Venice are starting to really complain about tourists.  It will probably be a while before the Cambodians complain about the tourist's cash but will probably happen at some point.
Well shot, thanks for posting.
Tom

[Akira]

A welcome return with a marvelous picture, Olivier!  The Cambodian temples are photogenic for sure!

[Olivier]

Thank you Tom and Akira. IR doesn't always need to look excessively different. Here the unusually white leaves are enough to identify though.
It was quite beneficial to have IR given the conditions we were experiencing, as the light was quite harsh. My camera gives images with rather low contrast, exactly what I need.

The next image was taken at a nearby temple, Banteay Kdey.

[bobfriedman]

nice.. excellent IR subject matter. (not so easy to find)

[Akira]

Majestic.  The calmness of the steamy forest is well rendered in IR.

[armando_m]

gorgeous door

impressive location your images make it justice

[golunvolo]

Beautiful Olivier. I´ve missed you. Welcome back!

[Jakov Minić]

Olivier, good to have you back. As others, i missed your photos.

[David H. Hartman]

Olivier,

Thank you for posting these beautiful photographs. I'm interested in civilizations the temples may refer to that were covered by the final melting of the ice caps nearly 10,000 years ago.

Dave

[Olivier]

Thanks everyone! It feels good to be back to photography.

Next is Ta Prohm, a temple rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century in the jungle. It was decided not to clean it completely from the trees. It is an extraordinary place to visit.

[Les Olson]

They are very nice.  One of the things the IR does is bring out the architecture and the detail on the carved stone surface, which otherwise tends to be a uniform dark grey which is very hard to differentiate from the shadows.

[Olivier]

Thanks Les.
I must say that I also push micro contrast in Nik Silver Efex, that may help as well.

Here is a picture of my son Robin, 11. He is currently writing his first novel and I found the juxtaposition of the ancient carved text at Angkor Wat temple with him, probably thinking about his next chapter quite interesting.

[Akira]

This image of Robin should be perfect for the opening page of his first novel book ever...

[Olivier]

You are right as usual, Akira. The novel is about a boy travelling through time...