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Moken monk

monk taken in the token community on an island in Myanmar

monk taken in the token community on an island in Myanmar
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 250 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 100/1

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Apr, 2016

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken on a remote island in Myanmar. I was on a dive trip to Myanmar and as part of the trip we distributed old glasses to a sea gypsy community on the island. While all the village were gathered round the distribution of glasses in the local temple, I spotted this monk watching proceedings from this perch.

Time

It was lateish afternoon and the colour contracts of the bright orange against the dullish colour of the surrounds caught my eye.

Lighting

Lighting was pretty straight forward as it was an overcast day with no direct sunlight to challenge taking the shot

Equipment

A Canin 5D Mk11 with 70-200mm lens

Inspiration

The way the monk was observing procedeings almost aloof and removed caught my interest and the obvious colour contracts added to the shot

Editing

A simple crop was all i did here

In my camera bag

This was a diving trip so the go camera is the Canon 5D Mk11 as it is what I have a housing for, my land based lens on dive trips is always the 70-200mm lens but for diving I had a 100mm macro lens and a 17-24mm wide angle zoom lens. I use `ikelite housing and strobes under water.

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Sourh East Asia is the place to go for any type of monk shots, just do not invade privacy

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Moken monk

monk taken in the token community on an island in Myanmar

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