Mandalay Royal Golden Palace

Mandalay Royal Golden Palace, originally uploaded by ZackTwin.

The Palace was built by King Mindon in 1861 and was destroyed by bombing during the WWII. Current structures are reconstructed in 1996.
I had visited there while I was young before it was reconstructed. In my personal view, we should keep the ruins as it is, rather than rebuilding new structures.

Stand Strong Japan

Stand Strong Japan., originally uploaded by ZackTwin.

Together we stand strong with you, Japan. My heart is with you all.

Kuthodaw

Kuthodaw , originally uploaded by ZackTwin.

The background is Kuthodaw Stupa and the foreground is one of the 729 stupas which house stone inscriptions, known as the world's largest book.

Monk

Monk, originally uploaded by ZackTwin.

After going around the monastery, I saw a westerner taking photos of the monk and the guide requesting the monk to act.

I piggybacked their work and took this photo. :D I smiled and say thanks to them.

Monk - Candid Shot

Monk - Candid Shot, originally uploaded by ZackTwin.

After staying away from Flickr for months, I wish to upload some photos which I took during the trip to Myanmar.

This photo was taking in Shwe-In-Pin Monastery. When we arrived there, I looked in the monastery, a monk is standing against the light. I think the view is quite interesting to me and Click.

Tripod, Sunset and The Lake

Tripod, Sunset and The Lake, originally uploaded by ZackTwin.

A friend gave me useful information that a place near to KaRaWeik Hotel is very good to take photo in sunset. After meeting with some friends, I decided to go to KanDawGyi Lake in an evening even though the time was a bit late. And I didn’t plan to go on that day, so I didn’t bring tripod with me. It’s troublesome to bring a tripod all the time especially you are travelling around the city by taxi.

I placed the camera on railing, hold breath, and took the photos. As the result, the photos are not great especially the focus. I am sharing one of the best photos I got on that day.

Thank You!

Filter, Clouds and Trip

Filter, Clouds and Trip, originally uploaded by ZackTwin.

I went back to Yangon last month for holidays. Just before going back, I bought a Polarizer Filter to get better landscape photos. I didn’t have time to try that filter after buying. So, when I get onto the plane I just open the packing and fix the filter on the lens to take some clouds photo as I thought I will get better photos with it.

I am luckily enough to get a windows seat because the flight was nearly full. As it was the morning flight, the sun is rising and there were clouds as well. When I take photo, we are crossing the ocean, so morning sunlight was reflecting on the ocean to make the cloud in 3D effect. Frankly speaking I am not familiar to use it yet.

More photos will come later but please do not expect to see very stunning photos. :D

Ciao!