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Kulvinder

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Hopefully you may remember some of my photos from my Jan 2014 trip to Myanmar; I certainly remember the feedback and queries:)

I stated that I intended to return later that year and I did! It's taken a bit of time with various things getting in the way, but I eventually put my December 2014 photos online earlier this year. This time I used a new camera body and a new set of lenses.

I haven't posted the same quantity of photos as last time (only seven so far) as I thought I would be repeating myself (and who wants that?), and I also wanted to constrain myself to fewer high quality images (less is more). I think that these photos are sufficiently different from my previous Myanmar trip (they're all in the same folder on my website). Anyway, these are the links to the new photos (forum rules say no more than 10 photos in a post so I think I'm OK)...

http://www.silentnomad.com/images/Photos/Myanmar/slides/_DSC0916.php

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http://www.silentnomad.com/images/Photos/Myanmar/slides/_DSC1918.php

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http://www.silentnomad.com/images/Photos/Myanmar/slides/_DSC8414.php

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http://www.silentnomad.com/images/Photos/Myanmar/slides/_DSC0393.php

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http://www.silentnomad.com/images/Photos/Myanmar/slides/_DSC1408b.php

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http://www.silentnomad.com/images/Photos/Myanmar/slides/_DSC1077.php

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http://www.silentnomad.com/images/Photos/Myanmar/slides/_DSC4265.php

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Kulvinder Singh Matharu
www.silentnomad.com
 
Wow a fantastic series. I like how you have variety of different kind of shots and situation.
 
I was going to pick one to tell you it was good, then I scrolled down and saw another image. The one with the girl holding the candle in the cave is mesmerizing. Wow.

"A camera is a save button for the minds eye." - Roger Kingston
 
Pretty amazing series! The second shot is magic...thanks for posting

jacob
 
Took a look at your page. VERY impressive shots. Excellent work...

Number 5 is riveting, 13 is amazing, 35 is another great capture as is 57 what emotion! 77 and 18 are very special as well.

Amazing work.....

Mike
 
Excellent work, congratulations.
 
Excellent stuff again. Thanks for sharing, and post more if you can.
 
These are freaking awesome! I particularly like the cave/fishing shot, but they are all keepers.
 
All, thanks for all your comments. I'm glad you've all enjoyed :-)

However, I think I neglected to inform you of my camera body and lens combos used for each of my two trips to Myanmar. I know that this isn't a hardware forum but I thought that you may appreciate what I took as I've seen other threads for advice on travel lenses.
  • December 2014 trip
  • Nikon D810
  • Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
  • Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD
  • Nikon 70-200mm f4G ED AF-S VR
  • Nikon 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S VR
  • January 2014 trip
  • Nikon D800
  • Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
  • Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF
  • Nikon 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S VR
I like to travel as light as possible with full-frame equipment, and I have a tendency to go for super-zooms. But for the Dec 2014 trip I replaced the Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF with two lenses; the Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD and the Nikon 70-200mm f/4G ED AF-S VR.

I admit that I had some difficulty in Dec 2014 carrying these lenses and making more frequent lens changes in the field, and I have managed to lose lens mount caps and get lenses dirty in my rush to change lenses in highly dynamic environments (such as running through fields). I guess need to improve my lens-carrying and lens-changing techniques!
 
Wonderful images, one of the best series I have seen here, no doubt.

Regarding your equipment weight problem, did you use the 17-35mm or 105mm much? You could save the weight (1.5kg) and eventually replace by a second body (D750) which would also solve your lens switching problem...:-)

Frenchie
 
Myanmar images are very good; thanks for sharing. I especially like numbers 1,2, and 5.

Hal
 
frenchy01 said:
Wonderful images, one of the best series I have seen here, no doubt.

Regarding your equipment weight problem, did you use the 17-35mm or 105mm much? You could save the weight (1.5kg) and eventually replace by a second body (D750) which would also solve your lens switching problem...:-)
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Thanks. I didn't use the 105mm at all. And I hardly used the 17-35mm. Hmm... the D750...I like that idea! I can leave the 105mm at home, and carry some extension tubes in case of any macro needs.
 
Kulvinder said:
Thanks. I didn't use the 105mm at all. And I hardly used the 17-35mm. Hmm... the D750...I like that idea! I can leave the 105mm at home, and carry some extension tubes in case of any macro needs.
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On second thoughts, I'm now not so sure. When I was in Afghanistan, I managed to drop my 70-300mm lens from the top of a cliff, and saw it roll down and disintegrate into many pieces before it plunged into a lake. So that left me with the 17-35mm and the 105mm macro. The 105mm enabled me to keep taking photos so I didn't end up with wide-angle shots! The travel dilemma that has plagued photographers for generations!
 
Spyder531 said:
I was going to pick one to tell you it was good, then I scrolled down and saw another image. The one with the girl holding the candle in the cave is mesmerizing. Wow.
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I was actually pleasantly surprised to see a bit of a star-effect on the candle as I wasn't stopped down. Too much of a star-effect can distract and be gimmicky but it was quite good here if I say so myself :)
 
Well, consider that you've been lucky in Afghanistan: would you have dropped the camera then you would have been left with 3 or 4 lenses and no camera to take pictures...;-)

Always a photographer's nightmare to have equipment malfunction, break, get stolen... During my last trip to Scandinavia with a friend, his D600 shutter died after 2 days, luckily we had a spare camera...
 
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