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If you are looking for some interesting ideas for off beat travel locations read a few books by 20th century botanist Frank Kingdon Ward the who explored the northern region of Burma near Tibet looking for rare plants I have listed some other interesting books as well.
Frank Kingdon Ward
Frank Kingdon-Ward - Wikipedia
1. In Farthest Burma (ISBN 978-974-524-062-9)
2, Burma's Icy Mountains (ISBN 978-974-524-084-1)
3. Return to the Irrawaddy
4. Finding George Orwell in Burma, Emma Larkin
5. Burma: Rivers of Flavor, Naomi Duguid
Author provides interesting travel experiences in the process of collecting recipes her cookbook.
6. The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason:
7. Glass Palace:Amitav Ghosh
Other suggestions like visting a school is a great idea. Try to get to know the teachers, and then a photoshow to support the school when you return home.
if there was some way you give a voice to the Rohingya through your photography, without getting into harms way, and give back to their community, as well as speaking out against their genocide supported by the many people who are no longer Buddhists, (despite what they believe) including Aung San Suu Kyi, then it would be worth the visit as well.
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<p>What is your most memorable Travel Photo and where did you take it? Also, what have you done with this photo? <img src="https://media.photoblog.com/keywood/entries_images/c91db60446c54da5badb2d51e9bc031d_370.jpg" alt="" width="370" height="247" /></a><br>
These were photographed at a Tibetan Buddhist Flower Festival in a small village in western Sichuan province, China<br>
Please post your photos and let us know what you have done with the photo (have you framed it, shared it online, have you made a photo book, or have you blogged about it?)</p>
Mark,
Nice Photo! What was the name of the village where this was taken in Kham? I have been to this area may times.
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<p>Puppy Face. </p>
<p>Would your basic setup using a stereo mic also work if the guitartist was singing as well? What stereo mic do you recommend?</p>
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<p>I accidentally found one way to correct the problem. Not sure how repeatable it is. It seems that if I am having problems printing to 8.5x11, I then select a different size print e.g. 11x14, and then print to this size. Then switch back again to 8.5x11, the printer then correctly prints at the correct location on the page. I doesn't make much sense since switching to a different sized format is what caused the problem in the first place.</p>
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<p>I have the same problem on the Epson 3880, in LR 5.7.1 on my Macpro, running Yosemite, when I switch from printing 13x19 to Letter size. It appears that the printer attempts to still print to 13x19 even though letter/ 8.5x11 is selected. This happend only in Lightroom, not in Photoshop. The problem occasionally corrects itself for reasons I have not been able to identify </p>
<p>I have contacted Epson and Adobe support but there were not able to help</p>
<p>I have tried the following:</p>
<p>1. Reinstall Printer Drivers<br>
2. Reinstall Lightroom<br>
3. Reset Printer system (Mac)<br>
4. Print to other size paper formats<br>
5. Print from a new catalog in Lightroom.<br>
6. Print paper size check on and off<br>
7. Print letter w/ auto expand boardersless, and normal settings<br>
8. Power cycle printer/computer</p>
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<p>I wanted to clean my 5000 ED scanner, so I took it apart based on the instructions on the Pearson site. Then afterwards I saw that the mirror is accessible when the slide holder is removed, without having to take the scanner apart.<br /><br /> If you look down into the slot in the scanner, you will see a pocket w/ the lens and mirror. The mirror will be more difficult to see since it is at 45 degs. If you shine a flashlight or desklamp in you will see the mirror and any dust quite well. You may actaully see the refelction of the lens in the mirror. You may want to tilt the unit at 45 decrease towards you to get a better view of the mirror.<br /><br />The mirror can be cleaned with a piece of lens tissue folded to about 1/2" width and then folded over the top of a cotton swab. I only use high grade >99.9% (HPLC Grade) methanol on all my optics. ( I bought a 1 gallon bottle at sigma chemical, that will last me a lifetime, shipping is expensive) I have never had luck with standard lens cleaning fluids. I usually have to clean 3 times each time with a new piece of lens tissue. Just be careful not to apply too much force to the swab. The mirror is coated on the outer surface, and will scratch easiley but should be ok w/ standard lens tissue w/ cotton swab. It will be more difficult to clean the lens because the access is limited. In my unit the mirror was very dirty, the the lens was clean.</p>
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<p>I routinely get my polarizing filters stuck even though I try to keep them somewhat loose. It usually happen when I am going between temperature extremes. I found that this extended jaw wrench from Edmund works well. However you have to remove the plastic jaws to get a good grip. I like to oil filter wrench idea that someone else had posted earlier<br>
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<p>Rishi, et al.<br /><br />Do you have any experience using the Nikon 5000 Scanner with silverfast and the scanhancer? I get dark images. However, there does not seem to be a way to control the gain/exposure settings from within silverfast. There is a lamp calibration feature but this does not seem to compensate for the light losses with the diffuser. I am still waiting to hear from Silverast on this issue</p>
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<p>I came across an interesting video on an artist who creates paintings inspired by music during a live performance, both are "performing" together on stage<br /><br />
/><br />Here is the artist statement:</p><p>Artist's statement by Linda Clave: Sound in Paint are my works with musicians. The vitality of the moment is captured in paint during live performances or live sessions with a musician. My interest has been dual creativity sparking new rhythms and tempos to my painting style of gesture and color. The works are also statements of movement during the change of seasons at the spring and fall equinox or other events where shifts are taking place</p>
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<p>Here is an interesting article on a encapsulated nano structures that can produce colors that never fade. The technology uses micro encapsulated nano structures that produce color through optical interference. This could eventually applied to creating pigment-less inks for inkjet jet printers<br /><br />http://www.opli.net/opli_magazine/eo/2013/brighter-inks-without-pigment-harvard-march/</p>
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<p>I came across this web site on the Afghan box camera. The site tells about the history, photographers, and has and extensive collection of photos taken with this camera. I haven't found any other references on photo.net. Please let me know if there are any<br>
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<p>I had a similar problem on my macpro. Suddenly one day when I went to create a profile, i got a message that said the device was not connected. The xrite device manager even says it is connected. Xrite spent alot of time trying to help me, and even tested the unit for me, it works well for them, and on my laptop.<br>
<br />I finally got it to work accidentally by turning off, then rebooting the computer w/ the device already plugged in. It does't address the underlying problem on why I need to do use this method. However it is an acceptable work around for me.<br>
Let me know if this works.</p>
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<p>I have traveled throughout city/rural areas in Asia and Africa 15+ years.. I put my camera and lenses in neoprene zing cases in a durable knapsack. I wear a loose button down shirt over a t shirt, that I can drape over my camera over my shoulder when I am walking around. </p>
<p>I have only been held up once by fake policemen (in broad daylight) in Nairobi. I gave them all of the money in my money belt ( $100), that was enough to keep them happy, they did not get to the $1000 in my underarm pouch or the camera gear in my knapsack. I think you have to be more careful in the cities/tourist areas, than in remote villages. Also you can ask the local hotel clerk about the local safety.</p>
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<p>I would drive out to Jonesport, Beale Island and the Great Wass island. Jonesport and Beale Island are rustic lobster fishing towns. I seem to remember and old cemetery on the way to Jonesport, w/ old mossy gravestones from 1700-1800's. There are bridges that connect the islands. The Great Wass island is a beautiful nature preserve with hiking trails that take you through a lush moss cover rocky landscape out to some secluded beaches. I like Schoodic Point as well. The thunderholes w/ Mt Cadillac in the background more dramatic then the ones on Mt Desert Island.</p>
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<p>Does it have to be a lantern festival in Thailand or in Asia, or is an Asian lantern festival outside of Asia OK?<br>
There is a beautiful; Japanese lantern festival that is held in June/July in Boston (Jamaica Plain), MA USA. The festival is held in the beautiful Parisian inspired Forest Hills Cememtary. You can buy a lantern, and then have a Japnese calligrapher write a wish on the lantern, and then place the lantern in the pond to float away with hundreds of others. There are many Japanese cultural performances as well. It is a really beautiful event. <br>
http://www.japansocietyboston.org/Events?eventId=323451&EventViewMode=EventDetails</p>
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<p>Andrew, thanks for you advice. I finally got it to work by rebooting the computer w/ the device plugged in. It doesn't work if I plug the device in when the computer is running. This is good enough for me.</p>
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<p>He may have become a Buddhist monk and spent his life doing thangka paintings and have never got into photography.</p>
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<p><em>Electricity w/ Tibetan Nomads......</em><br>
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I would go digital. I traveled in remote regions in the world for 15 years, using film. But will never go back to film. You would be surprised, I have seen quite a few nomads in Tibet and Mongolia who have solar chargers connected to car batteries/ w inverters to power their radios, TV's and to charge their cell phones. </p>
<p>When I was cycling in the Himalayas in Eastern Tibet and Ladakh 10 years ago, it was rare that I went for long stretch w/o electricity. West Tibet or the Nothern Chang Tang are more remote, and may be an exception, but it is really sunny, so a solar charge should be fine. You may want to bring a light bulb adapter that has a 220V plug adapter to plug your charger into. At least in 2004, there were many Ladakhi homes that had one or two light bulbs in their house, but no tap for electricity, but that was 10 years ago.<br /><br />The space/money you save by not bringing 100 rolls of film, and processing charges you can use for extra batteries and rugged hardrives, and increasing your travel budget. Also, I have 1000's of 35mm slides that I have been dragging my feet to scan. Plus you never have to worry about high vs low ISO Films. It is also alot easier to do HDR, and Panoramas as well. In addition, I can review my work as I go, to make sure I get a balanced photographic view of the trip.<br /><br />Also, one unexpected advantage of going digital I found was that when I meet a person that I would like to shoot a portrait of, I usually ask and I am often rejected at first. Then I show the person some playback images from my DLSR or P&S that I took of other people, and suddenly they want their photo taken.<br /><br />The second unexpected advantage is being able to playback your digital images to use as another form of communication to break the language barrier. Families, especially the nomads will love to see the digital images, and it will help you tell your travel story to them, and show them parts of the world they will never see.<br /><br />Also, I always need down time on the road, editing photos it is good way to take a break.</p>
<p>I would be happy to discuss my travels offline. also feel free to look at my website www.dphoton.org. Also I would be interested if you can tell me which photos are Kodachrome and which are digital.</p>
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<p><em>What to do with your photos...</em></p>
<p> I use my travel photos for fundraising to support NGO's usually focused in the area where the photos where taken. I would discuss with them how they may use your photos to aid in their work. Here are some examples: sales on NGO website, fundraising auctions, gift to donors, gallery sales w/ profits to be donated to the NGO. Here is a link to my website www.dphoton.org. I can discuss in more detail via PM</p>
<p><em>Travel & Photography</em></p>
<p>I have some friends who alternate between a job at home and traveling every 3, 6 months or year or so. Some of their jobs have been seasonal (e.g. working in Antartica, National Forest Service), other have jobs in the IT field where is is easy to find work. Would your current photo business be flexible enough for you to work on a similar schedule so you would not have to be concerned about supporting yourself while on the road? It would also allow you to take a break from traveling. I have never been able to travel longer than a 9 month stretch w/o feeling I needed to rest.</p>
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<p>Take a look at this review site. http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Backpacking-Tent-Reviews</p>
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<p>I will carry this conversation to the original thread, that Siegfried pointed out<br>
<a href="/off-topic-forum/00bh31" rel="nofollow">http://www.photo.net/off-topic-forum/00bh31</a></p>
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<p>Nano structured grapheme image sensor technology may make it into consumer cameras in the next few years (I am guessing at least 5 years) enabling 1000x increase in sensitivity vs conventional CMOS sensor technology, lower power requirements as well<br>
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<p>I came across several videos by aupstudent on youtube in which a photo slideshow of images from Afghanistan are mixed with a sound track of traditional Afghan music. The think the combination of the two mediums in this case really compliments each other and helps to transport me there. I think it is more interesting than just the images alone (w/ volume turned down) at least in video format. Hopefully I will be going there in a year to two.<br>
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<p>One idea I had was to create photographs on a piece of brittle material, like ceramic, or mylar that could then be shattered or cut up. You would end up with pieces of the material with a range of image sub segments, colors and tonal vales. You could then use these photographic shards to create other forms of art. These could be applied as outer layers to architecture, sculptures, pottery, abstract translucent windows (w/ the mylar pieces) and other type of art. You could even mix the photographic gravel with a binder to make structures as well.</p>
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