Photography Thailand Forum

[anna]

I believe Wat Suthat is one of the places Marc suggested for photo shooting.  So, I went there to try my new 20D.  It is a nice quiet place with only one group of tourists when I was there.  20 baht to get in.  Outside the walls is the tall Great Red Swing which I could never get a good angle, ending up deleting all my shots of it.  If I were to make a trip to Wat Suthat again, I definitely will bring tripod because there is some indoor shots that could use tripod.  If you come around noontime, you will see the monks taking their lunch - some sitting on the floor inside a temple, and some on a table along one of the long outside corridors lined with golden buddhas.  Nice place to shoot since you don't feel rushed; hardly a soul around (or did I just get lucky?)  Anna

[anna]

Opps, only one photo got sent, here are the other two.  Anna

[anna]

I did it again (messed it up.)  I meant to send two DIFFERENT images, not duplicate.  Here is the third one.  Hopefully I will get it right. Anna

[Renato]

Anna, if you want to have a good shot of the Giant Swing you can cross the road on the left hand side of the temple when you get out and you will see it in full view, it has even a small flower garden in front where you can shoot if from there to add colour to your shots, the background view however is not that spectacular. The people sitting inside the Ubosot (Main altar) are there to meditate so taking photos of the main Buddha is rather difficult if you want to take from the center so forget taking your tripod if you are to do so. If your camera has Anti-Shake function and an ISO of around 400 to 1600 or more you can take the shots without the tripod. There is also a small Brahmin Shrine on the main road next to the temple where you might find interesting to shoot. Hope this help when you go back there. Jingle52648

[David Procter]

anna - my email is
dravlinbood@hotmail.com