A few pictures from Myanmar/Burma (1)

[Abbazz]

I just come back from almost 3 weeks in Myanmar. It's such a beautiful country that I took an awful lot of pictures and I have not had time to go through every one of them yet. Most were shot with autofocus lenses, but here are a few taken with the Voigtländer Apo-Lanthar 180/4 on the ancient site of Bagan (Pagan):

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Here's a slideshow with a selection of pictures: http://abbazz.zenfolio.com/p1064398251/slideshow

Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate it and cheers!

Abbazz

[Spotmatic]

I guess your vacation was superb! Thanks for sharing; I especially like #8.

[Uzay]

10,12 and 13 my favs all of them are good excep 2 and 3, something wrong to me as if it was over sharpened or crisp, maybe it's a problem with my eyes.

[Esox lucius]

#5 for me, color perspective and almost miniature landscape. Thank you for posting, this lens is a joy in use!

[poilu]

wow! all of them superb pics Sebastien, thanks for share
and don't forget to show us your best AF capture in the AF gallery

[patrickh]

What a great vacation - thanks for sharing. Those Apo Lanthars are just phenomenal


patrickh

[kds315*]

Great Sebastien, I see it was a successful trip!

[Abbazz]

Thank you guys for the kind comments. The site of ancient Bagan is certainly one of the marvels of the world. It comprises about 3000 temples, most of them dating back from the 11th to 13th century. Aesthetically, it's at the same level as the Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia.

@ Uzay: You are right, I have overdone the sharpening on #2 and #3. Orio has already reminded me that sharpening was not good for old stones, but I keep on forgetting as I always use my "resize for Internet" action in Photoshop, which automatically applies some sharpening.

@ Poilu: You can see my other pictures taken with AF lenses on Zenfolio: http://abbazz.zenfolio.com/p1064398251/slideshow

Cheers!

Abbazz