Monthly Archives: December 2008

One More from the Thiripytsaya

Posted on December 8, 2008 by thedude

After the spectacular sunset on the Irrawaddy, we ate our last dinner at the Thiripytsaya. During the meal, the evening’s entertainment began with the adorable singer on the left. She was so cute! Check her out! Later, dancers took the stage and performed a traditional dance. What fun!

I apologize for the poor video quality, the crappy sound and the lack of any sort of editing. We will definitely bring an HD video camera on out next trip!

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Day 8 – Mandalay

Posted on December 7, 2008 by thedude

We flew from Bagan to Mandalay, checked in to the Sedona Mandalay, (our least favorite hotel on the trip) and immediately headed to a monastery in Amurapura to get a glimpse of monk life.

While there, we were told that we would not be able to visit parts of the monastery, because there was a “Hollywood film crew” on site making a movie. I wondered what kind of a movie would include a Burmese monastery scene? This made me think of a wonderful movie I had seen before featuring footage from exotic places around the globe – Baraka. I asked my guide if he had ever seen this movie, and to my surprise he had! We talked about the film’s beauty for 15 minutes.

Why do I mention this? Well, that’s the subject of a future blog entry!

(By the way, Baraka is a must-see film. Roger Ebert describes the remastered Blu-Ray release as “the finest video disc I have ever viewed or ever imagined.“)

That’s right – we’re only up to day eight of our awesome Burma trip. There are many more pictures to come, so keep checking in!

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More PhotoShop Visualization

Posted on December 6, 2008 by thedude

I have some free time today, (Kelly’s in far-out Fresno) so I’m preparing one of my Burma images for printing. I plan to take advantage of the ridiculously good deals at Elco Labs, and print an image 52 inches tall on metallic paper. I’ll have the poster mounted and hang it on the wall above Kelly’s desk. But first, a little visualization brought to you by PhotoShop’s awesome Vanishing Point filter!

Move your mouse over the image below to view the wall before and after I hang the poster. Sorry Mark, we’ll have to move your excellent Paris poster to another wall. :)

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Bagan, Myanmar – Take III

Posted on December 2, 2008 by thedude

While Kelly indulged in yet another spa treatment, Tum and I went back to the temples to shoot some more. We weren’t alone. A hundred or more people came to watch the sunset.