Travel Photography: "The Shy One" through the Classroom Window, Chuuk Micronesia
Through
the Classroom Window
"The Shy One"

© Gunther Deichmann - A student from the Public High
School in Chuuk Micronesia, 2008.
From the article
"The Forgotten Ones."

© Gunther Deichmann - Chuuk Micronesia,
High School Grounds
It
is not known when the islands of Chuuk were first
settled, but, based on archaeological evidence, these
islands had originally been settled more than 2000
years ago. It is also not known with certainty where
the original inhabitants came from. Based on
archaeological evidence, it seems that, after about 200
AD, there was no continuous settlement until about 1300
AD.
More at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuuk
Map
of Chuuk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_Chuuk_Islands1.png

© Gunther Deichmann - a Chuukese blowing the Shell as a
welcome sign -
the language of Chuuk belongs to the enormous
Malayo-Polynesian
family,
one of the major branches of the Austronesian
language phylum.
Chuuk is also with its vast, shallow, beautiful lagoon
a Mecca for wreck divers. A major shipwreck site from
WWII, Truk Lagoon is unquestionably the world's best
shipwreck diving
destination.
Here, more
than 50 hulks have been transformed into ship-reefs,
holding the very best of the undersea world and
maritime history at one site.
GD
Aperture 3: Tips, tricks & techniques, seldom mention controls & adjustments in Aperture 3
Simple, but yet seldom mention new edition in
Aperture 3
Why
do we need Focus Points? What have the engineers been
thinking when they included this? I believe it is a
cool new edition for beginners in Photography, an easy
way on checking your focus after the shoot. I use it a
lot during my training sessions explaining where the
focus was during the actual shot, a cool teaching
feature.
Focus
Points
Hover
over the Focus Points button in the Camera Info pane to
see the focus points used by your camera to auto focus
the image. You can also click the button to turn the
display of focus points on or off.



The
focus is on the
red square
Large
Caption Metadata View
Switch
to the Large Caption view when entering captions. In
this view, Aperture increases the size of the field and
font, making caption writing easier.


Halo
Reduction
This is a great one… at times we come across these ugly
purple and blue fringes produced by certain lenses. Now
we can get rid of those by using the simple Halo
Reduction brush, see the screenshot below.
Use
Halo Reduction to remove blue and purple fringes
sometimes produced with certain lenses on overexposed
areas. Simply paint over the halos to remove unwanted
fringing. The brush can be used to eliminate difficult
halos when Chromatic Aberration alone cannot completely
remove them.

Keyboard Zooming
The last one for today is the Keyboard Zooming, very
simple... but we forget it sometimes.
Use
Command-Plus and Command-Minus on the keyboard to zoom
images at predefined increments.
GD
Photography: Join me at Celebrating the Images of Asia Event, Suntec, Singapore 23-24 October 2010
“Images of Asia – 23-24 October
2010 – Suntec, Singapore”

I
like
to thank the organizers of
"CELEBRATING THE IMAGES OF ASIA" for
their invitation and making me part of this great event
in
Singapore. I
am one of the Guest Speakers during the event and
conduct also some 90min.
Photography Workshops on
both days.
A detailed guide using
Apple Aperture 3 software
to get more from your photographs, plus the important
essentials and workflow after the shoot including tips
on backing up your files in the field using
Aperture 3 software.
Photography today...
are we manipulating to much?
Plus an introduction in using Multimedia
presentations.
- Excerpts from the website: Images of Asia – 23 to 24 Oct 2010
For more information please go to: www.OneAsiaFest.com
Aperture 3 & Snow Leopard: Graphics Software update released.
Travel Photography: Simplicity, Light & True Colors of Boracay Philippines, a colorful Time Machine.
A colorful
Time Machine... Simplicity, Light & True Colors
of Boracay Philippines… from 1993 until
2008.
© Gunther
Deichmann -
Boracay 2008, true colors and
atmosphere of Boracay, Philippines
Sometimes
we repeat ourselves, like the other day when I was
looking for images in my PhotoShelter Archives and
Galleries and I came across the ones
from Borobudur and Yogyakarta in Indonesia.
(previous post)
A coincident for sure…but it happen again yesterday
when searching for particular images for an article on
Cambodia.
I stumbled across the
Philippines Boracay folder and out of curiosity I had a
quick look, but then decided to share some of those
photos with you, again a nice mix of film and digital.
Time Machine as the name suggest's means going back in
time... hence the reason the first photos on this post
are the most recent ones, followed by the old-timers.

© Gunther Deichmann
-
Boracay 2008, colors, simplicity
& light
© Gunther Deichmann -
Boracay 2008, "The Mask"...
simplicity.
© Gunther Deichmann -
Boracay 2005, when I woke up in the
morning...before brushing my teeth and going to the
bathroom I spotted these cloth pegs on the
Balcony...the rest you can see above...color, light
& simplicity!
I might add that non of the Photos have been altered in
Photoshop, well in 1993 Photoshop??? The Digital images
have been processed using Aperture using minor
adjustments only. Again an interesting mix between film
and digital, besides light and color don't change, it
is only the equipment and our way of processing today.
So, easy on Photoshop, filters etc.,...believe
me, Mother Nature has the
best light & colors we could ever ask for and that
is a real blessing.

© Gunther Deichmann
-
Boracay 2003, colors & light with
my
very first simple point and shoot Digital Camera, a
Canon G2. 
© Gunther Deichmann - "The Colors of
Boracay"
& simplicity... film
- Fuji Velvia 50 ASA
FM2 Nikon with a 20mm lens -
2002 
© Gunther Deichmann
-
Boracay 1993, simplicity & colors
on Kodachrome film
from the hill top with my then X700 Minolta using a
600mm Minolta lens.
Soon, very soon I stop digging
in my Archives and share with you new images from
Cambodia, so please stay tuned, I be reporting direct
from our GD Photo Workshop
base in Siem
Reap at the Heritage Suites
Hotel.
My special thanks to
Shroff International
Travel for all those complicated
and ever changing travel arrangements in and out of
Cambodia. Love you Guys!
GD
Travel Photography: Experience is the mysterious, Borobudur & Yogyakarta Indonesia.
BOROBUDUR & YOGYAKARTA

© Gunther Deichmann - Borobudur Kodachrome
25
“The most
beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the
source of all true art and science.”
-
Einstein
It
was during the good old Kodachrome days when I visited
Borobudur in Indonesia.
While searching for some images the other day it all
came back to me…the good old days! Well the days aren’t
so bad either now, but my memory started to flash in
front of me again.
No
Photoshop and very BIG Computers them days… film was
it, period.
During my visit to Borobudur I observed the sun and
thought it be so nice if I could get the sun to break
just through the openings of the stupas…so I waited.
Patience paid of and I managed to squeeze in just a few
frames, bracketing the exposure as much as possible and
then? Ha, ha NO LCD screen either.

© Gunther Deichmann - Borobudur
Kodachrome 25
I
had to wait a few weeks before I got back to Australia,
send the film for processing to Melbourne since Kodak
was the only Lab who could process Kodachrome at that
time.
After the boxes of slides arrived I looked with
excitement for those images from Borobudur, once I
found them amongst all those others my grin was
brighter then the light table…remember no Computer…well
only those super large ones which nobody could afford.
In short, this is the story about the image above.
(first one)
I am actually planning a Photo Workshop to Yogyakarta,
Borobudur and the near by Volcano. If you interested
please let me know, this one promise to be very cool
and affordable, I post the dates (2011) once I
finalized the details, so please stay tuned. I guess
this time around it will be all digital.

© Gunther Deichmann - Batik in Yogyakarta, Kodachrome
25
Now I am looking forward to yet another amazing ancient
structure this time in Siem Reap, Angkor Wat and
surrounding areas. Our Photo Workshop starts by
September 12 and includes Phnom Kulen and the mighty
Tonle Sap Lake.
Maybe
Mr. Einstein visited these places too, who knows but he
certainly has a point.
GD
Below some excepts from Wikipedia…for more go
to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur
Borobudur,
or
Barabudur,
is a 9th-century Mahayana
Buddhist
monument
near
Magelang,
Central
Java, Indonesia.
The monument comprises six square platforms topped by
three circular platforms, and is decorated with
2,672 relief
panels and
504 Buddha
statues.
A main
dome, located at the center of the top platform, is
surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside
perforated stupa.
Borobudur is the biggest
Buddhist temple in the ninth century measuring 123 x
123 meters. It was completed centuries before Angkor
Wat in Kamboja.
All relief panels in Borobudur temple reflect Buddha's
teachings. For the reason, this temple functions as
educating medium for those who want to learn Buddhism.
The
monument is both a shrine
to the
Lord
Buddha and a place for
Buddhist pilgrimage.
Borobudur a UNESCO
World
Heritage Site
Jogjakarta
City (also
Jogja,
Yogya,
Jogjakarta)
is a city in the
Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia.
It is renowned as a center of classical
Javanese
fine art and
culture such as batik,
ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows.
PHOTOiNEWS - Beta Version soon available for Photographers

PHOTOiNEWS.COM
We
are proud to announce the launching of a Web Photo
Gallery –
PHOTOiNEWS - Beta Version exclusive for Mac users, in
cooperation with Websync Intl.Co and Gunther Deichmann.
This site will cater for selected Semi Pro and Pro
Photographers who are using Apple computers.
We include a forum and individual Gallery’s to all
members and of course participants from the GD Photo
Workshops. Tips, tricks and techniques on Photography,
Software tools, hardware accessories and other related
issues.
Our objective is to showcase the very best Photos from
our members and expose them to a broader international
market without being lost in Cyberspace plus providing
interesting articles and discussions.
This is not a Flick’r or Multiply site! We are
exclusive and showcasing only the very best Photos from
our members.
In addition previous and future participants of the GD
Photo Workshops have a free membership subscription
automatically.
You have your own account password and username of
course, upload your images, change your themes and many
more exciting features.
THE BETA VERSION should be fully operational by
September 4, 2010, please stay tuned for more details
very soon.
GD
Travel Photography Workshop: Cambodia September 2010. The Road less traveled... Siem Reap & beyond.
The Road less traveled...

© Gunther Deichmann - On
Mekong River Cambodia 1992
shot with Kodachrome 25 ASA
I just finished the Itinerary for the
Journey after our Photo Workshop in Siem Reap Cambodia,
and for those who would like to join, please contact me
for more details as this trip is only for a very
limited number of participants.
Traveling by road and stops I have selected including a
couple days in Batambang with it's amazing Colonial
architecture, along the majestic Tonle Sap Lake
traveling south to Phnom Penh.

© Gunther Deichmann -
Cambodia 2009
Rickshaw in Phnom Penh

© Gunther Deichmann -
Cambodia 2009
By Ox Cart if weather permitting to the remote temple
of
Bantey Ampoeu (part of our Siem Reap Workshop)

© Gunther Deichmann -
Cambodia 2009
The remote temple of Bantey Ampoeu (part of our Siem
Reap Workshop)
Travel Photography: A Tribute to Kodachrome, the last roll is on the road with Steve McCurry
My Tribute to Kodachrome...
I am glad it is Steve McCurry who has
taken the last roll of Kodachrome on the road for its
final Journey, who else could do it better justice then
him.
Kodak gave the last roll ever produced to
McCurry.
Read the article on the last roll of
Kodachrome
Of course there where so many others who loved,
treasured and created some amazing images with this
extraordinary film, legends like Ernst Haas, Pete
Turner and Eric Meola used it all.

© Gunther
Deichmann - Bathurst Island NT Australia
1980
© Gunther
Deichmann - Outback Cattle Muster Tennant Creek
N.T. Australia1983
© Gunther
Deichmann - Tennant Creek N.T.
Australia 1983

© Gunther
Deichmann - Thorny Devil near Alice Springs
N.T. Australia1983
I can't remember how many rolls I have shot prior the
digital age, thousands I guess and the slides which are
still with me look as good then ever. I used Kodachrome
exclusively in Australia and in many other parts of the
world, on my Magazine assignment covering the Mekong
River in 1992 I carried no less than 300 rolls with me.

© Gunther
Deichmann - APSARA Dancer Phnom Penh,
Cambodia 1992

© Gunther
Deichmann - Outback Railway station,
Australia 1982

© Gunther
Deichmann - Spain 1991

Sydney
Australia 1995

© Gunther
Deichmann - Paris France 1991 shot
with
Kodachrome Tungsten film 40 ASA
Would I shoot Kodachrome again if I
had the chance? The answer is yes...I just love this
"canvas." Unforgiving... but so true to its saturation,
performance and stability, in my opinion it was the
best film ever made.
The images
on this post are all shot on Kodachrome 25 ASA except
for the photo of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, here I used
the hard to get Kodachrome Tungsten film at 40 ASA.
GD
The Long Road to Great Travel Photography, published in Asian Geographic Passport
"The Long Road to Great Travel Photography" the Magazine is available at Newsstands & Airports, you can also check out the pdf file @ http://www.deichmann-photo.com/publications.html
See below some quotes; you find a
lot more tips, information and other quotes in the
article.
"Don’t dwell on it if
you miss a great shot."
There are always plenty more opportunities around the
corner."
"Sometimes it is better to take home a memory than the
Photo.
Let the images come to you, instead of chasing the
images."
"Focus on your use of light and the composition.
Use your LCD preview as little as possible;
review your images at the end of the day."
GD
Join me on one of my Photo Workshops in Asia, for more
information and dates please go to
GD Photo Workshops and click this
LINK.



