Edited some 5000 images in Aperture (Aperture 1.5 at the time) made the deadline for my Book Journey Through Color & Time a month later, Tibet being the last chapter of the book, and now kept another deadline thanks to the build in Aperture Web Gallery...see my previous blog. Now the story is out in the Asian Geographic Magazine...read some excerpts below and a screen shot of the spreads...without Aperture (of course now I am using Aperture 2.1) this would have been an impossible task.
Check out also the Photography Competition in the Asian Geographic Magazine in 2008...cool prizes and a chance to see your photos published read my previous blog below "Asia Without Borders"
Here is the link for more details:
http://www.asiangeo.com/contest_awb.html


Tibet’s Horse
Racing Festival

PRAYER WHEELS AND HORSE RACES AT 4,500 METRES
Text & Photos
GUNTHER DEICHMANN

Tibet’s province of Nakchu in Tibet hosts many festivals throughout the year, but one stands out more than any other; it is the highest horse racing festival in the world – a spectacle of colour, festivities and endurance for participants and visitors alike.
Over 10,000 people will cross high passes of more than 4,000 meters by foot, horse and jeep to make their way to the Nakchu Racecourse, to race, eat, drink and make merry during this annual festival. This racecourse, at 4,500 meters, is undoubtedly the highest racecourse in the world.

But be warned – this festival is not for the faint-hearted – oxygen levels in Nakchu are approximately 61 percent and during the month of August, temperatures can soar up to 40 degrees Celsius in the shade at high noon and go right down to minus one degree Celsius in the early morning. There are few tourists in this area due to the high altitude – that and camping is the only accommodation available.

Traversing the Lhasa-Nakchu-Golmud route along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway features landscapes of grasslands, snow-covered mountains and villages, with the occasional view of the newly built railroad from China to Lhasa. It is an amazing journey and if you’re lucky, you just might encounter a prostrating pilgrim or two performing their ritual along the way. If you decide to travel to Nakchu, check with the local authorities or organize a local guide, then prepare yourself for extreme temperatures. Bear in mind that you are very close to the sun, so drink lots of water to avoid dehydration and to lower the effects of altitude sickness. Travelers should spend a few days in Lhasa to acclimatize to the altitude before hitting the road – when traveling from an altitude of 3,650 meters to Nakchu at 4,500 meters...
more on this amazing Festival on my website soon you find it under (publications - spreads) there you can download the whole story as a PDF file, or better get the latest issue of the Asian Geographic Magazine.

The previous Blog from the 14th of May
APERTURE 2 & the .Mac WEB GALLERY
delivered Tibet on time…

For more images on Tibet by Gunther Deichmann visit
his website @ www.deichmann-photo.com
or visit his PhotoShelter Archive & Collection @
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/stock.html

Deadlines, deadlines and more deadlines…the last minute changes by editors or the production staff from magazines… an all to familiar story...not a problem anymore with Aperture 2

Tags: ASIAN Geographic Magazine, TiBET

© Gunther Deichmann

The current issue of Fins Magazine is featuring a nice 12 page article on Micronesia, please see below some excerpts from this current issue, you can download the whole article direct from their website at: http://www.finsonline.com/magazine/vol_6_6/ or go to my site in a few days and you find the pdf file under publications at:
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/publications.html

A very special thanks to Fins and their team for a real great Job,
well done girls and boys.
Fins Magazine is also available as a download in the iTunes Store,
just check it out.

The region known as Micronesia, meaning tiny islands, is in fact a vast area that includes over eight nation-statesand thousands of islands ranging from uninhabited atolls to overcrowded coral outcrops. Stretching from the Marshall Islands just west of Hawaii to theCaroline Islands east of the Philippines, and from the Marianas Islands to the north and Gilbert Islands to the south, Micronesia has less combined land area than the smallest state in the United States, yet more ocean area than the entire mainland USA. Located north of the equator, Micronesia sits on the fringes of the epicentre of marine biodiversity, making it a tropical diving paradise second to none. For scuba divers, the islands of Palau (or Belau), an independent republic since 1994, and the island states of Yap, Chuuk,Pohnpei and Kosrae, which make up the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) are of the greatest interest. From
the magnificent mantas of Yap, to the fascinating WWII wrecks of Truk Lagoon (Chuuk) to the schooling sharks of Palau’s renowned Blue Corner, Micronesia ranksamong the world’s top high-voltage dive destinations.............. more

Pohnpei is perhaps best known as the site of the ancient ruins of Nan Madol, though in recent years it has also begun to develop a reputation as a great surf spot. Much is still to be learned about the mysterious Nan Madol ruins. Called the Venice of the Pacific, this man-made city with ocean-filled channels once housed a thriving, royal civilization...........

The sleepy islands of Yap (considered the most “traditional” of the territories in the FSM) have managed to let most of the modern world pass by, practicing Micronesia’s most reserved and traditional lifestyle. Many Yapese men still wear traditional bright loincloths and women grass skirts. The people of Yap marry according to custom and still practice traditional handicrafts.............

Although the island has now reverted to using its more traditional name of Chuuk, it’s known to many scuba divers as Truk, a destination world-renowned for its a vast collection of intact WWII Japanese shipwrecks, sunk during Operation Hailstone by aerial attacks launched from US Fast Carrier Attack Groups in 1944............

Palau, of course needs very little introduction, but read more about Micronesia in the downloadable pdf file at:
http://www.finsonline.com/magazine/vol_6_6/

From the author
www.deichmann-photo.com

“The whole of Micronesia is still relatively unexplored and a sheer paradise, with all its remote atolls and small islands covered with bird rookeries, and islands inhabited by only a dozen or so people.”
Ready for your next vacation? Check out these cool links for some great packages: http://www.alliancediving.com/packages.html or just go to Sam's Tours.com

GD

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New guidebooks on Palau Micronesia and Puerto Galera in the Philippines have been given some nice write ups in the i-mag Photography Magazine, a paradise pair, Palau and Puerto Galera two of the best dive destinations in the Asia pacific region. Thanks to i-mag Magazine for publishing this four page article in their current issue.
They have also published in the same issue a nice article on the recent GD PhotoWorkshop in Cambodia with the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging or PCCI.
You can download all of the articles as pdf files under Publications/Spread on my website at:
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/publications.html

For dates on photo workshops in Cambodia, Palau and Tibet please go the link provided below:
http://gdphotoworkshop.com/

For all your diving needs and or next vacation please check out the Philippine-Micronesia Alliance. The Divers Choice.
It is here where you can order these latest books direct online at:
http://www.alliancediving.com/book-orders.html





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The i-mag Photography Magazine was very quick and published in their current issue a nice article from our GDPhotoWorshop in Siam Reap, Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
The images are from the workshop participants and text by Jun Miranda, including the image from Luis Harder, who won the Apple Aperture software, with his photo of the little boy, the bike against the brown wall. If you like to read the whole story you can download it as a pdf file here located under Publications/Spreads
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/publications.html
For more information or if you like to view some of the images in our Gallery from the participants, please click this link:
http://gdphotoworkshop.com/


The great sunrise shot was taken by no other then Bebet Gaudinez,
the group photo is by my good friend and guide Savuth.

The last few month have been very hectic with workshops on Photography, Aperture and the Web at the Power Mac Center in Manila, organizing my workshop to Cambodia for September in cooperation with the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging (the Cambodian workshop is now fully booked) and preparing a lot of articles for magazines, including images to Forbes Traveler for an article on Palau.
Other media events last month have been the Philippine Star Fotofest and MEDIA IN FOCUS hosted by Che Che Lazaro at ABS CBN on the ANC Channel, which featured
a one hour on Photography.
Two new-revised edition from our Series of Guide Books, Palau and Puerto Galera have just been released and we completed the production of the small book “Palau Crown Jewel of the Pacific”.
The Asian Photography Magazine in the July 2007 issue used my images on the cover and a pro profile over 12 pages on “Shoot for yourself”
CLICK Photography Magazine from Malaysia, in August 2007, used one of my images on the cover and an article over 6 pages on “Photography Philosophy with Gunther Deichmann”
iMag Photography Magazine used my Image “The heat is on” on their current issue, (August) an image created for environmental awareness, mainly Global warming.






For you to view and read all of these stories I have provided them as a PDF file for download at the direct link below to my website.

Under publications; covers or spreads:
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/publications.html

To find out more about the latest Book productions, please use this link:
http://www.alliancediving.com/book-orders.html

Enjoy,
GD

Available online NOW! First week of August 2007.
Also in all major Bookstores, Dive Centers
within the Philippines and Palau, Micronesia.

Dive guidebooks, on PUERTO GALERA, PHILIPPINES & PALAU, MICRONESIA.
You can now order online @ http://www.alliancediving.com/book-orders.html



“ PUERTO GALERA & VERDE ISLAND ”
Dive Sites of the Philippines (Revised 3rd Edition)
Re-edited, more pages, more images and updated.

Photography by Gunther Deichmann
and Text by Frank Doyle

• 136 pages including cover
• Full colour throughout
• Laminated Soft cover for Durability
• Size: 15.3cm x 21.7cm (Folded)

• Price: US$ 17.95
• Additional: $7.00 for international delivery via
Registered mail. Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.
(For volume discount, please contact us)



“PALAU ” Dive Sites, History & Culture"
(Revised 2nd Edition)
Completely re-written, more pages, more images including new
spectacular aerial photos. By Photographer Gunther Deichmann,
Kevin Davidson & Ethan Daniels (Marine Biologist)

• Available in English
• 160 pages including cover
• Full color throughout
• Laminated Soft cover for Durability
• Size: 15.3cm x 21.7cm (Folded)

• Price: US$ 24.95/Book (English)
• Additional: $5.00 for international delivery via registered mail.
Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.
(For volume discount, please contact us)



“ PALAU BOOKLET ” – A photo guide through Palau, Micronesia.
Featuring some of the best images on Palau by Gunther Deichmann world-renowned photographer.

• In 4 Languages: English, Japanese, Korean &
Chinese (Mandarin)
• 60 pages including cover
• Perfect Binding & Smyth Sewing
• Hard Bound Cover with Matt lamination for Durability
• Size: 13.01cm x 13.01cm (Folded)
• Price: US$ 11.95/booklet
• Additional: $5.00 for international delivery via registered mail.
Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.
(For volume discount, please contact us)



For information on Gunther Deichmann's coffee-table book (360 pages hardbound)
"Journey Through Color and Time" an art book featuring more than 20 countries
showcasing Gunther’s best photography over 30 years.
Now available online:
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/orders.html

Check out the latest i-mag Photography Magazine,
Cambodia made it on the Cover plus there is a 9 page story
on my travel Photography and Book
"Journey Trough Colour & Time."

The whole article is available as download in a pdf file below
the cover image.


Click on Gunther Deichmann for the whole story as pdf file.
Gunther Deichmann

ARAKI PUBLISHERS, Germany has just published the book
Die letzten Nomaden - The last Nomads of Australia
by international Author William J.Peasley the book has been
published numerous times in Australia and the Documentary
Film received in 1997 a Gold medal at the New York Film Festival.
Cover Photo by Gunther Deichmann, a well known and multi
awarded image of the Olgas with a Rainbow taken in the
Northern Territory of the Australian outback.
For more on Gunther Deichmann's Images go to his web site at:
www.deichmann-photo.com or check out his latest publication
Journey Through Colour and Time a 360 page hard bound
coffee table book, which was launched on November 2006.
Click this link:
http://web.mac.com/gdeichmann/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html

Click this link for more Event/Party Photos


The venue with super big screen back-drop courtesy of Apple and Epson.

On the 15th of November, Gunther Deichmann launched his book "Journey Through Colour and Time". The event was held at Le Souffle Restaurant in The Fort, Manila Philippines. Some 200 guests attended the book launch which also featured a photo exhibit by Gunther Deichmann.


H.E. former President Fidel V. Ramos of the Philippines and other guests below
the big screen.

Another picture of H.E. former President Fidel V. Ramos and other guests.

The event was co-sponsored by Apple Asia Philippines, Epson Philippines. Guest of honor was former president H.E. Fidel V. Ramos, H.E. Australian Ambassador Tony Hely, H.E. Dr. Axel Weishaupt, German Ambassador, H.E. Dr. Peter Sutter, Switzerland Ambassador, H.E.Herbert Jager, Austria Ambassador, Anna Marie Ablan, Consul of Republic of Belarus and Mr. Wellington Wei, Director of Press Division from the Taipei Cultural Office.


M.C. Apa Ongpin and Kailash from LMK Manila and Apple Asia

Rene Olbes and Gunther Deichmann with wife Grace.

It was a fun-filled event with raffles of books and iPODs courtesy of Apple. Gunther was joined by friends and supporters from Germany, Palau Micronesia, Boracay, Palawan and many more. Check out the links for information of his book and all the party pictures.


Rene Olbes and Gunther Deichmann.

Gunther and lovely wife Grace.

Gunther and Gunter Taus.

"Double Trouble" Bernd Deichmann and Gunther with Rene Olbes.