Adventure Travel Photography ASIA : A very beautiful morning in Sri Lanka…now on PhotoShelter, plus a lot more

A very beautiful morning in Sri Lanka…
plus a lot more


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Sunrise at Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

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The alarm went off at 3:00AM, oh boy…this was an early start and of course no chance for breakfast or coffee.

Joerg and myself had to cover some 2 hours, traveling through winding roads and catch the sunrise at this particular spot in the Mountains of Sri Lanka, also called “World's End” - Nuwara Eliya.

I had checked out this location the day before but it was way to late for any decent Landscape shots that day. So I decided to have another crack at it the next day… the painful thought of getting up real early crossed my mind, but at the same time I could visualize that this was the right location. Crossing my fingers, hoping that the weather would play along the next day.

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Morning mist/clouds just on Sunrise at Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

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We arrived at my selected spot; our timing had been perfect, it was still dark but about half an hour later we were greeted by the appearing sun and got blessed with perfect light, and clouds covering the valleys below.


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Early morning mist/clouds in the valleys below, at Nuwara Eliya,
Sri Lanka


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Wow…what a sight, nature at its best, the pain from the early morning wake up call was gone in an instant; even the withdrawal symptoms from not having any coffee that morning had disappeared.

This very special and magic moment lasted only 30 min.; a nice reward for the early morning call and making do without coffee.

Oh…I almost forgot to mention…the famous Ceylon Tea, we actually drank more of this then Coffee on this Journey, very nice indeed.

Please Note: The latest photos from Sri Lanka are now residing in my PhotoShelter Gallery and Archives, (you can view all the images from this mornings event at PhotoShelter now).
Followed soon by the latest from Bhutan and Nepal.

Sri Lanka is in my opinion totally underrated; it has wonderful people, a rich Buddhist culture and many historical sites not to mention the beautiful Mountain ranges that reach up to 2524.13 m.



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Tea Plantations at Hortons Place, Sri Lanka

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In a Village near Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

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Enjoying the Ice Cream… Sri Lanka

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School Girls on an outing,Fort of Galle, Sri Lanka

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In Colombo,Boy and his Cricket Bat, Sri Lanka

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Ravaged by a long lasting civil war that just finished some 4 years ago, Sri Lanka is definitely on the way to recovery.
I also visit the Beach area where on December 26, 2004, the mammoth tsunami took thousands of lives; life is “almost” back to normal, and here you find the unique still fisherman of Sri Lanka trying to make a few Rupees.

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The unique still fisherman of Sri Lanka
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The unique still fisherman of Sri Lanka
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Yale National Park: The elusive Sri Lankan Leopard in Yale National Park unfortunately eluded us (perhaps next time) but we got rewarded with other interesting animals including a spectacular display by a mating Peacock.


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Mating performance by a Peacock, Yala National Park Sri Lanka
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Spotted Deer Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
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Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus),
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

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Join me on one of my next Adventure Photo Expeditions to Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia or Sri Lanka and a super special one in
Nepal for April ’13. (please note: Nepal is only available upon special request, and all participants have to be reasonable fit and be able to travel on Horseback for days, there is also no luxury accommodation except in Kathmandu our start and finishing point.)
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Lovely old lady along the coastal road, Sri Lanka

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We have also updated my main Website (Home Page), added Bhutan, and changed some images from Nepal and Sri Lanka.
NEW SriLanka on PhotoShelter

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Travel Photography: One beautiful afternoon at the U Beins Teak Wood Bridge, Myanmar

Just one beautiful afternoon in Amarapura,
Mandalay, Myanmar.


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It was during our last GD Photo Workshop near Mandalay in Myanmar when we visited the U Beins Teak Wood Bridge in Amarapura at sunset. What a beautiful afternoon it turned out to be, blessed and lucky with the weather we encountered some stunning light right up to dusk.

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U Beins Teak Wood Bridge in Amarapura, Myanmar
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The 1.2 km wooden footbridge (longest teak bridge in the world) built by the mayor U Bein salvaging the unwanted teak columns from the old palace during the move to Mandalay.

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U Beins Teak Wood Bridge in Amarapura, Myanmar
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Local boatman at the U Beins Teak Wood Bridge in
Amarapura, Myanmar

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Join us for another breathtaking journey through Myanmar on our upcoming GD Photo Workshop in June 2012, visiting not only the well known places but also more remote parts of this truly amazing Country.
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U Beins Teak Wood Bridge in Amarapura, Myanmar
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U Beins Teak Wood Bridge in Amarapura, Myanmar
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Sri Lanka - Central India - Bhutan - Vietnam - Laos & Cambodia please CLICK this LINK our Photo Workshop Calendar in ASIA for 2012

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U Beins Teak Wood Bridge in Amarapura, Myanmar
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Local boatman near the U Beins Teak Wood Bridge in
Amarapura, Myanmar
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U Beins Teak Wood Bridge in Amarapura, Myanmar
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Announcement: Important info for GD Photo Workshops in Asia, effective new dates Sri Lanka - Central India - Bhutan 2012

NEW BHUTAN DATES

New confirmed and final dates for
Sri Lanka - Central India - Bhutan 2012



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SRI LANKA - INDIA 2012-
5 more spots available
March 11 to March 25, 2012
Max. of 10 Participants

Join us for two amazing Adventure GD Photo Workshops to Sri Lanka and Central India.

Breathtaking wildlife and awesome scenery in Sri Lanka plus amazing culture including the Dambulla Cave Temple dating to the first Century BC and a lot more will be on our itinerary. Explore the beauty of Sri Lanka and discover the undiscovered. Our central India workshop will take you back in time; to some seldom seen Cave temples, namely the Ellora and Ajanta cave system.


BHUTAN 2012 Only 3 more spots available, hurry this workshop is filling up very fast. Bookings will close by latest September 15th, 2011
March 27 - April 05, 2012 - 9 Nights
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This trip covers the highlights of Western Bhutan and focuses on Talo festival. Talo Tsechu is held in the ground near Talo Dzong or Monastery. The village of Talo, high on the hills above Punakha is located at an altitude 2800m. The village is scattered along the hill slopes. Talo Sangnacholing is built on a plateau with has majestic view of surrounding villages.  More details and the complete itinerary is available soon.
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Travel Photography: Sri Lanka’s beautiful people, caves and Buddhism culture, the story behind the photos.

The Journey continuos in Sri Lanka...


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Dambula Rock Caves, Sri Lanka
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This is the final part from my last journey to Sri Lanka and Central India; well Sri Lanka was actually the first part of my trip, don’t ask me why this became last, I honestly don’t know.

I have selected just a few photos for this short but rewarding Journey and if you like to see more please feel free to check out all the other photos from Sri Lanka on my
PhotoShelter Archives and Galleries.

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Paintings and statues inside the Dambula Rock Caves, Sri Lanka
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I left from Manila with my friend Hubert Weber via Bangkok and arrived just after midnight in Colombo, a long day indeed.
After an hour drive we got to our Hotel and managed to get a few hours sleep, but it was more like 2 hours since we had to hit the road to the
Dambula Cave Temple in the morning…oh my gosh it was morning already.

Tiered but the adrenalin was doing a good job, it was after all my first visit to Sri Lanka, and right from the arrival I had a very good feel about it, the people seem to be very nice, actually super nice as we discovered during our entire trip.

On the way to the Dambula Caves there were lots of photo opportunities along the road, from
Rubber plantations, handcrafted Batik, the famous Ceylon Tea,and so many other interesting subjects including a snake charmer with a huge Python and Cobra and of course Dambula which had been on my agenda for many years.

Dambulla is a part of the Cultural Triangle declared by UNESCO is on the main road from Sigiriya to Kandy about 19Km from Sigiriya. There are over 80 caves in the surrounding and some of them have been used by monks as meditation locations.

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Buddha statues inside theDambula Rock Caves, Sri Lanka
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The Corridor outside the Dambula Rock Caves, Sri Lanka
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Major attractions are spread over 5 caves, which contain the statues and the paintings. Since it's founding in the 1 century BC by King Valagamba, many improvements and additions have been carried out to the sculptures and paintings over the years. Hindu statues are believed to be of the 12 century AD and the latest paintings are of the late 18-century. The temple is a perfect location to view evolution of the ancient Sri Lankan arts.

We reached Dambula mid afternoon…by now we felt the long hours without sleep, only to be told by our charming Guide that we had to climb (a lot of steps) to the Temple Cave.

I almost collapsed half way up…my energy was fading fast from lack of sleep and long hours on the road, puffing… I had no choice but to hire a friend of our Guide who just happen to be there to help me and carry my backpack …or was this planned?

Uhhh… we made it, just in time for the nice afternoon light which blessed us for the remaining few hours before sunset, and what a
sunset it was…all the hard work paid off.

Sri Lanka another place I have to return too, not only for its amazing culture, but also for its Landscapes and rich Wildlife. As a matter of fact we’re having a
GD Photo Workshop in 2012 to Sri Lanka and Central India - discovering the undiscovered, for example the not so frequently visited Rock Cave Temple Aluviharaya near Matale.

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Aluvihara cave temple Sri Lanka
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Aluvihara cave temple is surrounded by hills, 30 km south of Kandy on the Matale-Dambulla road is having a great historic importance. The history of Aluvihara is traced back to the 3rd Century B.C. in the reign of King Devanampiyatissa.

Aluvihare is one of the most important cultural sites in Sri Lanka.It was believed to be, Buddhist doctrines were first recorded on Ola leaves after passing through orally, here in the 1st century BC, during the reign of King Vattagamini Abaya.This Dhamma record is known as 'Thripitakaya' and to day it is concern as main guiding Dhamma book of Theravada Buddhism.Aluvihare is significant for the huge rocks which leads to classified it as a rock temple.

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People of Sri Lanka
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People of Sri Lanka
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People of Sri Lanka
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Of course Kandy was on our itinerary, the last royal capital of Sri Lanka that is now a major tourist destination. (115kM from Colombo at 465 meters above sea level). Famous for the Temple of the Tooth and many other temples, the city could be called the cultural capital of the island.

I short…Sri Lanka is an amazing place with its friendly people, rich culture, amazing landscapes and unique wildlife, truly inviting for many more visits.

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Batik handycraft, Sri Lanka
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Meditation at the temple of the Tooth, Kandy Sri Lanka
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Worshiping and meditation at the temple of the Tooth, Kandy Sri Lanka
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Young boy with incense, Sri Lanka
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Oh did I forget to mention all the Elephants? But that is another story…my next post will be from Bangkok, Thailand, so please stay tuned.

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Photography: Gunther Deichmann’s MAIN Web - Gallery updated with the latest Photos from Sri Lanka, India & Nepal.

After days of editing and spending hours on end deciding which
images to use for updating my
Main Web Gallery we are done!


We finished last night (or was it early morning, thanks also to Arj) and updated the Main Web Site, added new buttons on the Top Bar with new categories (countries). As you know my main site features only a selected few images (14 only) all others are found in my PhotoShelter Archives and Galleries. (Sri Lanka is complete already in PhotoShelter)

To view the updated pages and new addition you can click on the screenshots below or use these LINKS:

Nepal (some new images) - India 2 - India 3 (Central India) & Sri Lanka.
(two additional Buttons have been added also namely Bhutan and S.E. Asia 4 but these will be updated at a later date)

PLEASE NOTE: You might have to refresh your Browser or even individual pages and maybe have to empty your cache since this was a major update on the site, with new Buttons and photos however this issue will take care of its self in due time.

Nepal Update
Changed some photos in Nepal


All photos have been processed using
only Aperture 3 for the website and the high-resolution images in my archives for PhotoShelter. No Photoshop or any other software has been used and /or the images have been manipulated in any way.

India 2 update
New India 2


However some color temperature corrections have been performed on some of the new photos from Central India
(Cave images only) India 3 Gallery, due to the complexity and extremely difficult light conditions of mixed light which varied from Day light to tungsten to fluorescent plus what ever else there was… a total mix of all sorts of lights mixed together real bad.
Aperture 3 I might add did an excellent job dealing with these corrections and I never felt the need to use any other software.

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New India 3 Gallery


In this particular case I was also not allowed to use any strobes/or for that matter any other light source, to make it worse even the use of a tripod was strictly forbidden using only 250 to max. 800 ISO, indeed a very challenging shoot to say the least.
The reason for this is very simple; most of these caves containing paintings on the walls which some of them dating back to a century BC.
They are in excellent condition and to avoid any more damage no additional lights are allowed except for what is provided, which in some case is very little or almost non-existing.

Very soon a lot more from this amazing location and the story behind the photos on this Blog.

Sri Lanka Update
New Sri Lanka.


The latest and complete selection from
Sri Lanka is already uploaded on my PhotoShelter site; the complete selection from Central India, Varanasi, Delhi and Nepal will follow soon.

In the meantime check out the new editions (small selection of 14 photos per Country) on my
updated main website.
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Travel Photography: Awesome Sri Lanka, in search for the unusual, now in my PhotoShelter Galleries

Awesome Sri Lanka...in search for the unusual.
Now in my PhotoShelter Gallery.



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Dambula Caves, Sri Lanka
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I have just uploaded the first photos from Sri Lanka onto my PhotoShelter Achieves and Gallery to view them all please click this LINK or the Photos.

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Buddhist temple Kandy, Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka or formerly know as Ceylon. This was my very first visit to this amazing island and its truly wonderful and friendly people.
A merely 4 days coving as much as possible, a very short visit by any photography standards but my main objective on this trip was to follow the long standing Buddhism tradition which is still not yet completed.

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Buddhist temple Kandy, Sri Lanka
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A farmer carrying his load, Sri Lanka
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I must say I am very impressed and defiantly return for sure in the not so distance future, I just fell in love with this beautiful place with its warm and friendly people. As a matter of fact we have a GD Photo Workshop planed for 2012 together with another remarkable destination in Central India to follow …another awesome place but more on that later, 14 days of amazing sights. More info at:
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/gdphotoworkshop/page1/calendar.html

Please Note:
All Images have been processed in Aperture 3 using only the basic adjustments and RAW conversions, no Image manipulation Photoshop or other software has been used.


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Snake charmer? Sri Lanka
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The view from above, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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The Banana Man on the road to Kandy, Sri Lanka
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See below more info and excepts from various sources on Sri Lanka:

Sri Lanka is steeped in heritage. With a history that dates back over 2,000 years, Sri Lanka is home to some of the best preserved Asian monuments and showcases no fewer than 8 UNESCO World Heritage sites, all remarkably preserved to surpass more well-known world class attractions. To this day Sri Lanka’s centuries old heritage lives on, in the culture and the way of life of the Sri Lankan people. The rich tapestry of cultural practice, beliefs and the traditional way of life renews and revives this Island nation’s historic ties, creating an oasis of cultural richness in the modern day...more @

http://srilanka.travel/index.php?route=theame/main&theame=2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka



Travel Photography: Three Countries, surrounded by people & colors…Sri Lanka-India-Nepal

Three Countries, surrounded by people & colors…



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Aurangabad - Central India
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My recent journey started in Sri Lanka from there to Central India (a lot more on those places later) and then to Delhi for the start of our recent GD Photo Workshop.

After a couple of days roaming the streets of the Spice Market in Old Delhi we took a Jet air flight to Varanasi just in time for the full moon over Ganges River and the Holi Festival.
After 5 days in Varanasi we left India for Nepal where we spend most of our remaining workshop days in Kathmandu and surrounding areas.

I have received most of the
testimonials from the participants already and I like to thank everyone from my heart for their nice comments and support. I am still waiting for some selection of Photos, so I can upload them on my Blog under the Students work and of course the Behind the scene images. I should have this done within the next week or so.

The photos I have selected today are from Sri Lanka-India & Nepal, taken from before the photo workshop and during, lets call it “Surrounded by people & colors”


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Nepal
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Varanasi Train station, India
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Images from my special trip to central India and some amazing photos from Sri Lanka deserve a special Blog post and I will post them in due time. I am still fine-tuning my images in Aperture 3, the only software I am using for all my editing. All Photos are not manipulated/enhanced and only the basic editing tools have been used in Aperture 3, like contrast, minor sharpening, some exposure adjustments and adjusted the color temperature sometimes, besides the RAW conversion.


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Nepal
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Nepal
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I been busy these past few days in revamping my main website (
Home page and some changes in the Nepal section) which is best viewed in Safari, don't know why there is always an issue with Firefox. (pls. make sure you do refresh your Browser to see the changes) see the screenshot below.
More changes to my main website is currently been worked on and this should be done also within the next two weeks. More images from Sri Lanka, central India and other new destinations should be in my Photo Shelter archives and Gallery also by latest mid May.

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Rameshwar Village near Varanasi, India
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Rameshwar Village near Varanasi, India
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You might find it also interesting to know, that during the whole trip my Nikon Cameras performed without a glitch, and I used 85% of the time the new Nikon 24.0 to 120.0mm f:4 and the 50mm f:1.4 G lens for the entire trip, with the 50mm lens been my favorite.

Why today’s topic… Three Countries, surrounded by people & colors…very simple, I Love Colors!

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Sri Lanka
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"Little Tibet" - Nepal
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Nepal
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For your info:

Laos-Cambodia-Myanmar GD Photo Workshops are almost full, we have only 2 more spots for each destination, more details and info @ http://www.deichmann-photo.com/gdphotoworkshop/page1/calendar.html

Also our long awaited trip to Bhutan in 2012 is filling up fast, only four (4) more spots available, if you’re interested please
contact me ASAP, bookings for Bhutan have to be made very early.

new web look

New Home page at main website
best viewed with Safari


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Travel Photography Asia: Sri Lanka - India - Nepal, a quest for the un-usual

In search for the un-usual from my last Journey
Through Color & Time...the endless Journey continuos.


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Sri Lanka
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I like to share with you some images from my last Journey and the never ending quest for the un-usual, a few photos from three Countries and its Buddhism, more in the coming weeks once I am done with my editing. Also stories from each and every place I visited during the past few weeks with detail description on culture & history, plus a lot more from our recent GD Photo Workshops to India and Nepal.

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India
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India
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India
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Nepal
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All Photos above taken with the Nikon D700 & D300S using the 50mm f:1.4 G and the new 24.0 -120.0 f:4 Lens.
Maximum 400 ISO and no flash or other artificial light has been used, edited and processed in Aperture 3 using only the basic editing tools and RAW conversion; no manipulation, Photoshop or any other software was used either.

Just one more...

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Nepal
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