Don Charisma’s latest Photography Posts – Page 2
Wai’ing Ronald McDonald – Thai Style 7th August 2015 - This is what Ronald McDonald look like in Thailand … Wai’ing is an important part of Thai culture. I guess folks at the McDonalds corporation didn’t …
Night Beach Tree Lights Panorama 6th August 2015 - I was walking home one evening after doing my sunset shooting and noticed how cool the lights looked in the trees. So an experiment in night …
Band On Stage, Thailand 5th August 2015 - My ‘tripod’ for this photo was the top of a beer bottle. Taken on a night out with live and loud music, and drinks aplenty ! …
Water Princess 4th August 2015 - One sees these princesses outside bars and shops in Thailand. They have some religious significance because the Thais leave those little bottles of drinks at shrines …
Calm Water Ocean Sunset Panorama 3rd August 2015 - Very calm waters, which provides a lovely reflection on the ocean. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers …
Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London – Streetorama 2nd August 2015 - Technically it’s Churchill Place, Isle of Dogs, London … but Canary Wharf is more well know. To the left of the photograph is a large Waitrose …
Papaya Tree 1st August 2015 - I found out by posting the photo, this is a Papaya tree ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our …
Street Food 31st July 2015 - Thai markets and street food are a bit eclectic … I don’t know what these ladies are cooking, but this is what a street food stall …
Loy Catong How To Do A Sky Lantern 3 30th July 2015 - Thais like to celebrate with Sky Lanterns. These are a paper ‘balloon’ with a burner underneath. First the burner must be attached to the lantern with …
Minor Buddha 3 – Sunday 29th July 2015 - The Big Buddha has minor Buddhas, one for each day of the week. For YOU, your minor Buddha would be the same as the day of …
Friendship Supermarket Shrine 28th July 2015 - The friendship supermarket is great. One of the best shops around, I really like it 🙂 Outside the supermarket is this quite impressive and imposing Buddhist …
Retail Therapy – Interior Panorama, Shopping Mall 27th July 2015 - Photographing interiors presents challenges for the photographically not very well equipped. Without a wider angle lens it’s often impossible to really capture an interior well. Usually …
Tiger In Need Of A Paintjob 26th July 2015 - This magnificent tiger, looks like he could do with a lick of paint, he’s starting to peel ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to …
The NOW Hotel, Streetscape, Night Panorama 25th July 2015 - This hotel I wouldn’t say is the most classy or upmarket. But certain has a striking design and walking past at night, with it’s neon glow, …
Attacking Escaping Dragon 24th July 2015 - Big Buddha Hill – To get the photo of the face of the Dragon I had to stick my iPhone through a hedge. I can’t figure …
Extra Skinny Beach Sunset Towerama 23rd July 2015 - Again defying the automatic exposure on my iPhone, and leveraging my Panorama software to photograph what can’t be photographed 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are …
Colourful Al Fresco Kitchen – Loy Catong Festival 22nd July 2015 - I really like the suspended lanterns in here that were part of the al-fresco dining area for one of the local hotels. This is the view …
Sky Lantern And Firework – Loy Catong Festival 21st July 2015 - Taken during the Loy Catong festival in Thailand. Somehow I managed to get a firework and a good shot of a sky lantern … How, I …
Petals And Fishing Rods Sunset 20th July 2015 - Closeup of the sand, with some scattered petals … and fishing rods ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our …
Ocean Sunset Panorama Wide 19th July 2015 - This is seven portrait shots spot welded together using Photoshop Photomerge … It’s so wide because the sunset this evening was split into two parts … …
Huge Sky Ocean Sunset Panorama 18th July 2015 - Here’s a very awesome sunset. Clouds make a sunset visually interesting 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog …
Lots Of Sky Lanterns – Loy Catong Festival 17th July 2015 - Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. A sky full of sky lanterns 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to …
Night Beach Panorama – Loy Catong Festival 16th July 2015 - Thailand celebrates the Loy Catong festival in November. ‘Loy’ mean float, well float away. And ‘Catong’ is a little boat, well really a floating decoration with …
Beach Sunset Panorama Blues And Yellows 15th July 2015 - Four portrait photos masterfully merged into one very beautiful sunset indeed
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Colourful Chinese 3D Mural 14th July 2015 - A very colourful Chinese 3D mural, with a couple of peacock guards. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog …
Beach Wedding 13th July 2015 - Isn’t this just a dream wedding, married on the beach in Thailand … awesome … a heart of flowers on the sand ! Enjoy 😀 Our …
Pretty Picture, Silverlake Vineyard 12th July 2015 - I made a visit a Thai vineyard – ‘Silverlake’. It’s a bit of tourist attraction, mainly with Thai people as visitors, very popular actually. There’s lots …
Garage Door Princess 11th July 2015 - This little princess was so colourful as I was walking past. She’s in front of a garage door ! She appears to be leaning so far …
Catongs – Loy Catong Festival 10th July 2015 - Loy Catong is one of the two big festivals in the year in Thailand in November. The Catong is a small decorative boat, thats set adrift …
Morning Orchids 9th July 2015 - I ventured out to for a little bit of exercise after getting some sunrise photos, and on the way back these caught my eye. They are …
The Parrot Pimp 8th July 2015 - This guy pimps out his parrot to tourists …doesn’t like people taking photos ‘for free’ as I discovered …do I care ? No! Enjoy 😀 Our …
Big Buddha 7th July 2015 - This Big Buddha that can be seen for miles, he’s very large and some might say beautiful 😀 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to …
Dragon Pillar 5th July 2015 - The pagoda shrine is supported by four pillars adorned with orate Chinese dragons. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our …
Oriental Temple 4th July 2015 - Pretty impressive temple! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering a 15% promotional discount – …
Beach Sunset – Perfect 🙂 3rd July 2015 - Celestial awesomeness, just heavenly
very highly ranked first time round, the sunrays are awesome – a very beautiful sunset ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos …
Copper Vases 2nd July 2015 - Spotted these lovely copper vases outside a restaurant on the beachfront. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers …
Top Floor Sunset Panorama 1st July 2015 - This is the sunset as seen from the landing of the top floor of my building … very respectable sunset. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are …
Beautiful Flowers 30th June 2015 - It’s amazing what one can do in five minutes on the way to the beach ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at …
Copper Vases 29th June 2015 - Spotted these lovely copper vases outside a restaurant on the beachfront. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers …
Dragon Pillar 28th June 2015 - The pagoda shrine is supported by four pillars adorned with orate Chinese dragons. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our …
Top Floor Sunset Panorama 27th June 2015 - This is the sunset as seen from the landing of the top floor of my building … very respectable sunset. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are …
Primroses, Stormy Skies and A Church – Greenwich, London 26th June 2015 - I always like to take these shots across the top of flowers, it always gives a stunning visual effect. Add to that an impressive church and …
Silhouette Trees Beach Sunset Panorama 25th June 2015 - Very lovely silhouette sunset with a whole lot of sky. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re …
Cove Beach and Sea Wall Panorama 24th June 2015 - I really like this spot, it’s as far as I can walk on my daily walk. There’s a little beach here that can be used when …
Temple Ground House – Panorama 23rd June 2015 - This building is near to the entrance of the grounds of a temple. So I don’t know exactly what it’s for, could be housing for monks …
Fat Tony’s Fish And Chips – Madrid 22nd June 2015 - Stumbled across this little piece of England in Madrid, Spain … Tony does fish and chips, burgers and hotdogs, pies and pasties AND beer and coffees …
Camp Ronald McDonald 21st June 2015 - Here’s camp Ronald McDonald sitting outside the restaurant. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering …
Piccadilly Circus/Regent Street, London 20th June 2015 - Lovely photo taken with my old camera using the railing as a ‘tripod’. I’m standing on Regent Street looking towards Piccadilly Circus Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic …
Sky Lantern Fun – Loy Catong Festival 19th June 2015 - Taken during the Loy Catong festival in Thailand. These guys are having some fun with sky lanterns 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to …
Baby Money Collector 18th June 2015 - Big Buddha Hill – The ‘baby’ money collector waits for you to give some money, kind of odd looking in a kind of horror movie style …
The Big Buddha Bells 17th June 2015 - On the big Buddha hill, around the sides of the long gentle staircase that leads up to the big Buddha are long rows of bells (one …
Evening Big Sky Panorama 16th June 2015 - One of my favourite photos, very colourful 😀 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering …
Cutty Sark, Greenwich, London – 2005 15th June 2015 - This is the Cutty Sark Clipper ship in Greenwich London … If was taken in 2005 before the fire that nearly destroyed the ship. Enjoy 😀 …
Italian Restaurant Exterior Panorama 14th June 2015 - I’ve eaten here, food was pretty good – Toscana Restaurant … The impressive greenery certain makes it stand out I love Italian food, Pizza I could …
Pretty Picture, Silverlake Vineyard 13th June 2015 - I made a visit a Thai vineyard – ‘Silverlake’. It’s a bit of tourist attraction, mainly with Thai people as visitors, very popular actually. There’s lots …
Red Lantern 12th June 2015 - During the Loy Catong festival I snapped this red lantern, which is suspended on an electrical wire and lights up an al fresco buffet dining area …
Evening Tree Canopy-Orama 11th June 2015 - My girlfriend pointed out a bee’s nest, for it’s honey content. Unfortunately with my iPhone it was too small to photograph, but when I looked up …
Double Beach Sunset Panorama 10th June 2015 - Some awesome colours in this sunset, and gentle waves lapping at the shore. Very pleased with this one. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to …
Cambodian Border Panorama 9th June 2015 - This is where one waits for one’s passport to come back at the Cambodian border. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. …
Graffiti Wall Walkorama 8th June 2015 - I walked past this Graffiti and it’s one of the best I’ve seen locally. Glad I photographed it, because I went back a few days later …
Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi Airport Departures Panorama 7th June 2015 - One cannot ignore the majesty of the internals of these huge structures like airports. They make you check in 3 hours before the flight, so usually …
Little Elephants – ‘Chang Noy’ 6th June 2015 - These little guys I just couldn’t resist taking a picture of. ‘Chang Noy’ means little elephant in Thai. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to …
Big Sky Beach Sunset Panorama 5th June 2015 - Nine landscape photos loving merged into one stunner of a sunset
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Ocean Sunset Panorama 4th June 2015 - Seem welded like a master craftsman in Photoshop are 12 portrait photos, to form this magnificent sunset. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy …
Double Beach Sunset Panorama 3rd June 2015 - Again awesome colours and a wider angle than the previous ones, and captures the lights in the trees on the right. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos …
Cambodia Flower/Plant 2nd June 2015 - A pretty looking flower or plant at the Cambodian border. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re …
Beach Sunset Panorama 1st June 2015 - Extra wide angle on this beautiful sunset … super, stunning, special, amazing, breath-taking … another Don Charisma masterpiece. 10 photos merged into something rather special 🙂 …
Mural 31st May 2015 - Friendship shop is the place to go for all the western foods here. They have pretty much everything that I could possibly want imported. I especially …
More Pretty Flowers – Bougainvillea 30th May 2015 - It always surprises me when people say they don’t have anything beautiful to photograph where they are. These flowers are by the side of the road, …
Cafe Rouge Greenwich 29th May 2015 - Cafe Rouge has a corner premises in Greenwich. I tried taking a one-shot landscape, but just doesn’t look as good as the panorama to me ! …
Twin Towerama 28th May 2015 - These two towers are close by to where I live. They make an impressive mark on the skyline. Without doing a panorama, or towerama as I …
Cambodian Welcome Sign 27th May 2015 - The welcome sign hangs on the hut where people wait at the Cambodian border to get their passports back. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available …
Palms And Towers – Streetscape Towerama 26th May 2015 - View looking back from beachfront onto hotel and condo towerblocks. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re …
Minor Buddha 11 25th May 2015 - The Big Buddha has minor Buddhas, one for each day of the week. For YOU, your minor Buddha would be the same as the day of …
Chinese Granite Dragons 24th May 2015 - These granite dragons are the guardians of a Chinese Pagoda. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re …
Fruit Stall 23rd May 2015 - Fruits galore, some tropical, some ‘ordinary’ … Mangoes, apples, bananas, young coconuts, limes, durian, pineapples … oh, the pineapples, wow, just mind blowingly ripe and sweet …
Beachfront Night Scene 22nd May 2015 - These wall lights are very eye-catching, lovely yellow glow ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re …
Sunrise Panorama 21st May 2015 - Panorama taken at sunrise from the top floor of my apartment block 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our …
Water Feature At Filling Station 20th May 2015 - I spotted this very colourful water feature at a filling station on a long road trip. It’s actually in true Don Charisma style two photos joined …
Catongs – Loy Catong Festival 19th May 2015 - Loy Catong is one of the two big festivals in the year in Thailand in November. The Catong is a small decorative boat, thats set adrift …
Thai Water Sculptures 18th May 2015 - I photographed these outside a hotel. They are fairly striking even by Thai standards ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. …
Beach Tree Sunset Panorama 17th May 2015 - Two portrait shots welded together with one of those trees that grows sideways we get in Thailand
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Bird Footprints In The Evening Sand 16th May 2015 - This one is of some bird footprints in the sand, taken whilst I’m out on my evening sunset shoot. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available …
Big Sky Beach Sunset Panorama 15th May 2015 - Rather a nice sunset, beachgoers enjoying the last rays of sunshine. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers …
Night Beach Tree Lights Towerama 14th May 2015 - I was walking home one evening after doing my sunset shooting and noticed how cool the lights looked in the trees. So an experiment in night …
Love Panorama Style – Silverlake Vineyard 13th May 2015 - Quite a nice feature of the grounds at the Silverlake vineyard … LOVE ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For …
The Parrot Pimp 12th May 2015 - This guy pimps out his parrot to tourists …doesn’t like people taking photos ‘for free’ as I discovered …do I care ? No! Enjoy 😀 Our …
Band On Stage, Thailand 11th May 2015 - My ‘tripod’ for this photo was the top of a beer bottle. Taken on a night out with live and loud music, and drinks aplenty ! …
LOVE FRieND – Sand Writing 10th May 2015 - Sand writing is fun to do and fun to photograph … I love the little footprint just underneath 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available …
Sky On Fire Sunset 9th May 2015 - One of my favourite recent sunsets … the vibrant reds and yellows had me awestruck … A sky on fire … My new camera certainly did me proud … thanks Sony 🙂 Cheers Don Resources & Sources Unless otherwise stated …
Happy Birthday 9th May 2015 - I have to announce myself, well, because none of my followers know when my actual birthday is … 21 (again) today … or was it yesterday … or tomorrow 🙂 This is the cake my girlfriend bought for me … …
I’m Gonna Be A Dad 9th May 2015 - Well, not literally … this young lady has decided to nest on my balcony … She’s from her size it seems an immature pigeon, and the fact that she chose a balcony occupied by humans to nest on … still …
Wai Fi Girls, Welcome 9th May 2015 - To Wai in Thailand is a traditional greeting, I’m told they don’t shake hands. It’s holding the hands up to the face together like a prayer. …
Fruit Guy 8th May 2015 - He’s preparing some kind of fruit, and was very keen to get into the photo ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at …
Subtle Rocky Ocean Sunset Panorama 7th May 2015 - This one’s eighteen landscape shots glued together in MS ICE. Subtle effect. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog …
Slipway Ocean Sunset Panorama 6th May 2015 - It’s a slipway for the Thai coastguard with a beautiful yellow and blue sunset, and some heavy cloud cover 🙂 And the bright light on the …
Eight Headed Dragon – Big Buddha Hill 5th May 2015 - There are Two Eight headed dragons 200 feet long that guard the staircase up to the big Buddha. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to …
Firework Beach Pano, Loy Catong Festival 4th May 2015 - I was lucky enough to be panning when the firework went off and capture this beautiful red explosion. Even managed to get the puff of smoke …
His’N’Hers Vespas 3rd May 2015 - These (I’m assuming replica) Vintage PINK and BLUE Vespas caught my eye in a local Italian restaurant. Vespa’s are I believe ‘THE’ Italian moped, for those …
Lens Flare Sunset 2nd May 2015 - Very pleased with the effect on this one of the lens flare – no additional equipment, just my trusty iPhone ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos …
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