Don Charisma’s latest Photography Posts – Page 4
Happy Mango Day 22nd March 2015 - I don’t think I’ll win a Pulitzer for this one … but I like it, which is what matters most really. I’d guess they are siblings, but could be husband and wife. She’s carrying a string of mangoes which look …
Mallard Duck Boy, Hampstead Heath, London 22nd March 2015 - I was taking a walk on Hampstead Heath in London with a friend when we stumbled across a group of Mallard ducks. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic …
Chinese Granite Dragons & Crane 21st March 2015 - These guys 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 currently …
Huge Sky Beach Sunset Panorama 20th March 2015 - Gotta love the big sky made by 31 photos merged together. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers …
Water Lilies 19th March 2015 - Water lilies are beautiful flowers to photograph especially in bright sunshine … These guys live in a water feature, along with some koi carp and probably some guppies. Resources & Sources Unless otherwise stated everything here is (c) DonCharisma.org, …
Lady Thailand Statue 19th March 2015 - This Thai lady statue stands close to one of my local banks. She looks quite stern, not sure if that’s intentional or not. Enjoy 😀 Our …
Pre Solar Eclipse Sunset 18th March 2015 - I wasn’t able to make it to the beach today, and wasn’t expecting this “effect” in the sky, otherwise I probably would “made the effort” … Tomorrow is a special day for those in Northern Europe (and surrounding areas) – …
Beach Closeup Sunset 18th March 2015 - This was my 10000th photo on my iPhone. It’s a closeup of the sand, with the sea and the sunset in the distance. Enjoy 😀 Our …
LOVE YOU- Sand Writing 17th March 2015 - Love you, with a funny accent on the U ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re …
Thai Columns 16th March 2015 - These are columns at the entrance to one of the beachfront hotels. Western architecture isn’t really like this, so something different for you to see 🙂 …
Street Food 15th March 2015 - This one’s for Noelle … Looks like pork balls, with cabbage, mushroom, garlic and rice or noodles … chilli is almost certainly an ingredient … Street food off of a moped and sidecar, typical of Thailand … everything from shoes, …
OBokago 15th March 2015 - Or Avocado, for those who insist on English 🙂 Captured these at the night market. Resources & Sources Unless otherwise stated everything here is (c) DonCharisma.org, all rights are reserved. Comments Comments are often welcomed, provided you can string a …
Street Food Cart 15th March 2015 - This kind of ‘cart’ is typical of street food in Thailand, they sell a lot of food from these mobile kitchens ! It’s the push-by-hand version, …
Temple Deity 14th March 2015 - Would you steal from this guy ? Probably not, he’s very intimidating … Very ornate indeed, stunning … I suspect the safes are ornamental, and not …
Big Buddha II Pano – Khao Chee Jan 13th March 2015 - Here’s the Khao Chee Jan Big Buddha from a distance 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers …
Extra Skinny Beach Sunset Towerama 12th March 2015 - Tall and very beautiful …anyone for a vacation ? Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently …
Selling Fuel On The Roadside 12th March 2015 - Some photos filtering through from the 5000 or so images I’ve captured with my new camera. This one’s on the way up the hill to see the Big Buddha. They sell fuel for motorbikes in old whiskey bottles. Resources & …
Minor Buddha 1 – Saturday 11th March 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 …
Big Buddha Guardian Dragons And Baby Money Collector 10th March 2015 - These dragons must be 200-300 feet long and have a total of EIGHT heads – Thai’s definitely know how to make dragons. They are the protectors …
Pearlescent Balustrade 9th March 2015 - Resources & Sources Unless otherwise stated everything here is (c) DonCharisma.org, all rights are reserved. Comments Comments are often welcomed, provided you can string a legible, relevant and polite sentence together. In other cases probably best shared with your therapist, …
Balcony Sunrise 9th March 2015 - I’ve no idea how I managed to get the exact light conditions for the glowing street lights, but they are stunning
Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic …
Big Sky Ocean Sunset Panorama 8th March 2015 - It’s 24 photos lovingly stitched together by Photoshop for that extra huge sky effect at sunset. There is a bigger image behind, so could be worth …
Cutty Sark – Stormy Sunset 7th March 2015 - This was taken in Greenwich, London. Greenwich is London’s most popular tourist attraction after Buckingham Palace. The masts and rigging are the Cutty Sark ship with …
More Sky Lantern Fun – Loy Catong Festival 6th March 2015 - Taken during the Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. The lady has just literally let go of the sky lantern 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic …
Big Buddha 5th March 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 …
Lion Sunset 4th March 2015 - This was taken just at the outskirts of a large home furnishings mall. A very proud lion, with a lovely subtle sunset behind. Enjoy 😀 Our …
Sugar Hut Entrance Panorama 3rd March 2015 - Now this is my kind of hotel … what an entrance … I tell ya, if I had money then this would be somewhere I’d like …
Beach Sunset Panorama 2nd March 2015 - Another awesome sunset, warm tones from the sky and the ocean. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers …
Balcony Clouds 1st March 2015 - Clouds shot from the balcony Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering a 15% promotional …
Balcony Sunset 28th February 2015 - These striking lights in the sky greeted me on my balcony. They look like some kind of search lights, very striking indeed ! Enjoy 😀 Our …
Cambodia Border Hut 27th February 2015 - It’s where the border runners congregate waiting for their passport’s to come back. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our …
Beach Palm Silhouette Sunset 26th February 2015 - Sunset from behind the palm tree 😀 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering a …
Slipway Ocean Sunset Panorama 25th February 2015 - Late evening sunset, I really lovely yellows and blues and the dark tones … the light on the water is a squid fishing boat … taken …
Leafy Road 24th February 2015 - A leafy road, typical of here in Thailand. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering …
Rocky Beach Sunset Pano 23rd February 2015 - It’s four portrait shots merged with tender loving care in Adobe Photoshop CS6 … There’s some writing in the sand, my Thai is not very good, …
Night Beach Panorama – Loy Catong Festival 22nd February 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 …
St Alfege Church – Greenwich, London 21st February 2015 - Another of my wintry moody weather shots taken in London. This one is of one of Greenwich’s centrepieces, St Alfege church. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos …
Sky Lanterns – Loy Catong Festival 20th February 2015 - Here’s a photo of sky lanterns I snapped during the Loy Catong festival in Thailand 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at …
Sony Alpha A5000 – Compact DSLR Camera – Don Charisma’s New Toy 20th February 2015 - For a couple of weeks I’ve had a new camera, partially funded kindly by a donation to the blog from a benefactor – Thank you ! I chose the Sony Alpha A5000 due to being light weight, inexpensive, highly specified …
Inspiringly Pretty Flowers 19th February 2015 - On my way home I came across these pretty flowers … for some reason beauty always makes me happy and inspires me … so here they …
Ocean Sunset Panorama 18th February 2015 - It’s a fondue of six portrait photos blended over a gentle flame. Fondue technology courtesy Microsoft ICE. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy …
Pizza Ready To Eat 17th February 2015 - I put pizza in my ‘spiritual’ category. It’s the food of the gods, I could eat it all 24/7/365 and probably never get bored. But like …
Boaty Sunset Panorama 16th February 2015 - Lovely sunset …with boats 😀 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering a 15% promotional …
Murals 15th February 2015 - It’s an odd feeling realising that something isn’t right but not knowing what it is. That’s what happened to me a couple of days ago. I …
Extra Skinny Beach Sunset Towerama 14th February 2015 - It’s tall, it’s beautiful and another lovely Don Charisma creation Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re …
Dog By The Ocean Twilight Panorama 13th February 2015 - This is a twilight panorama, right at the end of the sunset, just before getting very dark. And a black dog waking up from sleeping all …
As Man Thinketh Or Make Telephone Calls 12th February 2015 - As Man Thinketh or talks on his telephone in picturesque places 🙂 I actually wanted to photograph the massive bore pipe that I imagine is either …
Running Sunset Girl 11th February 2015 - I wasn’t meaning to capture the girl running past, she just happened to pass as I pressed the button. When I got home, I just really …
Thai Boy Hay Cart – Silverlake Vineyard 10th February 2015 - This Thai boy was posing for his mum in a photo and I wanted to photograph at the same time … taken at the Silverlake vineyard …
Fisherman Silhouette Sunset 9th February 2015 - Almost surreal image of a lone fisherman at sunset. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently …
Stunning Cloud Formation – Balcony Panorama 8th February 2015 - We do seem to get a lot of beautiful skies here in Thailand – Grandeur on a biblical scale ! … This is due in part …
Beach Walk Tree 7th February 2015 - Trees are one of my favourite captures on camera
this one is no exception. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For …
Beach Sunset Panorama 6th February 2015 - Enjoy this beach sunset panorama. It’s an iPhone panorama done on the phone with Apple’s built in pano feature … plus a little extra joy added …
Yin Yang Deity in Dragon Pagoda Shrine 5th February 2015 - The deity is the centre-piece sits on a yin-yang ‘throne’ … Very ornate indeed Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For …
Beautiful Sunset Panorama 4th February 2015 - Another of my favourite sunsets 😀 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering a 15% …
Sunbathing Feline 3rd February 2015 - This cat likes sunbathing on the roof of cars … I have a suspicion he’s a boy cat as he didn’t run off when I was …
Mallard Duck Girl, Hampstead Heath, London 2nd February 2015 - I was taking a walk on Hampstead Heath in London with a friend when we stumbled across a group of Mallard ducks. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic …
Little Elephants – ‘Chang Noy’ 1st February 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 …
‘ART VENTURE’ Graffiti Wall Walkorama 31st January 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 …
Racing Quad Motorbike 30th January 2015 - Nice looking machine for getting around in the open air 😀 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers …
Scarce Sunrise Panorama 29th January 2015 - Scarce, yes because usually if I get a photo of sunrise it means I didn’t go to sleep yet. I’m a night owl, that’s just how …
Ocean Sunset Panorama Blues And Yellows 28th January 2015 - Very wide angle on an amazing blue and yellow sky for sunset. Merged 6 photos using Photoshop. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy …
Pretty Picture, Silverlake Vineyard 27th January 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 …
View from Big Buddha Hill – North Side 26th January 2015 - View from the hill on which sits the Big Buddha Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re …
Cat On Power Cables 25th January 2015 - As you can see this little cat likes to chill out on the power cables next to a junction box. She’s a bit difficult to see …
Sea Shell Macro 24th January 2015 - The subject of the photo is tiny only maybe 5-10mm across. This was the first shot and the least blurry. I think he’s actually the original …
Roman Solider Statue 23rd January 2015 - Stealthy roman soldier ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering a 15% promotional discount …
Dragon Pillar 22nd January 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 …
Cat Under The Dragon’s Belly 21st January 2015 - This black cat with white bib likes to chill out under the belly of a dragon … This cat lives in the busiest most touristy bit …
Gratitude Story Wall 20th January 2015 - There are 24 scenes depicting gratitude. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering a 15% …
Horse Statues 19th January 2015 - Horses from the big Buddha hill. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering a 15% …
Big Buddha 18th January 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 …
Calm Ocean Sunset Panorama 17th January 2015 - Nice sunset over calm ocean 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering a 15% …
Al Fresco Buffet With Lanterns – Loy Catong Festival 16th January 2015 - Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. Al fresco buffet with lovely coloured lanterns 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available …
Thai Columns 15th January 2015 - These are columns at the entrance to one of the beachfront hotels. Western architecture isn’t really like this, so something different for you to see 🙂 …
Ocean Sunset Panorama 14th January 2015 - This panorama has lovely copper yellows, really pleased with this one 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog …
Cambodia Mango Tree 13th January 2015 - Mango tree, which was intertwined with a couple of other species, bamboo and some kind of palm. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy …
Road Side Flowers 12th January 2015 - Some beautiful blooms aside the road on the way home from visiting the Big Buddha. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. …
Stormy Sky Balcony Sunset 11th January 2015 - A stormy sky during sunset. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently offering a 15% promotional …
Beachlights And Sunset Panorama 10th January 2015 - An evening scene on the beach, trees, beach lights and a tower in the background. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. …
Beach Panorama At Sunset 9th January 2015 - I do love my big sky panoramas, this one is no exception. Towerblocks add an extra dimension. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy …
Tree of Awesomeness 8th January 2015 - This tree is absolutely stunning, it’s tall and wide and so much greenery … or is it three trees ? Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are …
Busy Days ~ Forgetful Friends 7th January 2015 - Good friends all know that I’m impossibly forgetful over important dates and keeping in touch. What seems to happen is that I get focused on what I’m doing, and time just evaporates. I’d say it’s a male thing, but I’m …
The Buddha Round The Back 7th January 2015 - Round the side of the top of the big Buddha hill there’s a ‘mezzanine’ area, which most people don’t even have a look at … Well …
Guest Bloggers WANTED – “Team Charisma World People” – UPDATE 6th January 2015 - Team Charisma World People has surpassed my wildest expectations, having received many thousands of likes, page views and comments. WELL DONE to my team – it’s been an honour to have collaborated with you all ! We’ve published now five submissions …
Big Buddha II Pano – Khao Chee Jan 6th January 2015 - Here’s the Khao Chee Jan Big Buddha the cropped version. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re …
Black Beach Cats 5th January 2015 - I saw these two beauties on my evening walk by the beach … they are often quite timid here in Thailand, but helps if you smile …
Sky Lanterns And Fireworks – Loy Catong Festival 4th January 2015 - Taken during the Loy Catong festival in Thailand. Somehow I managed to get a firework and a good shot of a sky lanterns … How, I …
Huge Sky Beach Sunset Panorama 3rd January 2015 - Thirty-four portrait photos joined together to form a very large sky. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers …
“The Wand Of Narcissism” – Don Charisma’s Opinion 3rd January 2015 - In the good old days to get a self-portrait out of camera, you had to either be very dexterous or ask a passer-by. The passer-by option was a little risky in some places, because thieves might just run off with …
Thai Lions 2nd January 2015 - These guys are ‘guarding’ one of the seafront hotels. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog readers we’re currently …
Night Beach Panorama – Loy Catong Festival 1st January 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 31st December 2014 - This one is 9 photos painstakingly and lovingly weaved together to form one beauty of a photo with Photoshop Photomerge. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are …- Guest Bloggers WANTED – “Team Charisma World People” – UPDATE 30th December 2014 - We’ve published submission now from three of the five of our winners. ALL were a great success in my eyes, and by the looks in readers eyes with hundreds of hits. Thank you my friends for taking part, you all …
Big Buddha 30th December 2014 - 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 …
Speedboat, Bananaboat and Jetski 29th December 2014 - The speedboat really caught my eye, and even more striking out of the water than in due to the brightly coloured paint job. Really a very …
Rocky Beach Sunset Panorama Yellows 28th December 2014 - It is lovely, I can’t think of anything that says it better Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available to buy at Photos.DonCharisma.com. For our blog …
Stormy Sunset Over Greenwich Pier 27th December 2014 - It’s the pier used to catch a boat in Greenwich, London, on a rather cloudy cold moody evening. Sunset London style ! Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic …
Sky Lantern Man – Loy Catong Festival 26th December 2014 - Here’s a really nice photo of this man just releasing a sky lantern into the heavens to join it’s many friends. Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos …
Pond Panorama, Lower Big Buddha Hill 25th December 2014 - A bit lower down the hill from the Big Buddha, there is a whole different area that has Chinese Buddhas and two duck/koi-carp ponds. Here’s the …
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