I saw this little family of chickens (mum and babies), and thought they’d make a good photo. Again “wildlife” doesn’t like me photographing it, I’ll have … Continue reading Mum And Baby Chickens, Lower Big Buddha Hill, Thailand Nov-2013
Here’s the lady of the “lake” in more detail Pictures taken a bit lower down the hill from the Big Buddha. Here is a whole different … Continue reading Lady of the “Lake”
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. So I … Continue reading Pond Panorama 1, Lower Big Buddha Hill, Thailand Nov-2013
Here’s a gallery of Photos WITHOUT HDR and WITH HDR, it’s a remarkable difference. (Taken with iPhone 4s) All photos are direct from camera (no Photoshop’ing … Continue reading Beach Walk, HDR Photo Comparison Gallery, Thailand Nov-2013
I discovered my iPhone has built in Panorama function. For some reason I’ve grown to love stitching photos together and making panoramas, and usually I do … Continue reading iPhone Panoramas, Beach, Thailand Nov-2013
Big Buddha from the my “Big Buddha hill trip” at the weekend. Final one of the tower panoramas of the big Buddha, hope you enjoyed:) Taken … Continue reading Big Buddha Panorama 5, Thailand Nov-2013
Big Buddha from the my “Big Buddha hill trip” at the weekend. Due to the sun glaring into the camera lens, the photos were all very … Continue reading Big Buddha Panorama 4 (Back-lit), Thailand Nov-2013
Big Buddha from the my “Big Buddha hill trip” at the weekend. Taken on iPhone 4S, stitched together with PTGui Pro and final touches in Photoshop … Continue reading Big Buddha Panorama 3, Thailand Nov-2013
Big Buddha from the my “Big Buddha hill trip” at the weekend. Taken on iPhone 4S, stitched together with PTGui Pro and final touches in Photoshop … Continue reading Big Buddha Panorama 2, Thailand Nov-2013
Big Buddha from the my “Big Buddha hill trip” at the weekend. Taken on iPhone 4S, stitched together with PTGui Pro and final touches in Photoshop … Continue reading Big Buddha Panorama 1, Thailand Nov-2013
I learn’t a new photography technique on this one. If there is a tourist and her photographer girl-friend obscuring both the Buddha you want to photograph … Continue reading Minor Buddha 14, Bonus (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 13 (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 12 (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 11 (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 10 (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 9, Friday (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 8, Wednesday (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 7 (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 6, “The Skinny Buddha” (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 5, Tuesday (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 4, Monday (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 3, Sunday (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 2 (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
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 … Continue reading Minor Buddha 1, Saturday (Pra Bah-jam-wan-gert)
The is the view from Bid Buddha hill, the other side, the view looking North Panorama taken on my iPhone 4s and stitched with PTGui Pro. Again I used cooling filter to bring out nice sky colours. And for this one the foreground greenery was very dark so I used the Shadows/Highlights tool so we can actually see the greenery. Continue reading View from Big Buddha Hill (North Side)
The Big Buddha “viewing area” has a fantastic view. Panorama taken on my iPhone 4s and stitched with PTGui Pro. This shot was quite difficult to … Continue reading View from Big Buddha Hill
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 … Continue reading Big Buddha guardian Dragons & Baby Money Collector, Thailand Nov-2013
These little guys I just couldn’t resist taking a picture of. “Chang Noy” means little elephant in Thai. It’s also a slang word for a part … Continue reading Little Elephants (Chang Noy), Thailand Nov-2013
Originally posted at HarsH ReaLiTY blog. Link: http://aopinionatedman.com/2013/11/10/farewell-from-don-charisma/ 😦 That’s all folks, I’ve already exceed by 50% what Opinionated Man asked me to do this weekend, time for me to attend to my own “flock”. By the way, how … Continue reading My Final Post @ HarsH ReaLiTY – Farewell from Don Charisma
Originally posted at HarsH ReaLiTY blog. Link: http://aopinionatedman.com/2013/11/10/essential-london-an-epampflet-by-don-charisma/ Welcome to my e-pamphlet on London (Yay, Opinionated Man’s helping me promote my e-pamplet!). It’s free if you read it today, otherwise tomorrow it goes on sale at $5M a copy. Essential … Continue reading HarsH ReaLiTY – Essential London – An ePampflet by Don Charisma
Originally posted at HarsH ReaLiTY blog. I’ve finally managed to get up the hill and photograph the Big Buddha. Next time I will go first thing … Continue reading HarsH ReaLiTY – Big Buddha
Originally posted at HarsH ReaLiTY blog. Opinionated Man recently did a post about people asking him to promote their ebooks. He’s much more tactful than me, however, I’m very much of the same mind as him. Why would I (or … Continue reading HarsH ReaLiTY – Enter the dragon, Cross-cultural bonding or Cliché ?
Originally posted at HarsH ReaLiTY blog. I keep on popping up in the strangest of places. I am Don Charisma from DonCharisma.org blog. Opinionated man has asked me to do a few guest posts over the weekend, and I’ve graciously accepted … Continue reading HarsH ReaLiTY – Hello from Don Charisma
It’s been a bit quiet on Don Charisma blog this weekend. Reason being, Opinionated Man of Harsh Reality blog asked me late on Friday to be a guest blogger for him and his followers. I said yes, it seemed to … Continue reading A Weekend of HarsH ReaLiTY
Look what someone did for me in Brooklyn, New York … When I saw it I couldn’t believe my eyes, my jaw just dropped, nearly feel … Continue reading Don Charisma Graffiti/Bling Wall, Brooklyn NYC
More Charismatic Photography: Today I decided to experiment with a “portrait panorama”/”tower panorama”, AGAIN. This is the sister tower of the one from yesterday. Photos were … Continue reading “Sister” Tower Panorama, Thailand Nov-2013
I recently discovered a set of Toshiba Service Manuals for around 200+ laptop models (and download links thereof). I was going to post the links on my blog to share with you. But I thought I’d investigate first, as recent … Continue reading Toshiba Censorship, they don’t want me to repair my own laptop(s)
I stayed in Zurich for a few days on business and visited my friend Sal who lives near Zurich. He took me a for a lovely … Continue reading Sunset Over Lake Panorama, Zurich Switzerland, Sep-2011
Angie of Angie’s Place asked me to do an “angel” for her. I had a look on all-free-downloads, and liked the one with the little boy kissing the little girl – here How-to do it 1. Extract the .EPS from the … Continue reading Angie’s Place “Logo” – Quick Adobe Illustrator Fun
Today I decided to experiment with a “portrait” panorama/”tower panorama. I wanted to try and capture that feeling of awe of standing at the foot of … Continue reading My First Tower Panorama, Thailand Nov-2013
Don Charisma 