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  • August 23, 2012 at 4:01 am #2842
    michaelbialecki

    These are from Thailand….that elephant shot (in front of 7-11) was shot on xp-2, everything else was Kodak Pro Image 100….

    cheers, michael

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  • August 22, 2012 at 5:54 pm #2839
    michaelbialecki

    Kirsten Vignes;2966 wrote: I agree with Pete – film does still rule! I know when I spoke to you yesterday you said you had your own dark own where you processed the film. Do you process the BW prints there as well, or do you scan the film and do all the post-processing digitally?

    Hi Kirsten, I process and print all my black and white film in my dark room in Bangkok….the photos in this thread are just scanned prints…..my color stuff gets processed and scanned at my local lab in Bangkok….I am not really skilled at scanning negatives, using photoshop or making any adjustments to my photos (and it probably shows too, haha)….but I do know how to work in a darkroom. 😎

    Thanks again for introducing me to this forum, I appreciate it….

    cheers, michael

  • August 22, 2012 at 4:43 pm #2837
    michaelbialecki

    Pete Walentin;2960 wrote: Michael, really great images. Good stuff. Film still rules. 😉

    Thanks a lot Pete, I appreciate that…..and I agree with you about film. 😎

    cheers, michael

  • August 22, 2012 at 1:35 pm #2835
    michaelbialecki

    Pete Walentin;2961 wrote: Michael, good to have you here. You are definitely an enrichment of this place. 😉

    Hey thanks a lot Pete, I appreciate that comment…..I hope to contribute, learn and be inspired by other forum members here….I am grateful to Kirsten who works at Dale Photo & Digital for telling me about this forum yesterday….

    cheers, michael

  • August 22, 2012 at 1:33 pm #2834
    michaelbialecki

    Doug;2959 wrote: Welcome, Michael! I've enjoyed your photos on RFF, a lot of cultural interest. Fascinated by some of the Myanmar work… but a question: What is the story behind the white paint (?) smeared on the faces?

    Hi Doug, thanks a lot, it's good to see someone here from RFF…… The story behind the Thanaka (white paint) is this, it is made from tree bark and then it is grounded down on clay tablets and a little water is added to it and the Burmese apply to it their faces and sometimes arms….It is used by both males and females…..I have been told a couple of different reasons on why they use it…some have told me that it protects them from the sun, others have said that it makes their skin soft and some have told me that they use it to enhance their beauty (sort of like make-up).

    I have never seen it used in any other country and I have been to all the countries that border Myanmar…..I live in Bangkok and Thai people use baby powder on their faces (sometimes foreigners think it is Thanaka, but it's not)….actually some Burmese living in Thailand (on the border) use Thanaka but to the best of my knowledge it is something that only the Burmese use.

    Cheers, michael

    Here is an “extreme” example where I believe it was used more as a cosmetic.

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  • August 22, 2012 at 4:48 am #2830
    michaelbialecki

    a couple more….

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  • August 22, 2012 at 4:27 am #2829
    michaelbialecki

    a couple more…everything was shot on an M6ttl/M2/M3 and I used Kodak Pro Image 100 film….

    cheers, michael

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  • August 22, 2012 at 1:22 am #2828
    michaelbialecki

    Kurt Kamka;2954 wrote: Excellent images … thanks for posting them. What a fabulous place to photograph … you nicely convey the assault to the senses that is India.

    Thanks a lot Kurt for that nice compliment, I appreciate that….

    cheers, michael

  • August 21, 2012 at 9:41 pm #2823
    michaelbialecki

    a couple more from Myanmar…..

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