Posted by The Insider on Sep 20, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, buildings, Cambodia, Cambodia life, night shots, Our World Tuesday, Phnom Penh, Royal Palace, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 10 comments
This is my favourite photo of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh at night. It was taken with my trusty point-and-shoot camera while my husband and I were enjoying the night river cruise.
The lights decorating the Royal Palace creates a golden (almost embossed) outline of the building amidst the blackness of the night. It was a fantastic sight, almost like something magical and surreal you read about in many fairy tales.
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Posted by The Insider on Jun 8, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, buildings, Cambodia, Cambodia life, night shots, Phnom Penh, Signs, Wordful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday | 4 comments
Night shots have frustrated me for some time now especially that I’m only using a point-and-shoot digicam. My mistake always lie on my use and/or improper use of flash. The ISO setting doesn’t really do much to improve my shots either. They tend to be grainy and artificial looking. Bu then, one night last week, I got lucky.
I was snapping like crazy while we drove long Sisowath Quay and out of the dozen photos, this one, taken just before we passed in front of the Royal Palace, isn’t really bad.I love how this picture turned out. What do you think?
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Posted by The Insider on Apr 22, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, night shots, Royal Palace, Skywatch Friday | 5 comments
The well-lit Royal Palace, showing off the distinct Khmer-classical style of architecture, stands out amidst the darkness engulfing the whole landscape. This was taken during one of our river-boat cruises on Tonle Bassac (Bassac River). We enjoyed the scenery and the breezy, balmy weather made our river cruise a more pleasant experience. The particular area where we were is the junction of the Tonle Bassac, Tonle Sap, and the mighty Tonle Mekong. If you are visiting the city, do not forget to take a river-boat cruise.
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Posted by The Insider on Feb 9, 2009 in A Photo a Day, night shots, Phnom Penh, sights | 0 comments
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US Embassy (Phnom Penh) Grounds at night
Taken last year
December, 2008
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Posted by The Insider on Apr 14, 2008 in Cambodia, Kep, night shots, people, rural, sights, sunsets, travel, Wordless Wednesday | 1 comment
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Posted by The Insider on Mar 25, 2008 in Cambodia, Cambodia life, Kep, night shots, rural, sights, sunsets, Wordless Wednesday | 0 comments
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I know I am breaking the rules again, but please allow me to give you a brief background. Two years ago, I left the comforts of Phnom Penh for a work assignment down south of Cambodia – to the coastal town of Kep. Our organization had no office there yet so I had to use the same guesthouse room (where I live) as my office. There was no electricity yet – generator operates only at night – and so I travel to our project areas by day and do the paperworks at night. Each working day I was absolutely knackered from the bone-crunching moto-ride visiting remote villages. But when I go home, all the exhaustion simply vanished because of this:
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