CULTURE: Makha Bucha Day in Luang Prabang, LAOS

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The third full moon is the most important Buddhist holiday celebrating Lord Buddha's enlightment.

This turtle was going to be someone's dinner. We painted, Please don't kill me, in Gold paint in Laos language, and released it on Phou Si Mountain. In my opinion, it is in no way a mountain, but rather a small hill. It only takes 300 steps to make it to the top. It has an important temple and historic significance so maybe it's a religious Freudian slip.

At first, I was concerned about the turtle being on the mountain, but it's a land turtle, so it'll be happy there. If anyone finds it, they'll most likely be a monk so they wouldn't eat it.

Everyone prayed around this donation table.

We exchanged good luck blessing bracelets and even drank blessed beer.

P Mai welcomed me into her family me as her little brother. I love her. She is the nicest Lao Queen I've met so far.

There are many Buddhas inside the temple and one really BIG one.

They wrote their wish on the back of these tiles. Some wrote in Chinese. Most wrote in Lao and some in English.

Everyone had fun with the pictures. I've always been two to five generations behind phone wise, so I've never tried taking photos at night until I got my hands on this Canon Rebel.

I set it to night mode and held it very steady. Most of the shots were blurry or boring. Since each picture is at 18 Megapixel with RAW data, I'll delete 90% of the shots from the camera and more after seeing them on the iPad Pro's large screen.

I was able to get the girls and the ancient site, but not the moon. What does it take to shoot the moon well?

I see nice cameras that have big zoom lenses. Can they get moon shots with a tripod?

That will be the true test of smart phones in the 1 Gigapixel+ future; Smart phones that can capture the moon and rings of Jupiter.

After everyone lit their candles we walked around the temple barefoot three times.

Young monks who were the brightest from their village can come here and learn English. After their time in the temple they'll have skills that can get them good service jobs.

Light skin is a freakish beauty obsession here in Asia. This picture was taken with very low light at 20:00. I had to alter the brightness and shadows a lot to make it look like this, the way they wanted it. I think because the photo has so much raw data, it can be adjusted in many ways and still look great.

Thank you for celebrating this important Buddhist holiday with us in Luang Prabang. Have a wonderful day.

Photography Tips:

☀️Submit to the sun! Nothing can provide better lighting than a clear day at noon.

📷Get close up! Make the photos feel 3D by having the camera focus on something very close while showing layers of blurred background.

✂️Cut, crop, and delete until you have ten good shots with unique proofread text.

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