Inside a Buddhist Temple by junge1

Photography • Cultural and Spiritual Art • posted on Feb 21, 2008

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Buddhist temples are scattered throughout Hongkong. They are open to the public, at least I think they are. I walked into several. People enter these temples to worship and this invariably involves the burning of incense. The coils at the upper part of the picture are incense coils. The air in these temples could be compared to the teenage hangouts in the US of the 1960s were a bunch of people got together to smoke pot. This picture was taken in January 1996 and later scanned. A note about my uploads: All my uploads are dated. All pictures taken between 1985 and before December 2003 were taken with an Olympus. I preferred this compact camera for my travels, it could easily be carried either on the belt or in a pocket. Difficult shots, like indoor, twilight, or night shots did not always come out well and it didn't have a zoom. My pictures often don't show beautiful scenes, but rather what I saw. This could range from taken pictures of people that felt unobserved, show slums, poverty, or other not always pleasant to look at scenes. Sometimes, when taken aircraft pictures at airshows, parts of a wing or tail were cut off. I didn't find this out until they came back after being developed. No benefit of a SLR or digital camera. Little did I know at the time that I would post some of these pictures on a website like rr. They were originally just intended to document my travels. So if the quality is lacking, I haven't mastered post work other than leveling a horizon, cropping, and maybe increase the contrast and I apologize for that. Thank you for viewing and the kind comments on my previous uploads.

Comments (15)

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mickuk50

1:54AM | Thu, 21 February 2008

excellent capture sig and the info is brilliant :o) mick

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Cosine

2:06AM | Thu, 21 February 2008

Lovely warm colors. This looks like a very inviting place. Nothing to apologize for, Sig. I enjoy your photos very much.

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delaorden_ojeda

3:20AM | Thu, 21 February 2008

This warm colors are impressive, superb atmosphere and composition, bravo my friend !

aljaysart

3:33AM | Thu, 21 February 2008

very colourful with all those lights everywhere, excellent capture.

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mairekas

4:40AM | Thu, 21 February 2008

Very colorful and interesting shot!

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cameraobscura2

5:41AM | Thu, 21 February 2008

Greetings Siegfried, I keep marveling at all the different places you have been to and what you have experienced as a person, enriching your life beyond measure . . . Thank you for sharing. egmont

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timtripp

7:10AM | Thu, 21 February 2008

thanks for the explanation as to point of view... the images themselves, however, need no apologies... they are expressive, informative and beautiful.

MrsLubner

2:02PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

glowing with glory. What a marvelous image! Excellent.

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Richardphotos

2:25PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

using a digital slr camera has it's advantages but when you are in places that frown on photography they stand out like a sore thumb.keeping a low profile is better. when I traveled to the Filipines(4 times), I would have loved a digital camera.I usually got my film developed there because of the inexpensive price but paid the price in poor quality work.since I bought a wide angle, I do not want to do without it.the small cameras just does not do the job except for remembering vacations and that is the important part

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mark.spooner

2:31PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

A very nice capture.

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artaddict2

3:42PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

For me this is another fantastic capture, you sure don't have to appologise, sometimes it is where you are and what the subject matter is that counts. I am totally fascinated by all your uploads. This is amazing! Sometimes the not so pleasant pictures of Poverty and candid shots of simple life make the most interesting shots, I hope that doesn't sound too bad. I look forward to viewing more.

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bkhook

5:59PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

An interesting curiosity for me. I always wondered what they were like inside and actually thought they would be more simple with less ornaments in them. Thanks

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KarmaSong

6:32PM | Thu, 21 February 2008

This Buddhist interior is very different from what I saw in the Buddhist monasteries in Nepal, but what matters most must be the same. Excellent capture, Sig! Very interesting narrative too!

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