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Pretty smiles

I mucho fiddled about with this tree pic. Then made it a negative. I know not rocket science but it took ages. I must get a life .....

Not sure if this is abstract ...... But I cant do technically good pix so ones than look pretty will have to do !

About as abstract I have gotten so far. It was a pic of monks at one stage. Pretty rather than clever.

Street Parade

Many thanks. I just discovered how to adjust the ISO on my camera and been experimenting what effect it has.. I knew about it but its importance went over my head. I always put camera on Auto but now will play with ISO, apperture and speed etc. Might upgrade my camera. Now I have given up work, I need a hobby or two. Thanks again.

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Photoman ... Many thanks for comments. Very helpful.

I have only recently got in to trying to take a good photo and only just discovered this site. Many many hundreds of pix on here are amazing. I must check out some of yours and others pix and learn !

I am going through the calender and sunset topics at moment and wow .. many are amazing.

Oops sent same pic twice. I meant this one ..

Siberian .. Me thinks you are right about the pushing coller bone down etc. Here are some pix of happier Long Neck young girls. They all seemed happy enough and if trafficked it aint obvious. I have many more smiley pix ... I guess trying to say I did not suspect I was part of anything bad.

Ok. Thanks for info.

Nearly all the other Long Neck ladies were smiling wonderfully but were much older. She just seemed bored and tired as it was late afternoon.

So it did not occur to me they were not as a group very happy. Many children playing happily and many teenage girls doing hand weaving smiling away.

But your info is noted.

How do you add a "Like" comment that some pix have. Some amazing pix have none or just a few so perhaps many others similiarly cant work it out. I wanted to add a thumbs uo to some of the sunsets. Apologies if it is obvious and I being a muppet.

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On reflection I should have carried on taking photos of her till she smiled. I bet lovely smile in there somewhere. Still, lesson learnt. It was late in day and she probably been posing for many hours in parents orders. Perhaps giving her a monetry tip would have got the desired smile.

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I am told they technically illegal immigrants from Burma, but now tourist attraction near Chang Rai. They were very photogenic !

I Took loads of pics and not sure which was the best. Not hard to get this attractive photo given the colourful girl but least it is sharp (?) sun illuminates face, and background out of focus and softwared to be B and W. Cunning of me or what ?

They add another neck ring every so often and even sleep in the rings to stretch their necks. Longer the neck the more alluring they are considered. Well that is what us tourists are told. Some of the older ladies had very long necks but they not so photogenic.

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Oops not Thailand but Penang, Malaysia on visa run. I am not sure collages really work but someone might get a tiny bit of pleasure from beautiful sunsets. Perhaps you had to be there with glass of red in hand and beautiful Thai girl sharing the view with you. Anyone ever done a good collage ? This any good ? Post card type pic by a novice is my thoughts.

Ok .. not brilliant pix but good for me. More poster type .. perhaps pleasing, than original. But I did "me" best.

Vegetarian restuarant Pattaya. I was bored and took this and played about with software whilst waiting for order. Not technically good but pleases my eye.

Fruit stall, Pattaya

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Many thanks your comments. No offended with the "buts".. quite the reverse. It is all good fun trying to take a good photo and very hard to do.

It may amuse you to know the lens flare was software added as I thought it added mood and a bit arty. Also I thought the people in the fog the best bit .. adding mood and interest.

As I say it is fun to try and get better at taking pics. Please comment on any more of my efforts.

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Foggy Day in Thailand

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Foggy Day in Thailand

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Not done this before so hope my pic is attached. I like this one as it shows depth/perspective. Also rain bouncing off bus and road is unusual. I dont normally take pix in rain. Mods also give a slight arty farty painted effect. To my uncultured eye anyway.

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Thai politics nothing to do with me but it is interesting to try and understand what is happening.

"Me thinks" if in Britain a Prime Minister was convicted of corruption and a family member got elected and tried to pass a law to give him an amnesty ... I would be seriously enraged. It makes it worse when you consider he left and has never seemed contrite.

I would be on the streets protesting.

I would STILL be unhappy even if re elected as is the prediction but would bow to democracy.

However I would also understand those who still carried on protesting as they want the new leader to go and be done with the family. The amnesty bill attempt will never be forgiven.

I dont see what this humble cook has to do with Nigerian scammers. The joke was in bad taste and racial stereotyping.

Imagine what it was like.

He could have no idea anyone knew his vessel had sunk let alone where. He would assumed there was little chance of survival.

It would have been the same as being buried alive. Salt water sores, lack of sleep, the sheer horror of his situation. Pitch dark.

I am freaked thinking about it.

But he kept it together and survived.

Ok ... not the crime of the century to make an infantile racial joke but I am glad some vented their disgust.

But then again no one ever says in a discussion of any sort ... wow your right. I am wrong, So guess the poster of the sick joke and supporters wont agree.

Now back to my beer, having got that off my chest.

The incident was in May. The BBC news channel earlier today explained the reason it is back in the news now, is because the video has only just been released.

It is a inspirational moving story of survival and fortitude.

I hate the bad sick "jokes" but guess not uncommon on here on many topics.