For those who care, here’s some recent November pics by me :)
pain master said:
For those who care, here’s some recent November pics by me :)
Jeez you take fantastic pics…can i ask you what sort of setup do you use?
Rook
Calendar quality:D
Luuuuurve the Kopi Haus…bit too early in the day just now for me to work out how to get the pic over here onto the forum…
Of course we care!! but sometimes words are inadequate…the pleasure is all in the viewing: and sometimes, what can we say?
all good PM
- the three of top of page two (mt wilhelm, night camp and pindaunde lake) are particularly beautiful.
crested b of p is stunning
the pomyea kids smile a lot – in fact there’s a lot of smiles – has the master cameraman also mastered the fine art of the timely fart ? LOL
pepe said:
all good PM
- the three of top of page two (mt wilhelm, night camp and pindaunde lake) are particularly beautiful.
crested b of p is stunning
the pomyea kids smile a lot – in fact there’s a lot of smiles – has the master cameraman also mastered the fine art of the timely fart ? LOL
Clods……….still a favourite of mine. Beaut moon. Beaut kids. Beaut birds. Incredible scenery.
Rook said:
pain master said:
For those who care, here’s some recent November pics by me :)Jeez you take fantastic pics…can i ask you what sort of setup do you use?
Rook
Cheers Rook, Olympus E-510 with a variety of lenses, on this trip, because I was walking a lot, I did not take the entire range of lenses but I knew my collection of photos would be aimed at flowers, birds, people and scenery so I took a 14-42mm lens for people and scenery, a 35mm macro lens for flowers and my 70-300mm telephoto for the birds and some scenery.
I also use the 70-300mm for taken shots of people at a bit of a distance as this means I do not have to stand too close and I don’t appear as obtrusive. So, sometimes, I can surprise and get a more natural pose. It is still a big lens and the locals do tend to spot it a mile away. And I always achieve permission from my subject matter whenever possible…
Lucky1 said:
Calendar quality:D
Thank you Lucky :)
Dinetta said:
Luuuuurve the Kopi Haus…bit too early in the day just now for me to work out how to get the pic over here onto the forum…Of course we care!! but sometimes words are inadequate…the pleasure is all in the viewing: and sometimes, what can we say?
Thank you dinetta, it was a pity that said coffee shop was closed… in fact all the coffee shops we passed were closed. Along the track we passed many people who were going down to the next village to do some shopping. They would leave home around 6-7am, get to town around lunchtime, have a bit of a chat, buy up to 30kgs of rice, vegetables, some smokes, some twisties and then walk back home getting back around 6-7pm.
And all this walking around altitude of around 3,000m.
pepe said:
all good PM
- the three of top of page two (mt wilhelm, night camp and pindaunde lake) are particularly beautiful.
crested b of p is stunning
the pomyea kids smile a lot – in fact there’s a lot of smiles – has the master cameraman also mastered the fine art of the timely fart ? LOL
Thanks pepe, whilst I have been known to pass wind in the past, I have found that it is a very rare thing up here. To the point I cannot recall ever hearing a Papua New Guinean fart. Nor belch. I once heard that it is considered very offensive to do so, so I have restrained my releasing of wind.
But the trick to get a good shot of the big smiles, is to take one photo, show them the image on the back, to which they all crack up and then take another. Having said that, the PNG people here love to have their photo taken and they love to smile. One young lad who walked with us for two days down to the coast (his first time he had ever seen the sea) despite being afflicted with polio and having one leg considerably shorter than the other had the largest smile I have ever seen. Truly his smile went from ear to ear.
I’ll have to see if there’s a photo…
pomolo said:
pepe said:
all good PM
- the three of top of page two (mt wilhelm, night camp and pindaunde lake) are particularly beautiful.
crested b of p is stunning
the pomyea kids smile a lot – in fact there’s a lot of smiles – has the master cameraman also mastered the fine art of the timely fart ? LOL
Clods……….still a favourite of mine. Beaut moon. Beaut kids. Beaut birds. Incredible scenery.
Thanks Pom. :)
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Calendar quality:D
Thank you Lucky :)
Life as it should be lived…
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
Luuuuurve the Kopi Haus…bit too early in the day just now for me to work out how to get the pic over here onto the forum…Of course we care!! but sometimes words are inadequate…the pleasure is all in the viewing: and sometimes, what can we say?
Thank you dinetta, it was a pity that said coffee shop was closed… in fact all the coffee shops we passed were closed. Along the track we passed many people who were going down to the next village to do some shopping. They would leave home around 6-7am, get to town around lunchtime, have a bit of a chat, buy up to 30kgs of rice, vegetables, some smokes, some twisties and then walk back home getting back around 6-7pm.
And all this walking around altitude of around 3,000m.
Forgot the “quote” last time…
Life as it should be lived…
Great pictures as always PM, love the lake and the birds :)
hey – the forum is fine here.
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Calendar quality:D
Thank you Lucky :)
What could you hear when taking this photo…. we talk about the beauty of your photos….. what about the sounds that surrounding you???
I know that one of the things you can’t hear is the sound of traffic. I have managed to get to some fairly remote locations in PNG and in some instances, the nearest motor vehicle is some 100kms away and it is pleasant to just hear nothing but the wind. Quite often, you’ll hear the wind cry “Edna…”
Only kidding.
At this lake which if you can imagine is situated on a series of steps. You walk up a decent incline for just over one hour in a jungle… mud, orchids, mosses and lichens and all sorts of smells from a decaying floor, you can hear the birds, and especially the Birds of Paradise, a bird that is blessed with such a gorgeous coat of colours, why it needs to have a beautiful voice also, I don’t understand. Even the Magnificent Riflebird which sounds like its name is an amazing sound in the forest.
As you climb up to around 3,100masl, the forest stops and you emerge into the first step, a flattish block of alpine grasses, heaths and mosses and some fairly tall tree ferns, easily 4metres tall. The sounds heard here (apart from your own heartbeat and breathing) are the small finches and wrens and mannikins that race around everywhere, the swifts and fantails come to flick past your face in friendly greeting make small cheep and clicking noises.
The other noise you can hear coming across the step is the sound of falling water cascading over the step in front of you, some half a kilometre away. As you walk closer, you can hear the mighty crashing of the water onto some seriously angular blocks of raw stone and then you find yourself hauling yourself up a short face of earth to appear onto the next step. Less tree ferns here, more sedgey grasses and tiny alpine wild flowers and the smell of boggy peatyness. Hear the waterfall fades behind you as the small birds keep up their chorus.
Then the clouds rush in from the sides of the valley and this cold wet blanket steals your vision as the world becomes white, even the colour of your clothes and the grass at your feet seems to be robbed of its vibrancy as you concentrate on your guide ahead, as it is easy to wander off track in such conditions. You lose your hearing too as you concentrate hard on breathing and keeping in touch with the guide. The air is getting thin and you have to rest regularly, the height is getting up to 3,500masl and despite the 100% humidity that surrounds you, the air is cold and it feels like the oxygen is no longer there.
Now as you climb up past another step with accompanying waterfall, you see the hut which is your destination. Here the wet blanket of cloud disappears and hangs onto the rocks which surround the lake. The clouds occasionally creep back and kiss the water’s edge, and then retreat back up the stony wall, offering you glimpses of the crags that stand tall around your air. Here, you can here the waterfall that is on the opposite side of the lake, and little else. It feels like this still lake mutes the noise a little and the sound is eerily still. No ticking of a clock, no sounds of someone pulling their chair out from the table, no distant lawn-mower, no road-rage, no sirens, no clicking of keys of a lap-top, no txt messages, no thing, nothing. Just the waterfall. And the sound of the clouds as they creep around the rocks.
Then GF calls out “coooo-eee” to inform me that the water is boiling and there’s a cup of tea. I can near hear the popping of a small fire, the sound of a spoon tinkling in my camp cup, and the chat of GF and the guide. Then I can hear myself curse as I not lower my head enough when entering our small hut… I am a tall person when compared to the locals up here, but in the mountains the PNG people are shorter still… and this is reflective in the size of their doorways.
But it is peaceful up here by the lake.
orchid40 said:
Great pictures as always PM, love the lake and the birds :)
thanks orchid :)
pepe said:
hey – the forum is fine here.
that it is pepe, that it is…
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
Luuuuurve the Kopi Haus…bit too early in the day just now for me to work out how to get the pic over here onto the forum…Of course we care!! but sometimes words are inadequate…the pleasure is all in the viewing: and sometimes, what can we say?
Thank you dinetta, it was a pity that said coffee shop was closed… in fact all the coffee shops we passed were closed. Along the track we passed many people who were going down to the next village to do some shopping. They would leave home around 6-7am, get to town around lunchtime, have a bit of a chat, buy up to 30kgs of rice, vegetables, some smokes, some twisties and then walk back home getting back around 6-7pm.
And all this walking around altitude of around 3,000m.
Forgot the “quote” last time…
Life as it should be lived…
it is interesting to watch some of the ladies at the local markets at these very remote villages, they all grow sweet potato and corn and peanuts and cabbages and tomatoes, yet they all set up their small display at the markest and sell these products to each other. There is very little traffic of people to “just” walk by and make an impulse buy.
I think it may have something to do with the social aspect… although they could eat their own vegies and spend the old time walking to the markets in sitting with the neighbour???
pain master said:
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But it is peaceful up here by the lake.
sighs
not only great pictures, but beautiful prose as well. They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but those words made many pictures in my mind PM. Thank you.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
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But it is peaceful up here by the lake.
sighs
not only great pictures, but beautiful prose as well. They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but those words made many pictures in my mind PM. Thank you.
thank you BG :) Are you on the mend?
pain master said:
thank you BG :) Are you on the mend?
I am indeed. Little pain now although still some stiffness. Expecting to be back at work on Monday.
pain master said:
thank you BG :) Are you on the mend?
I am indeed. Little pain now although still some stiffness. Expecting to be back at work on Monday.
Beautifully written PM:D Thank you so much for the description….. I felt like I was there…would have been even more so if you typed in Braille…..I could have closed my eyes and seen it too.
Lucky1 said:
Beautifully written PM:D Thank you so much for the description….. I felt like I was there…would have been even more so if you typed in Braille…..I could have closed my eyes and seen it too.
cheers Lucky, although I have been known to talk in Braille (after a few beers), I don’t know if your Toshie screen could become lumpy enough for it to work effectively… what about if you use the voice assistance thingy on your PC???
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Beautifully written PM:D Thank you so much for the description….. I felt like I was there…would have been even more so if you typed in Braille…..I could have closed my eyes and seen it too.
cheers Lucky, although I have been known to talk in Braille (after a few beers), I don’t know if your Toshie screen could become lumpy enough for it to work effectively… what about if you use the voice assistance thingy on your PC???
LOL…. don’t know if I have one on toshie…….