This morning I got a wakeup call at 3:30 AM to head out on a distant trek to Borobudur to climb the temple before sunrise. I had a flashlight and a fully loaded iPod for the ascent. I stayed at the top and all around the temple for most of the morning, collecting shots here and there as misty clouds rolled in, through, around, and over the temple.
This temple laid abandoned and overgrown for about 800 years until it was rediscovered by the British.
You can see the distant volcano rumbing in the morning sunrise…
March 16th, 2008 03:09 | fswerk
now why would one listen to music while hiking?
great pic by the way.
March 16th, 2008 06:20 | maya
i also would’ve skipped the ipod in such a place. but that’s just me.
this is an absolutely beautiful photo.
March 16th, 2008 06:42 | Ananda Sim
Completely different aspect to the commonly seen photos. Thanks.
March 16th, 2008 09:03 | canon g9
great shot , power shot
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wonderful picture
March 16th, 2008 09:55 | James
Absolutely gorgeous! Wish I could be there too one day.
March 16th, 2008 15:52 | Susan
Wow Trey! One of your best ever – absolutely beautiful – wish I was there – but it might have taken me till sundown to make the hike!
March 16th, 2008 16:38 | Daniel Hellerman
This shot is stunning, excellent capture!
March 16th, 2008 18:42 | jubtil
Thats is A really great shot. The colors are Great
March 16th, 2008 22:12 | Stuck In Customs
Hey thanks all! Wait till you see the next one… hope to post soon!
March 16th, 2008 22:38 | Scotty Graham
Trey….great shot….glad to see you took my advice of getting there early. Were there tons of post card sellers trailing you? Looking forward to your next shot….
Scotty
March 17th, 2008 11:20 | Eric M
Wow you got a lot of comments on this one! I remember seeing a picture of this in my Religious Studies class a few years back, great shot!
March 17th, 2008 17:44 | Natesh
I like this one a lot
March 17th, 2008 20:04 | Stuck In Customs
Thanks all! Well I think you will like the next one too, from another nearby temple…
March 26th, 2008 11:32 | groteskebill
who were you listening to?
March 26th, 2008 13:02 | Stuck In Customs
I have a playlist of photography music that is ambient / chant / etc…
April 21st, 2008 20:20 | Datta
It is serene place.It pains that it was abandoned for long time.
April 23rd, 2008 23:38 | Me
I can understand the iPod. I would take my MP3 player backpacking, back in the dark ages when 128 mb of internal storage was amazing (before my knee exploded). For a day hike, not as often, but on a week long trip there are times when you want to zone out a bit.
As far as this photo, what did you do with it? It seems to have an unnatural lack of shadow and exposure variance. Even more so than many HDR photos, but not as unnatural. I can’t see a neutral density filter effects…maybe sunrise from behind, a long enough lens to hide the photographer’s shadow, and some strange color work.
It’s very beautiful, but at first glance I would guess unbelievably well done digital creation, rather than photo.
April 24th, 2008 09:23 | Stuck In Customs
Yes… I really like listening to music while I shoot… puts me in an alternate state of mind.
This photo used my little technique that I describe in the tutorial there on the right.
April 29th, 2008 08:13 | Jenny
not so secret anymore is it?
September 11th, 2008 15:11 | deidre
the monks have such a unique way of life
April 29th, 2009 22:31 | lil texas rose
mindblowing. unbelievable. This photo is fantastic! Looks like something out of a fantasy video game. Beautiful. Just beautiful. I’m doing a painting with this photo as reference.