The sunset warm temple by the icy blue pond

This temple complex in the north of Cambodia, on the border mountain range to the large northeast Isaan-region of Thailand, lays the levelled temple complex of Preah Vihear.

The name "Preah Vihear" comes from the Khmer words "Preah" (sacred) and "Vihear" (abode or shrine). The temple is also sometimes referred to as "Phnom Preah Vihear" (mountain of Preah Vihear).

The large temple complex was built during a century one thousand years ago. It has been a Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site for nearly twenty years.

As a tourist attraction, the temple is a popular travelling target with all the usual and some unique reasons. The location and the view and outlook of the surrounding areas are special. The combination of several Angkor art and architectural styles into one complex is very interesting.

It is a mountain temple, but the access is easy going after you have paid someone with 4x4 to drive you up. Not wheel chair accessible, but seniors and other who are able to walk can visit easily.

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The rare Ivory Gull
300mm on APSC camera (equivalent to 480mm).
On this cold winter day I was lucky to see several exotic Birds, Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), Snowy Owl (Bubo Scandiacus), Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides), Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus), Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus), Red-throated Diver/Loon (Gavia stellata), European rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) and many more common Birds, a great day that I will remember ! The wind blows the feathers up under the beak, which gives you a small idea of how good this rare Bird are adopted for a life near the North Pole !
January 2014

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Aurora over the City
14mm in APSC mode, so equivalent to 21mm.
The Aurora borealis was very strong and overshined the early Dawn.
This night you could see the Aurora strait up in the sky and from North to East to South to West and back to North, it was all around, very amazing.
You need to be proper prepared for photographing the Aurora, I was not prepared, a friend of mine called me on the phone and told there was Aurora. So I quickly packed my gear, but I forgot the fast memory card which is very useful for long exposures, I forgot an extra tripod, I forgot a L-bracket and I forgot to check if the cameras was set at full frame setting, so this photo is only in APSC mode equivalent to a 21mm Lens, I forgot at the start not to focus to infinity, you have to focus manual and magnify to check the focus, but I got some good photo images at the end after all. Use aperture as large as possible, I used apertures 1.8 to 3.5, shutter time from 5 to 30 second and ISO from 100 to 320. Wide angle Lenses from about 14mm to 35mm. For this shoot I brought two Cameras and 3 Lenses, 14mm, 21mm and 35mm in a small camera bag
May 2024

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