This one below is an exposure blend of 3 photos taken with the Sony A7R and Zeiss 16-35 FE just before sunrise.Īnd this one is again a blend of three exposure but this time taken just after sunrise.Īmazing isn’t it, how light and photography medium shape such different looks from the same subject.Īnd by the way, I spoke of exposure blend for 2 of the photos above. Also, given the huge contrasts and fast changing light, multiple exposures were called for. Much as I love film, when you want to shoot tons of images, digital is obviously the way to go. This was going to be a once in a lifetime opportunity (ah well I may come back to Angkor Wat but its surely not going to be frequent occurrence). The one below was taken with the Contax G2 loaded with Velvia 50. I started taking shots with both cameras. I had taken my tripod, Sony A7R with Zeiss 16-35 FE lens and the Contax G2 with the Zeiss 28mm. Luckily, my opportunity came soon enough and I got a position right in front of the lake. As expected, there were tons of tourists ahead of us but I knew that patience was the name of the game and the tourists would be gone as soon as the light became interesting from a photographer’s point of view. So, three of us woke up at 4:30am and left the hotel to go to Angkor. I had done my research on when to go and which pond to stand in front of to get the sunrise reflection shot – exactly the same position from where the day photo above was taken. This was taken with my favorite film camera, the Contax G2, loaded with Velvia 50 film.īut to truly experience the beauty of Angkor, one must go in the morning. We visited Angkor Wat during the afternoon and it was truly stunning. All of this makes for a great combination but most people really visit Cambodia for Angkor Wat, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The people are extremely friendly and generally the country is reasonably well set up for tourism.