Visiting a school in rural Myanmar
Hello Steemit! It has been a while since my last longer posts - unfortunately, my laptop stopped charging towards the end of my trip to Myanmar and I only got my new laptop a few days ago. Before I catch up on the posts that I could not write and tell you what happened in between my last travel update from Myanmar and living in Taipei now, I want to participate in a new awesome photo contest: @worldcapture, whom I had the pleasance of meeting in Bangkok in July, is hosting the #peoplephotography contest. If you haven't already, check it out and participate!
1/100s; 35mm; f/1.8; ISO 100
Back in August, I visited Hsipaw, a small town in northern Myanmar. I went on an organised trek through the jungle. The friendly owner of the trekking company has become quite wealthy (by local standards) by offering tours to backpackers - which comes to no surprise in a country where the minimum wage is just 3 USD per day and tourist-Dollars are worth a lot. The owner of the trekking company is giving back to the community and in one of the villages that we passed through on our trek, he has recently opened a primary school, paying the teacher out of his own pocket and providing free education to the kids - in Myanmar, in many rural communities there are no public schools. We visited the school on our trek and the kids loved seeing their photos on the screen of my camera!
1/60s; 30mm; f/1.8; ISO 100
I believe that @worldcapture only accepts one photo as entry which would be the first photo, but I want to share some more of my shots with you, including some black-and-white edits:
1/60s; 35mm; f/1.8; ISO 100
1/60s; 35mm; f/1.8; ISO 110
1/60s; 35mm; f/2.2; ISO 180
1/800s; 35mm; f/2.0; ISO 100
1/2500s; 35mm; f/1.8; ISO 100
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I captured this photo with my Nikon D5500* and a Sigma Art 18-35mm f1.8 * lens.
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Man.. Absolutely love those images !! Thanks a ton for your support @jpphotography ! I'm heading to Myanmar in around 25 days for 10 days, can't wait for it!
Thanks for hosting the #peoplephotography contest, it's a pleasure to participate! You will love Myanmar, people are amazing!
Nice post. Always great to see pictures of kids learning. Gives you some hope for the future. How do you find living in Taipei ?
Taipei will probably never be my favourite city in Asia, but there are some things that make living here quite good, especially the amazing food on the night markets and the excellent public transport
Nice. I have never had the chance to visit.
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Such a good job with the photos and the story! Congrats!
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