Wat Arun - Temple of Dawn - a photo on Flickriver

            This temple is widely known among Bangkok's visitors, including photographers. I mean, what you can expect from a place called 'Temple of Dawn'. The sun sets right behind the Temple, which combined with the beautiful tones Thailand sky's always offer, plus the nice Temple’s lighting, it’s a wonderful treat to the eyes.

The opposite shore of the Chao Phraya River has enjoyable cafes and restaurants. Some are more famous than others, but most of them have some sorts of terraces in the upper floors. Usually they allow setting up a tripod and getting the shots.

That wasn’t my case though. These popular places are packed and overpriced. That means more difficult to frame the shot, because everyone wants to see the show, and don’t appreciate a large tripod and a random guy in front of them. So we walked a few blocks down the street and found a market/marina with delicious local food and restaurants right by the shore (not upper floors, but that doesn’t matter much). You can easily get a table with undisturbed view, and even though it’s almost impossible to set up a tripod, it’s easy to put the camera on the ledge or the table and try some long exposures. That’s what I did and here are the results. 

Unfortunately, as every market, they close rather early so no night shots (at least not from the restaurants), which also are spectacular. However it’s worth to see the sunset a little bit off of the beaten track.

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Taken in: Thailand / Bangkok / Bangkok / Sanam (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 2015

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/7.1, 30 sec, 48mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	48mm
ISO:	800
Color Space:	sRGB
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