Sunset at Koh Chang

Dancers of Pattaya

Fighting for honor

Thai boxers fighting in Koh Samet in Thailand. The guy with the red boxing gloves fought hard - but ended up getting knocked out in 4th round. 

The light in the ring was very bad and the boxers were moving quickly. I decided to use a high ISO and ended up with "corny" pictures. In editing I softened them to get rid of the "cornyness".  Shutter 1/200-400, F/2.0, ISO 800

Jungle beauties

These beautiful creatures were sitting on the fence on the side of the road at Koh Chang in Thailand. I was passing by on a scooter and as I stopped to photograph them more monkeys kept coming. I guess they were curious to see what was going on. How wonderful it was to see and photograph wild animals. They could have disappeared into the rainforest if they wanted but instead they stayed and posed for me - great models. 

I had to use ISO 400 - it was rather dark in the middle of the forest. F/ 3.5 - 4.5. Shutter 1/200. I've kept some color in the b/w effect. I like them that way. 

Hangin' on a string

Marionettes hanging side by side in a small shop in Koh Chang, Thailand. Wooden corpses lined up with their painted on smiles waiting day after day for someone to pull their strings and make them dance. 

Canon 1000D mounted with 50 mm 1/50 f/ 2.8 ISO200