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Post by Jollyjunklass on Nov 10, 2006 0:39:52 GMT 7
This monastary was pretty cool, it was situated in the mountains. I never know which pics to show??? The kitchen and cook in the monastary.  In the mountains, Linhai  Cool place in the monastary, love the colours  Inside temple  This cool kid and I followed each other for quite a while.  Another Home in the Mountain  Time for Prayer  Monks at work.   I was told something I don't want to believe. The monks that are in these places are not monks at all, but rather they are just worker, dressed up as monksk who are responsible from the upkeeps of the ground. And please don't go....... WELL DUHHH! |
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Post by Lotus Eater on Nov 10, 2006 11:25:49 GMT 7
Picking whihc photo is hard isn't it? Nice monastary - you were lucky to be allowed to take photos inside - they don't usually let you.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Nov 10, 2006 17:36:03 GMT 7
More truly incredible pics!  |
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Post by Jollyjunklass on Nov 11, 2006 10:51:55 GMT 7
Thanks R. Lotus, I didn't know that. I have taken pictures in every Monastary I have been in, although I have only been in 4. I will post a couple of pics for those who have never had a chance to visit a monastary. I have a few that I previously posted on photobucket. When, or if, I get my computer up and running I will post more of the insides of monastaries. Lotus, are there always people there when you enter the monastaries...do they ever leave you on your own? Incense Burner  Inside Monastary, Linhai  This old monk beckoned me to come over to him. He took me to his temple or where he prays anyway, he began to chant and had this leaf he kept dipping into ointment. He then took the ointment and kept saying rich water, healthy water, lucky water, lol, while he was placing this ointment into my hands. I just kept smiling and nodding like a fool. It was an event I will always cherish, I felt pretty lucky. Monks fascinate me, for some reason.  ![]() Inside another temple in Linhai i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/jollyjunklass/PA280151.jpg[/IMG]Light up, darkness means a sad world and lightness means all is well with the world.  Temple, Linhai  Temple area, Suzhou  All my pics, inside of the temples, seem to be a little blurry. I am having a hard time with my flash. I am not sure how to use it properly, as a result most of my night or dark in door pictures suck. Lotus gave me a few hints and I tried them last night at a performance but I haven't uploaded them yet so I have yet to see how they turned out. |
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Post by George61 on Nov 11, 2006 10:59:50 GMT 7
Nice pics, JJ. Do you have an automatic flash on your camera? Is it a digital? Maybe you can adjust the flash.
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Post by Jollyjunklass on Nov 11, 2006 11:18:01 GMT 7
Just a little side note. Have you guys seen this, inside of the temples they offer food to the Gods ( I wrote gods with a small g and felt a twinge of guilt, so I had to change it  }. You will see a lot of fruit and vegetables and sometimes even cooked meals. But what I find hilarious is I often see a western display of goods such as peanut butter, coca cola, sprite, etc. I have some pics of this on my other computer, I will post them later. I find it quite humorous. |
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Post by Lotus Eater on Nov 11, 2006 12:48:54 GMT 7
I wander in and out of monastaries often - now have a friend who is a lama in my horse trekking place, and my good mate's sisters B-i-L is the lama at Labrang (Labuleng). But most of the time they will request that you don't take photos. They will leave me alone, often if I am wandering around, or sometimes they will only have one person in each hall. I also enjoy mosques, and in Xi'an I have visited the Catholic Church - which had an interesting revolutionary age history. There is a Tibetan monastary here and several Daoist places as well and I like to visit those as well. One of the Daoist places has a great little tea-garden at the back where I can sit with friends or chat to the monks or other locals. I also visit the smaller mosques.
I like the art and architecture of these places, plus there is a feeling of peace in most of them that is greater than the noise of people in them. The smaller the place the better feel it has for me.
But I ask permission to take photos in many places. This includes asking people working at their stalls, in workshops etc. Just seems polite to me - I wouldn't want people coming through taking photos of me, my family, my work place or my stuff without permission. Seems fair.
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Post by Jollyjunklass on Nov 11, 2006 14:48:50 GMT 7
Yes, I always ask permission also, I bring a copy, of many pics of the people I take, back for them. They get all excited and gather around to see who they know. These are in little street like Hutongs where I live. But, whenever, I enter a monastary there doesn't seem to be anyone in the rooms. One place charged me two yuan for pictures. And I know the Dao monastary you speak of, i have visited there with you  . It is peacful, indeed! One more pic inside monastary that I forgot to add.  |
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Post by Jollyjunklass on Nov 11, 2006 14:56:03 GMT 7
Goerge it is a digital. I have tried to use the night scenery option, with flash, without flash,no night scenery with flash, without, auto flash, adjusting the brightness of the flash and everything I can think of.
The manual tells you nothing. As I'm writing this I am thinking that maybe I can find some info on their website.
It just seems I can't find the right combination to use.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Nov 13, 2006 23:57:42 GMT 7
But what I find hilarious is I often see a western display of goods such as peanut butter, coca cola, sprite, etc. So, are you sayin' the Gods ain't tasteful?  JJL, it's possible that your flash is just undergunned for these spaces...they're just too large and too dark to be adequately lit by your flash. Can your camera take an added external flash? |
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. It is peacful, indeed!