MEDITATION
I focused on the man and made the pagoda off-focus. The result was wonderful.
Photo Information
Camera – CANON REBEL XSi
Exposure Time – 1/15s
ISO Speed – 800
Focal Length –20mm
SHOOTING
This is a very first shot created with CANON SLR in my life. It’s not mine, of course. That’s my friend’s camera. My high school friend, Wai Yan Chit Maung. He came back here for his vacation. Yes, I was surprised seeing him holding a CANON SLR (CANON EOS REBEL XSi) with a giant zoom lens. He never shared with me that he too is a photography hobbiest. We went along Yangon River to have some seagull shots. And this is again on SHWEDAGON pagoda. I saw this man on meditation. The way he set aside his slippers and the umbrella is a very character of Burmese. See his slippers underneath his butt? Yes we used to sit like this when we were young. You know why? Because we were afraid that our slippers will be stolen. We went traditional operas where there was no seat, so we need to settle on the plain ground and yes we utilized our slippers as floor map.
Great!!