Manny and I know Thailand intimately. The people, pegeantry, culture and colors inspired both of us to hone our photographic skills to record and share these images from this amazing country.

The subjects to photograph are abundant, almost everywhere!

Manny's condo is right beside a temple where you may find lots of amusing novice monks and right across the street is a wet market where vendors selling brillant colored orchids and tropical fruits in season.

In my case I live close to a khlong (canal) where there are muslims and buddhists living together in harmony. There you would see the rural Thai's way of life. In the morning you'll see them washing their clothes and children swimming and their grandparents fishing in the canal.

But of course.. we are Filipinos. If you have a chance to visit Thailand these are the images to look for!

This is just an introduction.....

Scenes from Damnuen Saduak, Floating Market


http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71066816.jpg
Bluegreen



http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71066818.jpg
Barter Trade



http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71067329.jpg
Changing Hue



http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71110985.jpg
Black and White

More to come...

Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/visions
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

Hi Jose. I have been to Thailand 3 times. I was in Phuket 1 month before the tsunami hit. It is one of the most colorfull and culture rich countries I have ever seen. A photographers dreamland.

These are truly amazing photos.....I guess the artistic blood really flows thru the Librodo veins.......keep the great pictures coming....excellent work

Hi Jose. I have been to Thailand 3 times. I was in Phuket 1 month before the tsunami hit. It is one of the most colorfull and culture rich countries I have ever seen. A photographers dreamland.

Pilar,

Whew! You were luckly and I'm glad that we share the same sentiments about this country.

Jose

These are truly amazing photos.....I guess the artistic blood really flows thru the Librodo veins.......keep the great pictures coming....excellent work

Thanks Bunny,

Could be, I think we influence one another... hhmmmm... sibling rivalry... hahahaha!
Seriously we enjoy traveling and taking pictures together.

Boboy

lovely photos jose! i like the first and last photo!

:D

i should have seen your post before my trip there. beautiful images. please post photos of young Buddhist monks. That one i missed during my latest trip there.

i should have seen your post before my trip there. beautiful images. please post photos of young Buddhist monks. That one i missed during my latest trip there.

Thank you Dave,

Here is one of my young monk photo.

http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71127127.jpg
Keeper of the Light

Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/visions
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

Thanks for starting this thread.

Where do I start? Back in 2003...when all I had was a point-and-shoot Nikon Coolpix camera. I remembered Jose a.k.a. Boboy persuading me to buy an SLR. "An SLR what?" I asked. Well, the rest is history.

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/32545543.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/32545570.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/71127123.jpg

Another excellent series from the The Dynamic Duo! More please....

And more from my point-and shoot camera...

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/32545656.jpg

And this one is for you Dave. Coolpix in action.

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/32545553.jpg

And more from my point-and shoot camera...

And this one is for you Dave. Coolpix in action.

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/32545553.jpg

haha! you make our DSLRs shrink to shame because of your p&s photos. :)
That image is EXACTLY what MADE me want to shoot a young monk.
REALLY, regret not having met you there last time Manny. :Sick:

Another photo from my new Pbase Gallery on Thailand's Floatingn Market
http://www.pbase.com/josel/colours


http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71067177.jpg
Warped Reflection

Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/visions
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/32545553.jpg

this is a keeper! :Grin:

thanks for creating this thread...we can expect this to grow like a bush fire - a good one at that....you certainly bring a new dimension of thailand aside from the muay thai that i always see....hmmm, photography tour of thailand?

jose,

i love warped reflections. its really powerful. the colors are very refreshing. congratulations.

cheers

WOW!!! what else can i say???

Thanks for sharing these with us...will be waiting for more....:D

At the moment, can only drool at these pics...and hope one day to hav works like these!!!

All I have are possitive comments... Boboy and Manny! :) Keep setting the benchmark high mga Bros.! :)

Another photo from my new Pbase Gallery on Thailand's Floatingn Market
http://www.pbase.com/josel/colours


http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71110986.jpg
What Else

Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/visions
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

If one were to plan a photo trip to Thailand, would 3 days suffice? I'm thinking of taking advantage of Cebu Pacific's P999 promo but I have to fly between Jan 1 and Mar 31. Any suggestions?

@manny- it seems like this 'mr. pogi' pose is universal :)

looking forward to this set again from the librodos...

great set. Went to phuket before and patong beach but way back during their songkran festival...unfortunately wasnt into photography pa nun. Must go back to thailand next year.

great and solid series librodos.

lovely photos jose! i like the first and last photo!

:D

Thank you Tet,

If you happen to come to Thailand and shoot at the floating market make sure to get there as early as possible. When the tourists arrive the reflections are not still and the water turn murky. Only if... you ever come.. hehehe.

Boboy

Another excellent series from the The Dynamic Duo! More please....

Thanks benji,

We'll try to keep abreast!!

Boboy

jose,

i love warped reflections. its really powerful. the colors are very refreshing. congratulations.

cheers

@Paul and John,

Thank you mga bros. We hare happy to share with these images.

Boboy

All I have are possitive comments... Boboy and Manny! :) Keep setting the benchmark high mga Bros.! :)

Earl, Jerry and Mykl,

Salamat gid nga madamo... hehehe.

@Jerry,

It all depends what you want to do... if you intend to photograph Thailand, it would never be enough. hehehe. But three days would be enough for a "sampling" of Thailand... remember to get to these "touristy" places earlier than the other tourists. That means that you'll have to rent your own transportation and that might be more expensive than you international flight.... hahahaha.

Boboy

great set. Went to phuket before and patong beach but way back during their songkran festival...unfortunately wasnt into photography pa nun. Must go back to thailand next year.

great and solid series librodos.

Please do Edwin,

Come back here to check out our postings... the possibilities!

Boboy

@Jose

I'll rent a bicycle puede? Then sleep on somebody's floor! :D

If you dont mind, I would like to share a photo of the Buddhist Monk who was kind enough to have his photo taken by me. He blessed me after the photo and placed a thread around my wrist for good luck. It has been over a year and I still have the thread on. ( gotta wait till it falls off)

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/pilartuason/BuddhistMonkth.jpg

If you dont mind, I would like to share a photo of the Buddhist Monk who was kind enough to have his photo taken by me. He blessed me after the photo and placed a thread around my wrist for good luck. It has been over a year and I still have the thread on. ( gotta wait till it falls off)

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/pilartuason/BuddhistMonkth.jpg

Very beautiful Pilar! You are indeed very lucky, maybe the goodluck cords (sai-sen) did wonderful things in your life. May it continue forever.


This is an open invitation for those who have been to Thailand and have an image or two to share!

-boboy librodo

hi boboy and manny, very nice set of pictures of people on the boat...i really like the reflections on the water. i just hoped pasig river would be just like that. so, everyone here can get those kind of images. thanks for sharing. :)

Sir Boboy & Sir Manny - This is quite different set. Thanks for giving people here the inspiration, your images and sets are just amazing.

PARC

Very beautiful Pilar! You are indeed very lucky, maybe the goodluck cords (sai-sen) did wonderful things in your life. May it continue forever.


This is an open invitation for those who have been to Thailand and have an image or two to share!

-boboy librodo

Boboy, it was only a matter of time before your wonderful photos spilled over to this forum. I stumbled onto your Bangkok album last week and thought it rivaled your El Nido work. (ok ok, the truth is i went looking for your new photos because if boboy is too quiet, he must be planning something big...:Grin: ). Very very inspiring work.

I have limited photos of Thailand, mostly from a top-less beach on Phuket several years back, but that belongs to another thread, I think :D .

I have limited photos of Thailand, mostly from a top-less beach on Phuket several years back, but that belongs to another thread, I think :D .

Good idea Bobby! :Grin: So when do we raid those beaches for topless subjects to shoot? :D hehehehehehe

This is an open invitation for those who have been to Thailand and have an image or two to share!

-boboy librodo

Boboy/Manny, thanks so much. I hope this merits your approval hehe :Grin:
Only been in Thailand twice, and the last time was when I was new into this photography lunacy. Here's one taken from Erawan shrine.

It's at least a billion years or miles from being a Librodo but just wanted to share.

Sawadee :Grin:

http://www.pbase.com/hochiabaya/image/57187177.jpg

Thanks for sharing your thailand pics, jose and manny.
Iba talaga ang librodo trademark :P hanep

Thank you Tet,

If you happen to come to Thailand and shoot at the floating market make sure to get there as early as possible. When the tourists arrive the reflections are not still and the water turn murky. Only if... you ever come.. hehehe.

Boboy

i'd love to go there Jose! and try the authentic tom yum and saté! and of course, the floating market. :D

Nice captures, boys!

Amazing images! Blue Green and Warped Reflection are awesome!

Parc, Tony, Earl, Tracy, Dindin and Bernard.... Thank you all.

At Hochi... nice close-capture of the joss stick which is commonly used as offering to the hindu deities of the Erawan Shrine.

At Bobby.... hahahaha... I wonder why I haven't been to those nudist beaches!

Here are two of my new post at my Pbase gallery!


http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71186604.jpg
Yum, Yummy....


http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71186608.jpg
Restive Green

I am happy with my new gallery on Thailand, it is now on the 3rd page of Pbase' popular galleries. It went up faster than my last gallery, it took only three days for it to get there.

Please do visit: http://www.pbase.com/josel/colours

Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/visions
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

you have made an interesting place become more interesting (with your fotos).

much thanks.
appreciated your love for your country as well.

i'd love to go there Jose! and try the authentic tom yum and saté! and of course, the floating market. :D

Hey there Tet,

Remember this resto.... Bua (meaning Lotus) Restaurant. They have the best Tom Yum... but for the moo sate... just on the side of the street would be fine. Hehehehe.

Boboy

This is cool. Okay, let me make this phrase up... "inverted contrast"... you have the hat as one photographic element and then that bowl as an inverted mirror image of the hat as another. Well, at least in terms of compositional flavor. I don't think I'm making sense. Okay, here's one that everybody understands... "nice shot!" Hehehe :D

Anyway, this Thai gallery of Boboy is climbing up very fast in Pbase... alongside with the Librodos' El Nido galleries and Manny's Krystal series... Someday, the P in Pbase will stand for "Philippines". Hehehe. You guys rock!



http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71186604.jpg

you have made an interesting place become more interesting (with your fotos).

much thanks.
appreciated your love for your country as well.


Thank you too... Dwight. You know that the Thais are more even tempered than us.... they call it being "chai yen".

Boboy

Thank you so much everyone. Salamat gid.

Pilar: that monk's picture is a classic. Must be the BW. I like the patterns as well.
Hochi: the picture has potential. Good crop and subject. Maybe a little tighter on top to eliminate the distraction?

Some pictures I've taken during trips with the Bnagkok Photographic Society. Most often than not, my brother and I (along with a few friends) find our own subjects away from those setup by the club.

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/61447785.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/61447788.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/60757738.jpg

This is cool. Okay, let me make this phrase up... "inverted contrast"... you have the hat as one photographic element and then that bowl as an inverted mirror image of the hat as another. Well, at least in terms of compositional flavor. I don't think I'm making sense. Okay, here's one that everybody understands... "nice shot!" Hehehe :D

Anyway, this Thai gallery of Boboy is climbing up very fast in Pbase... alongside with the Librodos' El Nido galleries and Manny's Krystal series... Someday, the P in Pbase will stand for "Philippines". Hehehe. You guys rock!

Raul,

Despite of the mishaps, politcal countricide (politicians killing our country and newly coined word) all of us and the Philippines still rocks! I think we got stronger than ever!

On composition.... hahahaha here I go again... lets just say that the term would be Repetition... only that you have to be careful that the repeated shapes should vary.. either in direction or size.

Boboy

Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/visions
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

Wonderful photos!:)

Now I regret not going to the floating market... (it was either the grand palace or the market..) will definitely visit Thailand again..

@Ann,

Thailand .. or the floating market will be waiting for your return!


Here is my painterly pp of the boy that Manny posted. See, we are at times side by side while shooting.

http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71188575.jpg
Please...

Please do visit: http://www.pbase.com/josel/colours

Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/visions
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

Hey there Tet,

Remember this resto.... Bua (meaning Lotus) Restaurant. They have the best Tom Yum... but for the moo sate... just on the side of the street would be fine. Hehehehe.

Boboy

thanks for the tip boboy! i'll make sure to go to this resto when visit bangkok! :)

Excellent shot guys. Makes me proud to be an Ilonggo.

@Manny
I like that last set of pics you posted. :)

@Boboy
I like your take on that last photo. Amazing how the mood of the photo changes with PP (of course timing rin, since the boy's expression is different). :)

OT: What the?!?! Doc. Nap!!! Nice Avatar... Familiar yung wardrobe ha!!! :)

http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71188575.jpg
Please...



Nice Grunge Dust... Boboy! :)

amazing photos..nice set guys..

ruel

Nice Grunge Dust... Boboy! :)


Thank you Earl.... I use photoshop natural brushes to do that.... whew some hard work, just like actual painting.

@Ruel, thanks a lot bro!

Excellent shot guys. Makes me proud to be an Ilonggo.

Nap,

Damo gid nga salamat, lipay gid ako nga nagkita ta di sa DPP. Siguro next time that would be in person.

Rosalie,

Thank's a lot Ma'am.

Boboy Librodo

I think my brother must be in the middle of the throng wearing yellow and shouting "Chaiyoo" at the royal avenue today. Today the whole country is celebrating King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday and on record the longest reigning monarch ever!

boboy

http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71127127.jpg
[CENTER]May your Majesty continue to be the guiding light of Thailand

boboy librodo

Nope...I didn't go anywhere. Sleep became my priority. I woke up at 10 AM. Anyway, here's my share on greeting the King of Thailand on his 60th year's anniversary of accession to the throne.

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/image/49638476.jpg

Well, well, well, so indolence got hold of you today! What is this password protected pic here... I am wondering what it is. It must be something from your highly secured vault! Hahahaha.

A sample of my shoot focused on Thai culture.

http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71188574.jpg
The Ramayana Epic
Sita and Hanuman


Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/colours
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

I would like to report an aberration on pbase...

I was looking through the popular galleries pages, minding my own business, then on page two I saw two albums from the same photographer, aha... a bug in their code I thought, then I rubbed my eyes and looked again...

Holy smokes, both are from Boboy Librodo :) . This guy opened his pbase account a month or so ago, uploaded only two albums, and tonight both albums are on the popular galleries page on pbase. Ang lufet!

Boboy, better open a third album and put your Vietnam or Laos photos there, para strike three on the same page :D

Here's another remembrance for you... congratulations...
http://www.pbase.com/bobbyw/image/71239456.jpg

I would like to report an aberration on pbase...

I was looking through the popular galleries pages, minding my own business, then on page two I saw two albums from the same photographer, aha... a bug in their code I thought, then I rubbed my eyes and looked again...

Holy smokes, both are from Boboy Librodo :) . This guy opened his pbase account a month or so ago, uploaded only two albums, and tonight both albums are on the popular galleries page on pbase. Ang lufet!

Boboy, better open a third album and put your Vietnam or Laos photos there, para strike three on the same page :D

Here's another remembrance for you... congratulations...
http://www.pbase.com/bobbyw/image/71239456.jpg

Thanks Bobby,

Hahahaha.... even me can't beleive it. Last week I shared the spot with my bro, Manny, today I shared it with me... it's lonely ain't it. Hahahahaha. Seriously, I am very happy the way the peeps at Pbase react (maybe tolerate) at my pics. And mind you, I also need to express my gratitude to some of the DPP folks who voted for my galleries! And most of all you... on record you were the first to spot my (floating market) gallery and also the first to post inspirational comments. To you and all... thanks!

Here is the link: http://www.pbase.com/josel/colours

Boboy

To all of those who are asking... the magic of reflection cannot be seen during the shoot because the water kind of move and the images warp, ripple and everything, since, it is mobile, the image doesn't form in the brain. But it is really exciting once you start previewing it. When there are still few people and no motorized boat the water is less choppy.. just like a lazy andulation, that is the ideal time to get these gorgeous rippling and warping reflections.

Here is one of those... from my Floating Market gallery at Pbase:http://www.pbase.com/josel/colours

http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71275223.jpg
Winding Reflections

Boboy Librodo

@ Boboy - It must be nice to see in person... :)

@ Boboy - It must be nice to see in person... :)

@Earl,

At best it is nice to see and very engaging, at worst you'll look like a fool with your head and camera bobbing up and down chasing the reflection.. and worser sometimes you miss your main subject/s!! But it is really fun!

You are both truly inspiring to a lot of us. Your photos seems to show the beauty or emotion of each person you photograph.

Thank you for sharing your photos with all of us. It makes one see how truly magnificent our world is :)

You are both truly inspiring to a lot of us. Your photos seems to show the beauty or emotion of each person you photograph.

Thank you for sharing your photos with all of us. It makes one see how truly magnificent our world is :)

Tina, thank you!

Philippines is a very beautiful country too! And you are there to capture that beauty. For the moment me and Manny have to be content of Thailand... but.... we will be there again later this month.. Yey! No place like home and my mom's cooking!

Boboy

Sir Boboy, care to adopt me? Then maybe the Librodo magic will rub off on me. :D

Fantastic point of views, especially the rippling reflection. It gave me a very Escher-like impression. Magic talaga! Thanks for inspiring us with your very unique photos. :)

Here is another Floating market shot. I am always on lookout of bridges because they always give you a good perspective. Subject and negative space should be taken into consideration to create a good design.

http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71275224.jpg
Bananas and Pineapples

Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/visions
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

Sir Boboy, care to adopt me? Then maybe the Librodo magic will rub off on me. :D

Fantastic point of views, especially the rippling reflection. It gave me a very Escher-like impression. Magic talaga! Thanks for inspiring us with your very unique photos. :)


Mitz,

Okey... as long as to bring you own pallet to sleep on the floor and you can cook!!! Hahahaha. I would like to tell you there is no magic... plain hard work and good knowledge of photoshop plus... i think the most important is develop a taste that would eventually become your own look.... and upon seeing you picture, people will say... aaah that is a mitz lanuza's work.


And to all, here is another one from my floating market site at Pbase.
http://www.pbase.com/josel/colours

http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71275222.jpg
All Mine to Sell


Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/visions
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

These photos represent a part of Thailand which I haven't seen yet. Nice work :Grin:

On "All Mine to Sell" - Great capture. I love how you waited for his hand to come up to that pose. I can really see part of the man's story through your photo.

These photos represent a part of Thailand which I haven't seen yet. Nice work :Grin:

On "All Mine to Sell" - Great capture. I love how you waited for his hand to come up to that pose. I can really see part of the man's story through your photo.

Thanks Edric,

But.... the subject is not a he.... but a she! Hahahahaha! And I am wondering... which part of Thailand you might have seen. Ha?

Boboy Librodo

When the subjects I photograph is in highl contrast lighting situation I always shoot underexposed... I always look for the lightest area and under expose it by half to one stop. Then when I pp it I use photoshop's shadow-highlight feature to open the dark areas! Here is an example:

http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71066813.jpg

Waiting...


Jose Libres Librodo
http://www.pbase.com/josel/visions
Composing art happens before, during and after you press your camera's trigger.

Boboy and I will be out for 3 days. Another trip with the Bangkok Photographic Society. See you on Tuesday.:)...hopefully with some good pictures to share.

manny & jose!

Wow!

This thread is more informative and inspiring than any of the tourist websites available for thailand.

I'm cramming (my plane leaves in 12 hours) to find out about thailand. I'm going to bangkok for a few days (and unfortunately don't know anything about bangkok or the the sites to visit).

After this thread: that's it, i'm skipping all the beaches and head straight for the floating market. now i just have to figure out how to get up at dawn, find a ride (subway?) to the place, don't get lost, and look for bridges to shoot from. oh yeah, bring camera.

it can only be describes in 3 letter word, WOW!!!!!!!

@ Boboy - Nice tonal range on the "waiting" pic.! :)

@ jose
nice photos man! esp the 1st and last! astig!

@manuel
i also liked ur photos! esp the 1st 2! galeng..!

galeng nyo freaks! :P

i'll have to remember these shots till i visit thailand this summer :) weee.


sir manny, as always... astonishing shots :)

http://www.pbase.com/josel/image/71186604.jpg
Yum, Yummy....





WOW!:Shock: this beauty is beyond what eyes could see without a cam...

i'll have to remember these shots till i visit thailand this summer :) weee.


sir manny, as always... astonishing shots :)


Hi Marley! thanks for digging up this thread! It's simply inspiring.

Heller out to us when you come so that we can shoot together! I'm sure SPAS (Siam Pinoy Aperture Society) peeps will be happy to shoot with you, or better yet, take you to this places!

This also goes to all DPPers who plan to visit Thailand- tell us ahead. You've got pinoy photography enthusiasts in the kingdom!

wow, how i wish I already have my DSLR when I went there last year, great photos!

Hi Marley! thanks for digging up this thread! It's simply inspiring.

Heller out to us when you come so that we can shoot together! I'm sure SPAS (Siam Pinoy Aperture Society) peeps will be happy to shoot with you, or better yet, take you to this places!

This also goes to all DPPers who plan to visit Thailand- tell us ahead. You've got pinoy photography enthusiasts in the kingdom!


wow! sure, sure. thank you for the warm welcome. :) makes me all the more excited about the trip. Will let u know about the plans asap as i make adjustments because along with me are shopping enthusiasts, not dlsr lovers, so i'd have to spare them the long walks!:) heheh

all i can say is, great pictures (again by the librodo bros.)!!! thanks for sharing!