A brand brand new picture thread. (with pics)

[MoFo]

Like that confessional photo is a great example of my frustration. I set it to get that DOF on purpose.. But it's all so.. perfect... And slick looking..

Maybe it has to do with the grain as well and how we receive digital images vs. film images.

 

[MoFo]

Thanks for sharing this, mofo.

When I get a chance, I will post the ones from the funeral and viewing. Those should be interesting. It was really difficult to take photographs of your own grandfather's funeral, coffin and his empty nursing home room.. I had to take breaks for sure..

 

[gasper]

the 4 people who live above me did the Confessional Booth.
great people...so talented.

Do you know Todd? Sookie?

 

[ndrwrld]

Do you know Todd? Sookie?

PM sent.

 

[gasper]

Small world, Kevin Bacon.

 

[mariazmess]

mofo, the hospital/old age home pic sent something sharp right through the ol' ticker. damn.

 

[sohaness]

the DMZ separating north and south korea:

a north korean commie bastard!

myongdong market in seoul

breaking in my new 5D!! yea baby!!

 

[gasper]

the DMZ separating north and south korea:

a north korean commie bastard!


myongdong market in seoul



breaking in my new 5D!! yea baby!!

You should post more photos, more often. These are excellent!

 

[gasper]

Last storm shot:

 

[JESuX]

sohaness those shots are great!

 

[sohaness]

thanks guys!

gasper, love your photography as well!
i'll definitely post more shots. just havent had a chance to get on tribe too much since i moved to korea.

 

[MoFo]

Sohaness, it is my dream to do a photo tour of China, North Korea and Japan.

Those are gorgeous!

 

[sohaness]

thanks mofo. getting into north korea might be a tad difficult though. the only place you can go would be to pyongyang...and even then, everything you see is tightly controlled. you even have a tour guide with you for the whole trip. i'd love to go there, but its too expensive. a few thousand euro for like a 4 day trip! it is a pretty messed up place though. it would be an eye opener for sure!

steve.

 

[gasper]

I remember reading about travel to North Korea, thinking I'd like to do it. It doesn't take much digging to learn that it's near impossible.

 

[mariazmess]

sohaness, thems is some scary-ass soldiers. GREAT pics!!

 

[Bass-Invader]

the south korean solders look so much more badass than the NK ones. it must be the sunglasses, or the sort-of-short pants.

 

[sohaness]

that's actually why they wear the sunglasses and stand with clenched fists...to intimidate the nork soldiers!

you'll also notice that one of the s.korean soldiers seems to be staring at the wall. he's not being punished he's doing that so less of his body is exposed as a target.

 

[Michlerish]

Those pictures are beautiful, and also posted at an appropriate moment for me...

I just spoke to a North Korean refugee on Saturday, who escaped with his pregnant wife just last May 2007. His wife just gave birth 2 months ago.
The nonprofit organization I'm working with is working towards improving the lives of North Koreans in China, Canada, and subsequently, North Korea.

 

[I_bRAD]

You should call this one "Party in the village"

 

[gasper]

You should call this one "Party in the village"

LOL. I knew it was only a matter of time before someone would say just that!

 

[I_bRAD]

I'm quite surprised someone didn't beat me to it!

 

[loopdokter]

the south korean solders look so much more badass than the NK ones. it must be the sunglasses, or the sort-of-short pants.

It's actually intentional. It's meant to intimidate the North Koreans. The South Korean soldiers actually are trained in some crazy form of high level tae kwan do and that stance you see the South Korean solider doing against the building was designed to intimidate.

 

[Bass-Invader]

i knew a guy who was in the Korean army (i think service is mandatory). He was a very happy, pudgy friendly dude. Actually i think ^_^ is the best way to describe him.

 

[Bass-Invader]

i was trained in tae kwon do. i had a mean knife hand. i think that stance was called 'stand with your feet shoulder width'.

 

[d.code]

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