One of my first shot using the Telephoto Sigma 50-500 f/4.5 – 6.3
- Distance : ~376’351 km away
- Speed :1/250
- Aperture : f/8
- ISO100
- Post treatment : Crop + S curve in Lightroom 1.4
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Posts Tagged “Bangkok”One of my first shot using the Telephoto Sigma 50-500 f/4.5 – 6.3
After 133 years of service, the Bang Rak Post office in Bangkok sent its last telegram on Wednesday. Introduced by Samuel Morse in 1835, the telegraph came into Thailand in 1875. However, the service only came within the reach of the ordinary person in 1883. Its heyday was between the 1980s and early 1990s – before the widespread use of telefaxes and mobile phones. Telegraphy reached its peak in 1985, with 8.32 million telegrams sent each year. There were 987,984 telegrams sent in March 1995. The complete article is in Bangkok "The Nation" newspapers. Only one thing comes to my mind : - …. .- -. -.- … / .- -. -.. / –. — — -.. -… -.– . ++++ Tags: 133 years, 1844, Bangkok, morse, post, Telecommunications, telegram, telegraph, Thailand
Apr
08
2008
Bangkok Airport Rail Link ready in Dec.08Posted by Cedric in Aviation, Bangkok, On The Road, Travel
Passengers will have the opportunity of checking in their luggage at the City Air Terminal, before boarding the rapid train to Bangkok airport. The 29 kms journey will take 15 minutes (express train) or 27 minutes (commuter train). Interconnection with existing transport systems will take place at Phetchaburi station for MRT (subway) Blue line and at Phayathai Station for BTS (skytrain) Sukhumvit line. About 80% of the overall work is now completed. Tags: airport, Bangkok, bts, city terminal, link, mrt, passengers, rail, railway, Suvarnabhumi Airport, train, transportationBangkok has already turned into 2008
Nov
22
2007
Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom by 55 world’s leading photographers.Posted by Cedric in Coup de Coeur, Photography, Travel
‘Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom’ project invited in January 2007, 55 of the world’s leading photographers for a photo shoot throughout Thailand over a nine-day period. Result of captured images shows different facets of Thailand: its peoples, traditions, landscapes and cityscapes, commerce and industry. ‘Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom’ is now completed and released to public in three parts:
‘Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom’ includes seven photos-essays made by some of world famous photographers on various themes:
In short, if pass by Bangkok before the 5th of December, don't miss the exhibition. For the others, if you like Thailand, the book and its DVD is a must have (available in English and French). More : 9 days in the Kingdom, A glimpse of the exhibition
This major ICT event will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from the 2nd to the 5th of September 2008. Venue: IMPACT near Don Muang Airport (former BKK Intl. Airport) Tags: 2007, 2008, air, airport, asia, Asia 2008, Bangkok, blog, event, exhibition, ia, ict, im, Impact, IT World, ITU, lan, location, Mobile Communications, nomadcom.net, telecom, Telecommunications, Thailand, wp, www, XP
Sep
16
2007
“One Two Go” flight OG/OX269 crashed at Phuket AirportPosted by Cedric in Aviation, Travel
123 passengers (70 foreigners) and 5 aircrew were on board and according last official report, 87 of them have perished. Wounded have been transfered to Bangkok's Phuket Hospital. Bangkok Pundit is live blogging information about this crash as they are released from thai and international media. One Two Go airlines has released additional phone numbers for enquiries regarding this accident 085-155-4622
Aside of mobile phones, they was a huge sale of different accessories such bluetooth headsets, car accessories, and all type of memory stuff such memory sticks, SD cards, MicroSD etc.. In resume, nothing different that you can already find in Bangkok IT shops and not a single word about incoming products such Apple iPhone, HTC Cavalier or Shift as per examples which is a bit pity in country where carrying the last mobile phone is still very trendy. Let's see what next week 2nd Annual Asia IT will come with. Tags: 2007, access, air, Annual, apple, asia, Bangkok, blog, card, Cavalier, ces, ericsson, example, exhibition, find, HP, htc, ia, im, iphone, lan, LG, memory, mobile, Mobile Communications, mobile phone, models, nokia, nomadcom.net, phone, phones, public, resume, samsung, sco, shift, sony, space, sun, Thailand, touch, trend, wp, www, XP
Aug
10
2007
BBC TV’s: “50 Places To See Before You Die”Posted by Cedric in On The Road, Photography, Travel
This list raised some interrogation to me about why these places have chosen instead of other famous ones ? I could not find any relevant explanations except perhaps a majority of places where the spoken language is (was) English (but it makes sense as enquiry took place in UK). One thing is sure, after reading names of these great location, you just feel to escape from your office, pack you stuff and go travel. Personally I would definitively add some places to this list (Okavango delta, Yunnan mountains, Kalahari desert, Japan, etc..) and perhaps drop some but for sure, I'll not be able to keep it to only 50 locations. BBC 2008 Viewers "Must See list" (visited) Americas (visited) (visited) Europe (visited) Middle-East (visited) (visited) Some pics are really crap, so good excuse to visit some of these places again
Aug
07
2007
Amazing Thailand – Bad cops to wear “Hello Kitty” armbandPosted by Cedric in Bangkok, Fun, Our World
Yesterday Chief Officer of the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok as announced that police officers arriving late, parking in a prohibited area, littering among other petty crimes will be forced to stay in the division office and wear a pinky flashy "Hello Kitty" (the Japanese icon of cute) armband all day as a mark of shame. Police Colonel Pongpat Chayapan said the idea is part of zero tolerance anti-crime initiatives theory which argues that getting tough on petty crime leads to a reduction in more serious offences. However, "Hello Kitty officers" will not wear the armband in public. Should the public visit police offices instead to make sure this new guidelines is enforced ? photo: AP Tags: 2007, 24, anti crime, armband, art, Bangkok, blog, ces, crime, flash, Flickr, hello kitty, ia, im, japan, King, lan, nomadcom.net, officer, pet, photo, pink, police, press, public, shame, space, suppression, tax, Thailand, uk, vision, wp, www
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