I was so inspired by all the recent sunset postings, I thought I'd give you a preview of a couple sunrises I shot out the window of my hotel in Palau Penang, an island just off the coast of Malaysia and a popular location for a lot of U.S. electronics manufacturers. I didn't fool with the color adjustments at all. These are accurate representations of what I saw. I believe the highly pastel coloring was due to the high humidity level. Both images were taken with the new Canon 5D with (believe it or not) a Tamron 28-300mm at around 200mm. JPEG Fine and manual exposure. There was so much water vapor in the air, you could literally stare at the sun without any problem. It was like shooting through a very dense "tobacco" filter. And yes, near the equator, the sun really does rise straight up and sets straight down!
Sublime Ken, It's been a long time since I was out that way as it is also a popular location for U.S. Sailors on Ports of Call! As was Hong Kong in my days in Da NAVY.
Posted by Mel Ladewig on March 18, 2006 at 9:23 PM
Try some Lakhsa and Char Kway Teow while your there. (Char Kway Teow may be Singaporean only, not sure). Both are tasty local dishes.
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