Trawling through my digital shoebox, I tried to ignore subjects and focus on the colour pink. It’s an interesting exercise to sub- categorise by colour and one I would highly recommend. After exporting my pink images to their own file, Mr Tranquillo was consulted about pinkness. He saw red where I saw pink – the maroon of the monks’ robes. He saw brown where I saw pink- the terracotta temples of Bagan, Myanmar (Burma). The eye sees colour in so many different ways. Tints, hues and complexions of pink fade into beige,mauve and orange. Here are my pink offerings for Ailsa’s Where’s My Back Pack weekly theme. Taken in Myanmar ( Burma), a country that is usually associated with gold.
A pink terracotta building in Bagan, Myanmar. Built between 11th and 13th centuries, 2,200 brick temples like this one remain. It takes days to tour this area.
Temples of Bagan at sunset.
The pink lit rooves of the monasteries surrounding the Shwesandaw Pagoda in Paya. Paya, around nine hours by car from Yangon, is a small town on the Ayeyarwady river.
A pink umbrella on a rainy day at the golden Schwedagon Pagoda, Yangon.
Young monks leaving the temple grounds.
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Pretty images. I like how the B&W moves into a colourful hue.
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Great images! I Love the colour fade affect Francesca, what photo editing program/app do you use?
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Thank you. I am such a novice. I use Picasa only.
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Isn’t it the Eskimos who have 30 different words for snow or ice or something? I think men don’t have the colour vocabulary women have, and therefore tend to simplify the colours they ‘see’ to meet with the vocabulary they have… hope I’ve said that right, don’t mean to be derogatory toward men, they are my favourite opposite sex… lovely photos!!
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Haha, yes. I agree. Men ( some- I must be careful) don’t see the difference between aqua, turquoise and blue. I quite like them too.
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I know exactly what you mean. My other half and I see completely different colours; he sees blue and I see green for example.
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Beautiful!
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These are lovely hues of pink. I also am in love with Italy and everything Italian. Unfortunately I have not visited as much as I would have liked to…I will have to roam around your blog!
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It is so easy to fall in love with Italy. I would like to live there, but I would miss the family.Do roam.
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This makes me want to go to Burma (Myanma)so very badly. great shots and nicely pinked
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Burma is a stunning place but requiring some effort re organising internal transport. Go before it changes too much.
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Lovely photos. I like the effect you’ve achieved on them. I think I’ll have to take another look at Picasa’s creative possibilities. I’d love to visit Myanmar too.
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So many shades of pink! Love the pink umbrella and as others have commented, nice fade-ins.
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Very kind Jude. Although I was trying to do just pink things, the Myanmar subject did help.
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Great and interesting photos! Love the colour fade effect!
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Very interesting collection and presentation
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Grazie
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Pretty and good editing, too. 🙂
janet
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