Laos Monks In Morning

Monks in Morning - In 2010 we visited Laos on a trip that also included Cambodia and Burma (Myanmar). Every morning at dawn monks from a nearby Buddhist Temple would walk past the hotel driveway seeking alms, generally cooked rice, which was the principal element of their diet. As it began at dawn under very low light conditions, many of the images were taken with a very slow shutter creating the "in motion" effect. Others were taken as the light rose sufficiently for normal exposures as we followed them in the street and into the Temple.