Wat Chaiwatthanaram, a photo from Ayutthaya, Central

Photographer's Note

慉yutthaya - Wat Chaiwatthanaram�

Wat Chaiwatthanaram is a Buddhist temple in the historical park of Ayutthaya, a city of about 70.000 inhabitants located 100 kilometers north of Bangkok.

The wat is considered one of the most beautiful temples of Ayutthaya and is visited by many tourists, Thai as well as foreigners.
The temple can be reached along the road and along the river.
Its construction started in 1630 and it was built in the Khmer style which was popular at the time.
Wat Chaiwatthanaram means 'the temple of the long reign and the glorious era'.

I was surprised that many Thai visitors had put on beautiful traditional clothing.
Upon inquiry it turned out that there was a shop nearby that rented out these traditional clothes for the time of the temple visit. A lot of Thai wore the beautiful clothes during their visit and liked to take pictures of each other. They also liked the fact that foreigners photographed them like this. Lucky me :)

The best time to visit the Wat Chaiwatthanaram is just before sunset. I was there two days in a row at that time.
Unfortunately I don't have any photos of the temple during the day. After all, Ayutthaya has many more interesting temples. Tourists who enjoy visiting temples should definitely include Ayuttaya in their itinerary.

Fis2, holmertz, pajaran, jean113, jean113, pierrefonds, ikeharel, COSTANTINO, papagolf21, jhm, worldcitizen, adramad, clic, macjake has marked this note useful

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Fis2 (170861) 2020-05-28 10:06

Witaj Paul!
Wonderful view, the beautiful temple.
Excellent POV, colors and light.
Very well done my friend.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

holmertz (102774) 2020-05-28 10:10

Hello Paul,
Interesting photos in the WS but certainly the best view and most pleasant composition is shown us in the main photo. The warm evening light has given the Khmer style pagodas a wonderful glow and the nicely dressed people on the lawn gave you a good foreground. It could have been an option to crop the right part with the scaffolding without totally spoiling the composition, but I still prefer this wider view.
Kind regards,
Gert

Tue (92470) 2020-05-28 10:38

Hallo Paul,
Een fantastisch gezicht op deze indrukwekkende stenen torens van de tempel en de vele details die scherp op de foto staan. Het warme licht was schitterende en gaf een gouden gloed aan de gebouwen, die ervoor zorgt dat ze mooi afsteken tegen de lichtblauwe lucht. De mensen geven een rustige sfeer aan de foto.
Lars

pajaran (115989) 2020-05-28 11:15

Pozdrav.
lepi pogledi, dobar tekst ...
Lepo mesto i stara arhitektura. Lep Budisticki hram.
Lepo pokazano sa fotografijama u radionici, dobro uhvacen trenutak sa posetiocima.
Zelim vam sve najbolje.
Paja.

Greeting.
nice views, good text ...
Nice place and old architecture. A beautiful Buddhist temple.
Nicely shown with photos in the workshop, well captured moment with visitors.
I wish you all the best.

Silvio1953 (221729) 2020-05-28 12:11

Ciao Paul, great view of fantastic temple, lovely composition with nice people, wonderful warm colors, excellent clarity and fine details, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

jean113 (27893) 2020-05-28 12:20

Hello Paul, I found your notes very interesting, especially about being able to hire clothes to wear for the visit to the Temple.
I find the Wat very beautiful. I am in awe of the people who built the complex.
The people nicely animate your scene. I like the soft light that shows off the colours and features of the building.
Thanks for sharing,
kind regards, Jean.

GyurMaster (24840) 2020-05-28 12:43

Hello Paul,

Excellent postcard with nice colours and lights thanks to the setting Sun!

Best Wishes,
Gy.

emka (158204) 2020-05-28 13:42

Hallo Paul,
Prachtig uitzicht op deze indrukwekkende tempel in Ayutthaya. Mooi licht 's avonds. Interessant dat men voor een bezoek een traditioneel kleed kan huren. Maar hetzelfde was op sommige plaatsen in China, in de provincie Yunnan, en ik veronderstel dat dat ook in Iran is. Geweldige kans voor de fotografen. Ik weet niet meer of ik deze tempel in Ayutthaya heb gezien, maar ik denk van wel. Misschien zou ik dit onderdeel in de steiger afsnijden. Wees voorzichtig MAlgo
PS. Ik heb geprobeerd te vertalen met de vertaler DeepL. Ze zeggen dat het beter is dan Google. Wat denk je?

Ilonka1974 (10305) 2020-05-28 13:46

Hi Paul,
Wonderful shot.
Beautiful place, very nice light and colors.
Lovely composition.Perfect quality.
Very well done.
Best regards
Januz

pierrefonds (114536) 2020-05-28 15:54

Bonsoir Paul,

La pr閟ence des personnes anime la sc鑞e. La prise de vue permet de voir les d閠ails du temple bouddhiste Wat Chaiwatthanaram� La lumi鑢e met en valeur la beaut� des couleurs. Bonne soir閑.

Pierre

ikeharel (113427) 2020-05-28 21:39

Good morning Paul,
fantastic golden colors of the temple complex, each of the different towers shown in fine manner, good scale with people around and clear image outcome.
Have a nice Friday,
Ike

*** I did not fly at all, not this airplane anyway, nor I think it flew recently. Thanks.

COSTANTINO (116580) 2020-05-28 23:02

Hello dear friend and have a nice day
and a happy weekend
the warm evening light
adds beauty to this
capture which has great
originality
regards
Costantino

jemaflor (147224) 2020-05-28 23:20

salut Paul,
int閞essante architecture, d閜aysante pour nous. Superbe tonalit� chaude avec cette jolie luminosit� bien captur閑, bon effet avec ces personnes en tenue locale,parfaite nettet�.

papagolf21 (152607) 2020-05-28 23:34

Bonjour, cher Paul,
Et dire qu'il existe de telles merveilles � travers le monde et ici particuli鑢ement.
J'aime la prise de vue avec ces personnages qui profitent simplement de la vie !
Amiti閟
Philippe

ifege (48159) 2020-05-28 23:36

Hi Paul
We can see the variety of people both local and foreign in the photo. The large version is superb with great colour and detail.
cheers
Ian

Miguel82 (47110) 2020-05-29 3:12

Hallo Paul, i never visited Ayutthaya. These ancient temples in stone are fantastic to discover. Some Thai tourists are wearing traditional clothes. The afternoon sunlight is bathing the towers. Fine colors, good sharpness, interesting photo note, regards.

lousat (139332) 2020-05-29 4:03

Hi Paul,great report another time,this time from one of the most famous place of Thailand,a must to visit for tourist. I like your choice of different hours and lights,the main pic is the correct choice for me,in fact this light so warm is amazing! Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

jhm (211736) 2020-05-29 10:58

Dag Paul,

We zijn toevallig buren op TE vandaag.
Opnieuw heb ik uw foto geopend in groot formaat an opnieuw zijn detail goed en aangenaam om naar te kijken.
De torens zijn heel mooi en de mensen zorgen echt voor een detail als schaal vorming
Ook de foto met steiger om te restaureren
is goed geplaatst.
Zeer mooi foto werk

Mooi pinkster weekend gewenst,
John

worldcitizen (16104) 2020-05-29 13:16

Hello Paul,
I like the way the fading light brings out the rich color of the temple. The colors are so earthy and beautiful. I also like the two pairs of people in the foreground, in their traditional clothes. I hope all is well. Take good care!

adramad (73006) 2020-05-30 10:02

Hello Paul.
Impressive this great temple, to which the light of the sunset gives a very beautiful reddish color, the people animate the image and give us an ideal of the great proportions of the monument.
Gorgeous POV, very pleasing to the eye.
Colorful, sharp and bright are captured effectively.
Very good composition, magnificent presentation.
Have a good weekend and keep safety.
Warm greetings.
Luis.

clic (76) 2020-05-30 13:03

Bonjour Paul Le d閏lin du soleil pare ces joyaux historiques d'un rev阾ement tr鑣 riche et cette vue d'ensemble qui est savamment parsem閑 de touristes fascin閟 par la majest� du lieu excelle par les tons discrets et charmants de l'ensemble.
Amiti閟

macjake (98456) 2020-05-31 1:00

Hi Paul
I was here way back 17 or so years ago. Time fly's. I spent a couple days in this city. To be honest, I don't recall the specific details of the city other than these temples. I do recall Thailand being VERY touristy back then, so i can only imagine what it's like now. A very pretty postcard type shot with warm warm tones with a contrasting pale blue sky, love it
cheers
Craig

mkamionka (74535) 2020-06-05 23:31

Hi Paul,
that is quite interesting indeed! I would think that people were these clothes in this area and they are just rented.
Did you rent one as well? I bet if TrekEarth would allow selfies you would be stronger motivated to do it.
Having said that I forgot to check workshop photos yet :)
Beautiful place as if from a fairy tale.
The light makes such an enormous difference, I mean comparison to the blue hour show which I already have seen.
Excellent work,
M

jmdias (115252) 2020-06-18 12:14

paul

curious these fake kmer structures, while in europe they recreated gothic and classic styles it is natural in asia they recreated their local styles too. we can have a better idea hos the original temples were. nice view of a place I didn't know.

take care

jorge