Tag Archives: ton sai bay I took this shot while wandering across the isthmus between Ton Sai Bay and Loh Dalam Bay on Koh Phi Phi Don. The boy was completely oblivious to my presence, fully engaged in his activity. He wasn’t going anywhere in particular, wasn’t playing with anyone else, just having carefree fun running around.  I spotted these fish from the jetty in Ton Sai Bay on Koh Phi Phi Don. What struck me was the one yellow-banded fish among this school of silver fish. Much as I looked around, I didn’t see another one nearby.  I love the tight crop on this image that eliminates the sky and thereby accentuates the height of the limestone cliffs. You can just make out a small beach and a hut in the center of the photo. The aqua water is shallower than the blue water. If you look closely you can see a thin line of aqua on the far shore also. The ferries and fishing boats typically stayed in the blue water to avoid grounding. 
[...] took this shot while wandering across the isthmus between Ton Sai Bay and Loh Dalam Bay on Koh Phi Phi Don. The boy was completely oblivious to my presence, fully [...]  You can typically find several shots from a single location if you take the time to look around. You should also take advantage of zoom lenses which are easier to carry than multiple prime lenses. My current favorite is the Canon 28-300. It’s not as inconspicuous as the Nikon equivalent (there’s a Tamron for the Canon that’s more affordable) but I’m a bit of a Canon snob. Whatever the camera and whatever the lens manufacturer, the 28-300mm range is great for travel photography.
[...] I stuck with following the longtail I’d noticed pull away from the beach in yesterday’s photo. Still using the 70-210 mm lens on the T90. The slide film was almost certainly Fuij Provia 100. [...]
[...] image below is taken from the same spot as yesterday’s image. The lens would have been a Canon 70-210, the Camera a Canon T90, but I’ve no notes on what [...]  Having captured yesterday’s shot I walked out along the jetty to get a different angle on the fishing boats – a tighter framing. Below is the result rendered in black & white, and below that the color version. As an indication of how friendly I found the local people here, note the fisherman just left of center of the photo waving at me.
[...] limestone outcrops that form Koh Phi Phi Don took literally five minutes. Having photographed the fishing boats tied up in Ton Sai Bay I walked back across the isthmus to Loh Dalam Bay and took this shot. The [...]  Below is a view of how the jetty in Ton Sai Bay on Koh Phi Phi Don used to look. The crystal clear aqua water looks so inviting. This is a view to the south-west so looking at the way the sunlight plays on the limestone hills in the background, I would have taken this later in the afternoon.
[...] captured yesterday’s shot of the jetty in Ton Sai Bay, I walked out along the jetty to get a different angle on the fishing boats – a tighter [...]
[...] the limestone outcrops that form these islands. The two boats are similar to the ones moored at the jetty in Ton Sai Bay. I’m thinking the photo was taken in the afternoon but pre ‘golden hour’. Order a [...]  Across the isthmus from Loh Dalam Bay on Koh Phi Phi Don is Ton Sai Bay. The water here is deeper so has a richer blue color when viewed from a height and a more vivid aqua color when viewed from the beach. This image was more of a stretch so it’s on the soft side but has almost a painterly feel to it. It’s again taken from the lookout point on the eastern part of the island looking pretty much south-west.
[...] is a view of how the jetty in Ton Sai Bay on Koh Phi Phi Don used to look. The crystal clear aqua water looks so inviting. This is a view to [...]  Back in the late 80′s there wasn’t a whole bunch of development on Koh Phi Phi Don, the largest of the Phi Phi Islands. The deeper bay is Ton Sai Bay to the south (left in this photo) so this is where the ferry boats pulled in to what was then a fairly circumspect pier. Loh Dalam Bay, the bay on the north, was quite shallow and at low water you could walk a long way out on the sand.
[...] another ‘street’ image I took on Koh Phi Phi Don. I was most likely wandering around the isthmus in search or food, or beer, or both. There use to [...]
[...] the way back to Koh Phi Phi Don from Koh Phi Phi Ley, having cruised by one of the caves from which the locals harvest [...] |
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by Richard Davis