Located 12 miles north of Angkor, Banteay Srei (967 AD), also known as Citedel of Women, houses some the finest carvings so perfectly preserved that they could have been carved yesterday. The ride on the bumpy road leading to this delightful temple of pink sandstone took more than 2 hours. The carvings are cordoned off so I could only look at the carvings from about 10 feet away. I used manual mode on my Canon 4.2 mega pixel DC to take these pictures. Banteay Srei is the place where the wealth of the elite court families is best appreciated. The pristine friezes depict Indra on three-headed elephant, man-lion incarnation of Vishnu, lustration scene, earthquake at the home of Shiva, Indra's rain and the female deity Devata.
Located 12 miles north of Angkor, Banteay Srei (967 AD), also known as Citedel of Women, houses some the finest carvings so perfectly preserved that they could have been carved yesterday. The ride on the bumpy road leading to this delightful temple of pink sandstone took more than 2 hours. The carvings are cordoned off so I could only look at the carvings from about 10 feet away. I used manual mode on my Canon 4.2 mega pixel DC to take these pictures. Banteay Srei is the place where the wealth of the elite court families is best appreciated. The pristine friezes depict Indra on three-headed elephant, man-lion incarnation of Vishnu, lustration scene, earthquake at the home of Shiva, Indra's rain and the female deity Devata.
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Right? They came out surprisingly clear adn sharp. I was using an older model of the Canon ixus, with only 4.2 mega pixel. The edges of the photos are more clear-cut than the same pictures my friend took with his Panasonic Lumix 6.1 mega pixel. I'm thinking about replacing mine with the updated Canon model. What do you have?
oh btw...I took all pictures with manual mode....
Canon is extremely easy to use...yes intuitive. I took picture of the night skyline in Hongkong with manual mode and pictures came out sharp. The newest model in the series is ixus 750 - I can't wait for the 10 mega pixel.
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