Photographs From 2nd Visit

The photos below are the edited photographs from my 2nd visit to the temple. The photographs don't look to bright in colour which is what I wanted as I still think colour can interrupt the context of the photo. Saying that the photos would not look right in black and white as I said in the last photo editing post.

I really love how the monks interact with each other. when I was watching them they just act like young men when they are not chanting,meditating or excepting donations and prays.

While the monks were accepting the donations their is a CD playing which has a group of monks chanting which is quite relaxing.The monks interact with the visitors to the temple with ease and they always have a smile on their faces. in the middle photo you can see to the bottom left corner of the photo you can see a woman who is part of a group who are sitting talking to each over and the monks.

The monk ( I would say his name if I knew how to spell it) above always looks  relaxed. this was taken shortly after the after lunch and the short chanting and meditation be for the gifts from the visitors are given. I sat to the right of the room to photograph what I could see.

I really like photographing the monks interacting with different people. You can alway tell when the monk knows the person he is talking to as he becomes more animated by leaning forward to catch what they are saying . The woman in the photograph is one of the people who all the monks get along with quite well as she takes them out to other parts of the north east and I hope to join her some time in the future.