With the exception of one night in Yangon for our farewell dinner, the Inle Lake region is the final stop on our Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour.  Inle lake, located in the heart of the Shan Plateau is a beautiful highland lake, 900 meters above sea level. The lake is 22km long and up to 10km across at its widest section. The entire area is inhabited by many different ethnic groups.  The Intha people are the Lake dwellers who exhibit a unique leg rowing technique. Inle lake has so many interesting things to photograph including hill tribes, Leg-rowed traditional boats, local markets, floating gardens, and arts and crafts. We spend 2 nights in over-water accommodations and another 2 nights in the shoreside town of Nuang Shwe. I’ll share 22 images from the first two days at Inle lake and then follow up with another blog post from our stay in Nuang Shwe. Enjoy.

Quick stop for a few photos at a Heho market barber shop en route from the airport to Inle lake.

Above and below: In order to get a unique perspective, sometimes it is necessary to place your camera on the ground and pre-set the auto-focus point where you expect the main subject to appear in the frame (in this case, on the right third). As subjects pass by, trip the shutter and hope for good results. It takes a fair amount of practice and you’ll end up throwing away many of your shots, but you might find a few that you really like!

Talented local artist proudly displays Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party logo, on his paint-supply box.

Weaving with the local padonma-kya lotus plant is unique to Inle Lake. Here a worker begins the process of creating lotus fiber thread.

 

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10 Responses to “Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour: Two Days Afloat On Inle Lake” Subscribe

  1. Ursula March 9, 2013 at 9:06 am #

    Wow!!! Just wow.

  2. Catherine Wisner March 9, 2013 at 9:51 am #

    Usula, they make you want to go back and capture the images all over again doesn’t it?

  3. Celso Mollo March 9, 2013 at 12:26 pm #

    Fantastic Man!

  4. Barbara Colbert March 9, 2013 at 1:01 pm #

    Beautful as always. And appreciate the tip for your “on the ground” technique!

  5. Ian Mylam March 9, 2013 at 2:49 pm #

    Wonderful images, Karl!

  6. Karl Grobl March 9, 2013 at 3:00 pm #

    Thanks Ian, I appreciate the compliment….and I’ve been enjoying your recent posts to the Photography Friends Facebook page! Keep them coming. Cheers Karl

  7. Lisa March 9, 2013 at 3:00 pm #

    Karl, these are gorgeous images – the first one completely rocks! Thanks for sharing!

  8. Lisa Merrill March 9, 2013 at 3:48 pm #

    Karl,
    I so enjoy traveling vicariously with you and savoring your slices of life from Myanmar. Beautiful, exciting, captivating work!

  9. Janet Marsh March 9, 2013 at 8:33 pm #

    Been following your Myanmar blog. Would love to go one day. Keep me dreaming.

  10. Paurav March 14, 2013 at 6:01 am #

    All photos are great. The 1st one is superb capturing the Sun.
    All photos shows routine busy and happy life gestures!

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