jumping cat monastery, a photo from Shan, North

Photographer's Note

Myanmar
Inle Lake
Nga Phe Kyaung monastery
A wooden monastery build on stilts over the Inle Lake also known as the "Jumping Cat Monastery", because the monks there have trained a few cats to leap through small hoops.

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pamela (619) 2004-12-09 10:50

Unusual way to cath inmortality or more spirituality I think. But, good shot. Strange man expresion...

Pamela

markoci (3927) 2004-12-09 11:28

excellent composition, very well captured! the black bg works very well and i love how the contrasty and bright cat stands out illuminated by the flash. wonder if the plates contain food for the cats?

scalerman (26884) 2004-12-09 11:28

a famous tourist attraction too I heard. Wonderful use of your flash and quick exp. Also a humorous one...

kinginexile (2598) 2004-12-09 13:52

in the spirit of TE, can't find any better. You managed very well with the flash, all attention on the cat, while the whole scne comes out very explicitely.

alimo3 (6849) 2004-12-11 14:19

hi kris,
a beautiful picture.
i 've been to this monastery ,but i didn't take such a nice one. (not so easy to use the flash so well)
the composition is nice and you just shoot the rightr moment.
Well done.

Tom

jhm (112058) 2004-12-25 7:32

Hallo beste Chris, ik ben eens gaan bladeren in uw twee bladzijden, ik stel vast dat U reeds diverse landen heeft laten zien, maar deze foto heb ik er uitgehaald omdat dit voor mij de spectaculairste is, en ik vind deze truc met de kat de mooiste, de kleuren zijn mooi, het gezicht van de man is strak en geconcentreed, zeer scherp en mooi gepresenteerd.
Vrolijk Kerstfeest, en dank voor het bezoek aan mijn foto.

ninadev (5373) 2004-12-25 8:37

This is so surprising and refeshing scene. There are so much pics of monks doing traditional tings on this site that I almost don't open the thumbnails anymore, but here we have a scene taht is quite oirignal and so well done. As the others said the use of the flash is perfect and the frame is full of the essential things to be seen, the monk, the cat and these plates

alejandroguzman (4680) 2007-03-30 9:17

So cute !
I have ever heard anything about it.. very enteresting !

well done Kris !

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