Chinese Tombstone in Black and White

“Chinese Tombstone in Black and White”.

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I was photographing in the rain at a Chinese cemetery in Penang.  I walked there.  It was a long walk, but it was raining and cool…and really wet.  I found a general caretaker doing some chores and I did my best to communicate with him.  I started with speaking a little in Malay, and he didn’t seem to understand me.  I know my Malay is bad, but not horrible, so I figured he didn’t know how to speak Malay!  Imagine that:  a Chinese who has lived in Penang, for like ever (probably), and doesn’t know how to speak Bahasa Malaysia.  Some Penang Chinese only know how to speak Hokkian or Mandarin.  Eventually, I realized he knew a little English.  So, we did our best to communicate in English, and I got my verbal “Okey-Dokey” to take some pictures in the junglized and wet, Chinese cemetery.  

Here is a Black and White photo of a tombstone surrounded by tall weeds and jungle “stuff”.  

RED IN THE RAIN

“Red in the Rain”

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Red Umbrella and Red Stool in the rain with a Yellow Leaf.  Me too, in the rain, creating this photograph. 🙂  When it rains most photographers put their camera gear away…I say, I gotta get out there and photograph stuff.  Just need to take a dry towel to wipe gear off occasionally.

Cemetery Tree in the Rain

“Cemetery Tree in the Rain”.

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Monsoon like rain here in Penang.  I like photographing in the rain, but, everything gets a bit wet…consequences of it all.  From 5pm yesterday to 11:30am this morning we had almost 10 inches rain.  And, it’s still raining.  For this shot I crawled into thick weeds in a Chinese cemetery near Fettes Park, just to get to the right location.  What I do to get a shot…