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The all-white Wat Rong Khun temple with its spiked roofs and carved balustrades, reflected almost perfectly in the pond in front of it under a blue sky.

Wat Rong Khun

Chiang Rai, Thailand. 2022

The White Temple is brighter in person than in any photograph I have seen of it, mine included. The artist Chalermchai Kositpipat began rebuilding it in the late 1990s, and it is still being added to: white plaster and small mirrors, so the whole building throws the sun back at you.

I used the pond in front of it. The reflection is almost as sharp as the temple, and it doubles every spike on the roof.

Place

Chiang Rai, Thailand
19.8243° N, 99.7632° E

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Camera

Body
Sony A6000
Lens
Tamron 17-70mm F2.8
Settings
17mm · f/5 · 1/1000s