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May 2010

Joyful

This image was taken in Inle Lake, Myanmar(formerly known as Burma) at a local monastery in December 2009. I have visited the monastery twice in the last two years and I have seen some of the boys on both visits. They remember me to say the least. I had brought them some photos this past December, of the year prior, and they really got a kick out of them. After being there for a couple of hours and talking with them, I asked them to jump as high as they could. They laughed so hard because at the time were not the least bit interested in embarrassing themselves. Finally after some coaxing and having fun I took the photo. As you can see, this being the first shot of many, only one boy decided to jump on the first try. The other two decided they would laugh because they weren't about to do it. After I showed them the image they all were laughing so hard. We took many subsequent photographs. It was definitely a priceless moment in my life. Thanks for viewing my images.

Canon EOS 40D and EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Inle Lake, Myanmar

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Keira Love the expression on all of them :) Thanks for sharing this great moment! on 2010-05-16, at 03:49:44	Jess Danby Great photo, makes you smile just looking at these happy faces ;-) Nice One .... on 2010-05-17, at 03:20:16
Dave Mcke Kate, Looks like we were both in Burma at the same time, Dec09, I stayed on Inly Lake for almost a week, it is a fantastic place. Thanks for sharing this story with us. Young monks are boys before they are monks and I know we don't always see this side of them. on 2010-05-31, at 19:11:56

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