{"id":112353,"date":"2025-07-27T12:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T16:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=112353"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:17:04","slug":"lao-new-year-2025-thak-baht-photos-snellville-ga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/lao-new-year-2025-thak-baht-photos-snellville-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Lao New Year 2025 – Thak Baht Photos – Snellville, GA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LAO NEW YEAR 2025<\/strong><\/span>
Wat Buddha Khanti | Snellville, GA
Sunday Photos | April 20, 2025
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Hello everyone, I finally sat down and fully went through my photos from LNY back in April at Wat Buddha Khanti. You can find my highlight recap here<\/a>. Thanks to those who enjoyed my photos and shared with image credits. These photos didn’t magically come out of nowhere, much like how cultural events like this take a lot of community effort and time. There are many unsung folks who don’t get credit for helping with organizing, cleaning, parking, cooking, etc. Just doing my part with pretty pictures.<\/p>\n

Here are the photos from the thahk baht portion.\u00a0 I’ll be posting in sections! Again, on this day I didn’t shoot my main gear, just a somewhat odd loadout of:<\/p>\n

A) GFX and Nikon 35-80mm f\/4-5.6 (this lens I got literally 2 days before, and it’s quite sharp at f\/11, even manually focused)<\/p>\n

B) Nikon D5300 and 18-55mm AF-P<\/p>\n

C) Olympus E-M5 and 14-42mm<\/p>\n

D) Nikon J1 and 10mm<\/p>\n

So basically, no $$ telephotos, only affordable lenses with deep depth of field to show the most detail of the event.<\/p>\n

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I. GFX and 35-80mm (which is a good tool for more documentary style honest photos. I guess I wanted to include every detail in a photojournalistic way this time)<\/p>\n

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II. Nikon (APS-C sensor)<\/p>\n

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III. Olympus E-M5 (m4\/3 with an even smaller sensor)<\/p>\n

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Lao New Year 2025 – Parade Photos – Snellville, GA<\/a><\/blockquote>