Cambodia wasn't the first humid climate where I'd forgotten about the prospect of condensation on the lens. Although condensation itself can be very beautiful, it's not something you ordinarily wish for when capturing that once-in-a-lifetime photo. It can happen when your camera is initially cooler (e.g inside a case that has been kept in an air-conditioned room/ bus) than the warm and humid outside air, such that water condenses out of the air to "fog" your lens. It typically dissipates quickly once the camera has had some time in the outside air, and the only way to counter it is to acclimatize the lens before you intend to use it. That said, condensation need not be a complete disaster. In this shot it gives the temple a surreal look, replicating the "soft focus" appearance you might tease out of a Photoshop filter (or with Vaseline on the lens if you're old-school).
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Angkor Wat at dawn, Cambodia
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