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Photographer’s Note

...Jeux Sans Frontières...do you remember that summer games? many of the games have the water as principal element.

I took that image at the beginning of the U Bein Bridge, the 1,2 km long teak bridge across the shallow lake Taung Thaman , near Amarapura, township of Mandalay, just 20 km south of Mandalay city.
There was a dozen of children that playied.
It was noon or 1 p.m., there is a strong sun...and in that moment i should be come back child!

this picture is dedicated to AmiBe, 'cause he saw the U-Bein without water!

*scanned image*

p.s.
do you remember that 2 men?
the referees Guido Pancaldi e Gennaro Olivieri!

Giochi senza Frontiere
Jeux Sans Frontières

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clodreno (0) 2005-05-27 4:01

very nice image Paolo.. I do like it.. Plouf....

ben arrivato a Bologna.. caldo qui!!Mi fa bene.

gaby (19793) 2005-05-27 4:05

Hi Paolo a great shot in the decisive moment (the boy on the right) - splendid and very well composed - Thanks
Gaby

Zepi (22848) 2005-05-27 4:08

Salut Paolo,
Magnifique photo, j’adore cette scène,c'est plein de vie!
Belle lumière
Superbe travail
Amicalement
Sébastien

rbcy1974 (20742) 2005-05-27 4:12

Bongiorno Paolo
Interesting point of view, I liek the kids jumping position . Id ont know if id like to swim there though,
Cheers
Daniel

Luan (15935) 2005-05-27 4:14

Hey ! nice shot Paolo, those kids have so much energy to spend. I like the dynamic of this picture, the colours are nice, like jade or emerald.
Well done.
Luan

huynt (5077) 2005-05-27 4:21

Hi Paolo. A impressive shot. As our childhood in Viet nam too. I love this asmosphere image. Thanks for sharing

bnallama (3755) 2005-05-27 4:28

Nicely captured moment paolo. Bala

bantonbuju (48334) 2005-05-27 4:47

buon giorno paolo,
we all nedd this type of joyful photography; good to show those kids at play;
nice colours;
enjoy the weekend, jerzy

ChrisJ (69396) 2005-05-27 4:52

Bonjourno Paolo

A superb daily life shot, with excellent color, sharpness, & lighting. I like the unusually shaped boat on the river. Well done!

Haymotion (1793) 2005-05-27 4:56

Jolie composition et belle scène de vie pleine d'action !!
Beau travail
Vince

hugolef (4909) 2005-05-27 5:22

Hello Paolo
nice pic, i like this dynamism and life in your compo. nice colors, nice POV, miss a little sharpness (the resize i mean).
all these kids diving ... behind my desktop ...
Regards, hugues

marieaude (1196) 2005-05-27 5:54

Nice moment and nice photo. We can feel the entusiasme, or hapiness of those children playing in the water. Did you jump with them ??? You should. Thanks

dolin (15647) 2005-05-27 6:10

Hi Paolo.
Very good composition.
I like this mouvment and these colors...superb !!!
Interesting framing and perfect light.
Congratulations.
Fred

fixed (3831) 2005-05-27 9:47

Hi Paolo,
Belle capture !
Beau moment de vie !!
Bravo
@+
Arnaud

AmiBe (6042) 2005-05-27 13:11

Ciao Paolo and thank you for the dedicace !
Incredibile come l'acqua può montare !
very good shot, very dynamical.
You shot at the right time, felicitation.
Mmmmmm, the color of the water don't inspire me, I prefer the water of french polynesia... ;-)

jinju (14265) 2005-05-27 20:43

A picture that taes all of us back to our childhood. So simple and so easy, carefree. Thanks for the trip back in time. I also remmeber doing this kind of stuff.

weswang (18223) 2005-05-28 3:30

Hi Paolo, I guess the future Olympians are trained here. It looks that this is a very attractive place for kids to show off their skills. It looks that they were having a good time there. A well seen and well captured picture.

danielswalsh (13295) 2005-06-04 7:56

Nice shot Paolo;

You really seemed to have captured the innocence of youth here. A time when we enjoyed the simple things in life...

Nicely captured!
~ Dan

paolino (1024) 2005-06-16 4:12

Bellissima composizione, Paolo. Il bambino che sta per tuffarsi da' movimento all'intero qiuadro.
Bel lavoro
paolo

Mistral (13622) 2005-11-01 7:13

Bella immagine di movimento colta al volo.
Mi domando se una cornice bianca avrebbe dato maggior enfasi all'immagine con uno stacco più netto rispetto al nero... Mah! (Questo solo perchè TE vuole il pelo nell'uovo, eh...) :-)
Luca