Carried Away Photo

Photographer’s Note

He spent his childhood as a boat boy, giving a hand to his parents around the Yangon docks, sometimes he turned his head around and looked with envy to the other kids playing on their bikes in the streets.

Later on, he just couldn't look away from the bigger boats, wishing they would carry him, far away from that place.

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Last night I drifted down to the docks
The water... glittering and black.
...
I thought I'd dissolve when the beacon revolved.
I just get so carried away.
Once I had a ship, yes I had a map
I had the wind like a tree has sap
I sank into these banks of clay
Carried away by Tom Verlaine - Television

euryan, fijiphil, roamermark, Luan, SelimAzad, AnimeshRay, eleparc has marked this note useful

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Mistral (13694) 2006-05-11 17:49

Bravo!
Beautiful image with a story back! With a song back...
A photo reflecting a story.
Great catch of the sad expression of this little guy, Luko. Inspiring image.
A smile
Luca

phi75 (0) 2006-05-11 17:51

Deux pouces en l'air " Monsieur Luko" , c'est du grand art!!
Un portrait sublinme, un bel équilibre dans le cadre, des couleurs naturelles et une jolie netteté sans exces.
merci.
philippe

fijiphil (1345) 2006-05-11 17:54

I would prefer to see him a bit higher in the frame. I know why you've done it like you have, the blurred boats in the background are nice but to me he seems almost incidental to the shot as a whole. It's almost like two separate shots pasted together - the background and the foreground totally unrelated. Maybe you could have taken a lower vantage point then put him to the right of the boats in a horizontal shot?

euryan (8349) 2006-05-11 17:55

The picture by it's self is one of the best portraits I've seen here on TE. But then you created a story for it that fits so perfectly, like peotry. Well done. Thanks for sharing this one.

Luan (15935) 2006-05-11 18:04

Bonsoir Luko,
un excellent flash back sur l'image de Francis, cela reste dramatique que cela soit dans ta note ou encore dans son expression. Son regard en dit long.....Un beau portrait en tous cas.
Son chapeau m'interpelle, sans vouloir me moquer, on dirait un seau customisé ?!
Luan

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clarita (654) 2006-05-11 18:22

your note matches the expression you caught on his face.
lovely portrait...it's nice bc the colours you captured in the foreground pic is a nice accent to the colours in the background of your pic.
job well done.

flydragon (0) 2006-05-11 18:23

hello Luko
vous faites un duel en Birmanie ,o)
voila un jeux qu'il est cool un roman photo
ou chacun son tour illustre l'histoire par une photo.
bon pour cette photo perso elle ne me fait pas vraiment vibrer
mais je reconnais la une belle composition, mais on connais Leluko.
A+
••simon••

roamermark (1588) 2006-05-11 18:29

Well done again. i am enjoying your portraits from Myanmar very much Luko. They are classically composed but extremely pleasing to the eye. I hope you post more of them.

Cheers
Mark

SelimAzad (457) 2006-05-11 18:40

beautiful image, amazing clarity.the look on the boy's face is candid and goes well with the theme. the boats in the background has added weight to your notes ..

AnimeshRay (8886) 2006-05-11 19:55

A bouquet of bokeh from 'Et tu' Luko! Like Francis today, this one also paints a pensive mood, but here we see a pair of sharply penetrating eyes. The space above the boy's head gives me enough perspective. But again, the bokeh is too strong for me. I wish for a bit less, perhaps a little more imperfect than these perfectly circular luminous spots. Just me! Just today, I am not in a symmetrical mood.

rosiegirl (2042) 2006-05-11 19:56

Nice follow up- you have a very creative story going on. The detail on that hat is very eye catching, but luckily it doesn't distract from his face and that puppy dog expression. I like the way the bokeh looks, but without the note I'm not sure I would have been able to guess they were boats. Nice lighting. I applaud your creativity.

Rosie

rowanb (864) 2006-05-12 1:54

i like the framing of this and the fact that we can see his eyes, a good riposte to francis' image. once again i think i would like a bit less on the bokeh , but maybe thats just me =)

PeterC (2242) 2006-05-12 2:36

Luko,
A great potrait i love the use of bokeh and the kids expression is very interesting. Really enjoying yours and Francis' shots from Burma.

Porteplume (3255) 2006-05-12 2:39

Bonjour Luko,
A lovely portrait.
Interactivity on TE goes on...
The links to Francis'photos are such a nice idea. I wonder though if you would have posted this one without "the purpose of the game". :o)
Amicalement - Viviane

yanseiler (20) 2006-05-12 2:39

Salut Luko, chouette chapeau... Superbe arrière plan avec ces bateaux colorés et une bonne netteté. Superbement composé.
A+
Yan

Furachan (0) 2006-05-12 3:28

This is the perfect "verso" to "The Low Season", Luko, litreally as it gives a future dreamer a face... Your bokeh has a crisp quality at f5.0 that I really like, much less fluffy that the dreamy f2.8, a difference purpose too. Remarkably good lyrics by Tom Verlaine. I think our friends are really enjoying this dual adventure.
-F

faubry (32323) 2006-05-12 4:42

un superbe portrait, avec un patit air narquois!! très belles couleurs, et j'aime beaucoup le vertical, bravo
francine
à demain

dolin (15647) 2006-05-12 7:16

Salut Luko.
Je trouve ce petit bonhomme très touchant, il a une attitude forte, un regard "étrange", on le sent presque un peu mélancollique.
Un vertical intéressant avec ce sujet sur le bas et les bateaux avec une chouette dof sur le haut.
J'ai un petit coup de coeur pour les teintes !
Joli
Fred

besir1 (2470) 2006-05-12 7:30

nice , but distante is this portrait Luko. You do not try to look into the person, but treat the boy as a part of a scenery

eleparc (24059) 2006-05-12 12:12

qu'est ce qu'il me veut ce mec là? tu veux peut etre ma photo? non mais! haha! j'aime bcp ce leger décalage à droite et ce fond à la fois discretement coloré et flouté

ALSOM (6616) 2006-05-12 12:52

Quoi ? Luko fait des portraits aussi ?
C'est l'eleparctite aigüe ;o) sur TE ...

La compo ici est portée et soutenue par le regard à la "U talkin to me? " de ce petit bonhomme et le rappel des couleurs gris/bleu, marron/orange, vert + les courbes du chapeau .... qu'on retrouve dans le bokeh ...

Bon week-end.

PS: Je crois qu'il manquait des lettres à ton clavier dans ton commentaire sur ma photo ;o)

onmax (843) 2006-05-13 17:28

Hola Luko, excelente toma, los colores, la luz, el foco, me gusta el retrato.
Saludos

ONMAX

johnhopkins (866) 2006-05-14 12:53

Nice shot Luko with perfect composition and framing, a great depth of field but above all the quixotic expression on the boy's face.

fixed (3831) 2006-05-14 15:55

coucou
ba moi j'adore celle-ci
rare de voir Luko faire un portrait, mais qu'est que c'est bon :)
belle introduction avec ce jaune prsque vif (mais vif par rapport aux tonalités générales de la photo)
déclanché au bon moment belle attitude et beau chapeau ;)
belle conclusion avec un arrière plan intéressant et bien géré ...
un regret c'est ce léger halo autour du visage ... naturel ? pas sûr ?
pour finir, belle harmonie de couleurs et belle note
bravo
nono