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mugush (2088) 2007-06-18 13:33

dude you are amazing! I have seen your gallery, every picture is a gem specially pictures from Pakistan are simply mind blowing. you represent daily life of Pakistan intelligently.
thanks you so much for sharing
Love
mugush

prantik (1134) 2007-06-18 14:10

It's an outstanding photo, just not a 'good photo'. Looks like the lady in burqa bought her hand bag from the same person who was in charge of the "exterior decoration" of the bus, and boy, some bus that is. The light and the the frozen moment are both fantastic. I haven't seen too many grey before in India. Is that pretty common in peshwar as oppsed to black burqas?

Best
P

CliffW (2310) 2007-06-18 15:28

I think Luko was right - it's a great photo. You've got the riot of color on the bus making up most of your background, but a tiny bit of grey peeking out of the corner for a bit of alternative reality. But of course, the woman in the burka really places a swath of conservatism right in the middle of all this color. Best is that even covered, you can see which way she's looking - at the girl who is part of the exotic colors but beginning to become entangled in the dark, somber colors herself. An interesting back and forth between two tendancies, found in one spot.

Furachan (0) 2007-06-18 18:38

It's a damn good photo, Maciej, a mature shot. Love the crazy Pakistani
bus as a backround and the shocking contrast between a modest veil and the "full burka" so to speak. More than an "art" shot this is a first class documentary shot.
Best,
Francis (Still shooting postcards...)

faubry (32281) 2007-06-19 3:44

hello Maciej, yes its a very good shot... a lot clors,and truly daily life, i like two world here, modern with little girl and with woman...
well done
francine

bfly (5737) 2007-06-19 11:23

dear Maciek, if Luko told you it is a good photo, it is a good photo :) ..but what does it have to do with TE :)...
good photos may go undermined, vice versa..
very good photo...
all the best
fusun

Luko (13894) 2007-06-22 4:14

I was reluctant to come in (as anywhere I'm expected to) and was also waiting for the others advice, but I like I told you on two other sites at least, I like it very much, one of my favorites in your photo collection because this is what travel means to me.

Completely travel, that unexpected but pleasant hit that strikes your chin when you're totally disorientated... something totally exotic happening in front of you, other cultures, other tastes, other feelings, other behaviors, other language, other meanings.

Like for instance the bus paint, who'd decorate a bus this way here? It looks like somebody had been eating a complete box of various paint tubes and while his bus journey had been severely sick... until a sudden need to relieve his sickness by the wndow.

Also there's the Afghan/pakistani burqa, like one members noticed, we're not far from afghan border, let apart (or maybe BECAUSE of) the ethics and human freedom matters, I cannot figure out something more exotic, ie. opposite to our common beliefs and way of life. I've been to Afghanistan, even now this country remains a mystery to me, I loved the people and the experience, though I can't figure any single second of sharing a similar life to afghan people. I could be a Lao monk, I could get drunk everyday with the Ibans in Borneo, weight 200 lbs eating burgers everyday in NYC, sleep with my pig in a remote village in Vanuatu but I can't see myself like an Afghani guy. I believe everyone finds an antipode, mine is Afghanistan.

Mistral (13694) 2007-08-01 13:02

Hi Maciej,
excellent dynamic image with the great colourful background of the Pakistani bus! Perfect framing, too.
A smile
Luca