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Copyright: harry hansen (abulafia) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 830 W: 64 N: 582] (4315)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2008-01
Categories: Daily Life, Transportation
Camera: canon EOS350D, Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC macro
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): My B+W [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-03-11 10:33
Viewed: 473
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is actually not really from Thailand, and neither is it from Cambodia, as it is from no mans land between the 2 borders of Poipet and Aranyaprathet.

Interesting place really, I went there in need of an exit stamp from Thailand, to obtain yet another 4 weeks of visa, and i didn't even have to go to Cambodia, as I let one of the locals arrange it for me, so a local policeman simply took my passport, 10 minutes later he was back with the passport, complete with entry/exit visa from Cambodia:)
I know i paid a good price for the bribe, but nice to save yourself from the long hot waiting line at the counter.

I have another picture from the same place, and I wasn't really sure which one to post, so I'll attach it as a WS
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  • ifanik Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1493 W: 52 N: 2370] (13209)
  • [2008-03-12 2:53]

Hi Harry
Very beautiful b/w photo like an old picture
You have beautiful galery
Very well done
Best regards
Nick

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  • lucski Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 366 W: 10 N: 221] (3480)
  • [2008-03-12 10:18]

hi Harry
really good B&W picture, great sharp and details
kingdom of Cambodia nice place
TFS
greetings lukasz

Hi Harry, I looked at the two shots together. I like the finer grain in the first one with the street scene and the actual sign for the "Kingdom of Cambodia", though I wish you hadn't cropped it the way you did, i.e. leave the sign fully exposed, or cut it along a straight edge. In the workshop copy I liked the young woman and the boy on the bike, up front, with closer focus. In this one, you've dropped the sign, but now I don't have a complaint about the cropping. It's still a street scene, but now you have a car behind her, which didn't work as well. Tough choice, I guess if it was me, I'd have gone for the workshop copy, with the two up close and personal, but I enjoyed both.

Thanks, John

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  • crckt Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1349 W: 68 N: 1269] (6465)
  • [2008-03-13 10:58]

Hi Harry,
This does look very interesting in B/W. Good choice of medium, you have captured the daily life really well.
Thanks for sharing,
Shaeri

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