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Bangkok Traffic


Bangkok Traffic
Photo Information
Copyright: JJ KK (jiekuan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 126 W: 7 N: 69] (328)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-12-19
Categories: Transportation
Camera: Canon PowerShot A95
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2004-12-24 12:20
Viewed: 7678
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Bangkok is notorious of it's terrible traffic jam.

Surprisingly, the road condition is very well. No even a small hole on the road. Drivers are patient and friendly, you will rarely hear car-horn sound even during traffic jam. When you want to overtake , they will give you way instead of showing you frustrating expression .

The road shown is Rama 1 Road, it has 5+1 (2 ways) lanes. Taxi drivers can easily cross lane by lane in very short distance. My experience was the taxi driver cross 5 lanes in less than 70 meters and make an U-turn to the next lane(opposite direction).

Taxis are the most colourful vehicle on the road, there are yellow+green, blue+red, white+blue,blue ... different kind of taxi. However, all taxi fare meter starts counting at 35Batt (US$0.9), it's relatively cheap compared to other cities.
jon_anzalone, pamastro, rabani, ChrisJ, mdchachi, gervaso, orme has marked this note useful
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To pnphan: No traffic jam at nightjiekuan 1 02-03 08:39
To gervaso: Rotation to make it horizontal?jiekuan 1 01-05 23:44
To RGatward: Interesting workshopjiekuan 1 01-04 05:26
To rabani: Focal Point (Anchor)jiekuan 1 12-27 21:19
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This is a great photo with brilliant colors, but as a critique I'd like to offer the suggestion to straighten out the horizon a little bit. You can see on the bridge in the back and the roofs of buildings around it that everything is leaning down to the right and it is a little disorienting.

Very good photo, the colored taxis are very interesting!

Superbe photo dans cette jungle automobile...

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  • rabani Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1322 W: 1 N: 3152] (9103)
  • [2004-12-27 20:00]
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This photo Jiekuan will teach you a lot.
1. Be careful when shooting something which has subject which shows level like horizon or the footbridge in your photo.
2. When shooting landscape, find a focal point. A focal point is a subject which draw first attention. Without a focal point, the viewer would "meander". Give them something to focus on and as an anchor.

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  • ChrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 8647 W: 911 N: 11403] (55282)
  • [2004-12-30 3:28]

Good pov & excellent colour & sharpness. Well done, JJ KK.

Hi JJ, happy new year. Just looking back at some of your recents, and this caught my eye, because I think you're looking at me again. The WS is a shot I've not posted yet, but looking at the same foot bridge from the oppoiste direction. I agree with you about the traffic. I gave up and took the sky train.

Good point Rabini makes about levelling up.

Interesting and beautiful photographs. The colors add a lot to this photograph. I only think a little rotation could make it even better.

Very nice, great daily life shot also, very colorful, interesting composition, well done.

interest street scene. wonder what it's like if this is a night shot. great capture
thanks for sharing

Very cool and colourful scene. I remember Bangkok's traffic. Nice shot!

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  • orme Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2011 W: 139 N: 1495] (6572)
  • [2005-06-07 2:47]

This is a great daily life shot from Bangkok, JJ - although it probably wasn't much fun for those sitting in the traffic. Great colour and nice detail. Well seen and framed.

This are quit a lot of cars too, but not parked so straight as in Newcastle.
Beautiful colours spread out over the picture.
groet Rob

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