A short moment of calm

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• jhonny_blue (4938)
• [2004-03-15 6:56]

Wonderful !!!!!!!!
Great moment of the life of these people ! Perfect compositions !
Congratulations !

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• clodreno (0)
• [2004-03-15 6:56]

Nice to see a different scene from you. I like it. It's also very amuzing to see that well dressed woman in the middle of this... Interesting shot.

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• jmaddocks (563)
• [2004-03-15 6:57]

Hi Maciej. Wow, the woman looms like she should be modeling for a magazine, and yet she sits amidst the chaos of this floating market. I love the clutter, the oars and the motors, and all the colours. Very Interesting shot!

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• eelliott305 (776)
• [2004-03-15 7:02]

A very busy shot. It is nice to study all the details you have shown here. All those criss-cross oars are fascinating and the boat behind looks very nice. A great shot really.

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• olli (2091)
• [2004-03-15 7:05]

Excellent composition with many interesting details. Yes, it looks like the woman should be somewhere else – great contrast between her and the "chaos". I like the light – how there are a bit darker tones in the foreground and lighter tones in the background.
Excellent capture.

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• nwoehnl (60110)
• [2004-03-15 7:06]

A deliciously busy scene, Maciek. Such an amount of different things and persons to look at - the woman in the front right seems to be ironically overdressed for the occasion. Excellent colors in this slice of life shot, well done.

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• henrye (3493)
• [2004-03-15 7:28]

Great composition. The girl is in stark contrast with the rest of the lovely clutter in the shot. Great colors too, and I like how the foreground stands out from the background. Very well done!

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• Darren (6795)
• [2004-03-15 8:10]

Good shot Maciek. This reminds me of something Luko would post actually and it is quite different from your normal stuff. The woman makes a really excellent subject, without her, this would not be near so interesting. I also like how the foreground is quite distinct from the background giving almost to levels to the photo. Perhaps the foreground is a little bit busy, but that is well beyond your control, it is where the lady was. Good shot.

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• Josh69 (1425)
• [2004-03-15 9:03]

Another nice pic! It's hard to tell what the woman is wearing, but it looks like she is dressed to go out to dinner. Nice morning light.

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• ianmcall (1213)
• [2004-03-15 9:51]

Asian rivers are much like Asian roads; chaotic, frenetic and often jammed. Catching a moment when everything is not moving is a trick. Nice patterns.

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• manny (21322)
• [2004-03-15 10:05]

Now this is the kind of shot i've been waiting from you maciek. It does look busy but my mind is also busy composing a story to this documentary nature of this shot. The paddles look very good. You certainly did a very good job here. More please...

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• gringofil (0)
• [2004-03-15 10:56]

This is very cool. Perspecive wise I really like how I'm looking through all these boats. The lady on the side makes the image happen. I just wish that she was looking a bit more into the camera to get a full perspective on her. Apart from this, great stuff.

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• torben (3061)
• [2004-03-15 14:08]

The criss-crossing mess of oars and busy background make a great contrast to the calm composure of ms. Cool to the right, almost surreal, good job!

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• eleparc (23968)
• [2004-03-15 14:36]

Not my favorite shot at first sight. too busy and chaotic.. But looking at it longer, things seem very well calmed down through this lady in black, it really help to calm things down IMO. Nice soft colors from sunrise, good DOF on the foreground. I think your working hard worked out Maciek!

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• avigur_11 (21126)
• [2004-03-15 15:50]

Such a busy scene with so many interesting details. I like this kind of motor boats, the same as they used in Thailand. Especially I like the red bottom boat on the right, which looks very interesting. Did you take a closer view of that boat? Well done, Maciek.

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• zto (292)
• [2004-03-15 16:48]

A very busy picture but somehow you have managed to bring out the girl and her calmness from this caos. That can not have been easy. Well done.

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• mortimer (128)
• [2004-03-16 1:48]

What a tangle, and, among all of that, a lady... I like very well your point of vue. Mortimer.

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• Luko (13473)
• [2004-03-16 7:06]

Yes, well seen, specially the triangle of the center paddles that includes the two guys seen from behind.

2 technical remarks on this shot and another for you personally :
- the bugger in the shot is the third guy with the cap, close to the two standing characters. He doesn't input anything but chaos in the shot, and the purpose of the shot was finding an order into that chaos wasn't it...
- I'm thinking of a wider aperture to really separate fore from background. Did you hit 2.8 on your G3?
- Maciek, you lazy guy! Cai Rang is only 50mn boat ride from Cantho and the sky is already too bright : you were supposed to wake up at 4:30 AM in order to get the sunrise in Cai Rang.

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• scalerman (19370)
• [2004-03-17 17:27]

I think the surplus of detail in this one actually makes the shot. It's really busy and that, along with your unwitting model, is what makes it attractive. Very sharp too.

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• pascalbene (1963)
• [2004-03-18 15:15]

With this pic, I have a feeling : I'm in Cai Rang. Thank you.

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• nercan (112)
• [2005-01-12 15:46]

Lovely colors.Very good scene and mood.Congratulations.

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• ewag (94)
• [2005-10-25 9:08]

and this is Vietnam for me. too much action everywhere, very chaotic. brings back memories. a year in Vietnam is enough to fall in love with that place, people and overall chaos or simply hate it. I did the first.
this is quite a different shot from what I've just seen starting from your first pics and the one that really depicts their life, sort of structuralized chaos I would say. thanks for that. I'll try to post mine soon