Nine Dragon River Delta Photo

Photographer’s Note

Today an old scanned picture from a canal of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

*Scanned image*

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The Mekong Delta (Vietnamese: đồng bằng sông Cửu Long "Nine Dragon river delta") is the region in Southeast Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of tributaries.
The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southeastern Vietnam of 39,000 km².
The area covered by water depends on the season.
The inhabitants of the Mekong Delta region are largely ethnic Viet, with Khmer minority populations living primarily in the Tra Vinh, Soc Trang, and An Giang provinces. There are also sizeable Chinese minority populations in the Kien Giang and Tra Vinh provinces.

The Mekong is one of the world's major rivers. It is the 10th-longest river in the world, and the 10th-largest by volume (discharging 475 km³ of water annually). Its estimated length is 4,023 km. It drains an area of 795,000 km²: From Tibet it runs through China's Yunnan province, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. All except China and Myanmar belong to the Mekong River Commission. The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls have made navigation extremely difficult.
The name was originally named by the local Tai peoples as Mae Nam Khong, Mae Khong for short, meaning Kong River or "Mother of all rivers". This was picked up and phoneticized in the Chinese as Méigōng Hé (湄公河) for the external part, without realizing it became "River Kong River", the same redundancy as in English. In China for most of its length it is known as the "Lancang River" (澜沧江, Láncāng Jiāng). In Burmese, it is called the Mae Khaung (ແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ) while in Thai it is Mae Nam Khong (แม่น้ำโขง), in Laotian (ແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ) Mènam Khong, in Cambodian Mékôngk or Tonle Thom and in Vietnamese Cửu Long Giang. In Thai, Kong (Thai: โขง) is a species of crocodile; some believe this is tone-shifted from (Thai: คค) Kod, or (Thai: โต้ง) kong, both adjectives to describe curves or meanders of a river or road.

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Pascale, bostankorkulugu, RGatward, gildasjan, snunney, everlasting, eza1701, atus, delkoo, chrisnet, scobert, feather, carper, Silvio1953, danos, Wanda1, bibiweb, leo61, marknunnerley has marked this note useful

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vincz (19043) 2007-05-23 4:18

Beautiful image with suc a great POV from above. I like the strong colour treatment you did bringing so much continuity in the blue tones. Very interesting.

Pascale (10184) 2007-05-23 4:19

Bonjour Paolo
Simple et épurée cette prise de vue mais quelles magnifiques teintes.Le cadrage est parfait .
un excellent travail
Amitiés

batalay (20994) 2007-05-23 4:19

Hello Paulo,

For a scanned slide, your photo of the Mekong River displays brilliant colors and good definition. The composition is very effective, especially with the boatman going about his business, his face hidden by the straw hat.

Regards from Virginia, USA.
Bulent

rigoletto (26326) 2007-05-23 4:27

This one is a kind of cyan bombardment. Boat, cloth and reflected sky have all that cyanic touch.

ແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ

:)))

Cheers,
Deniz

bostankorkulugu (33670) 2007-05-23 4:38

i like the same -and superb- blue tone in the water, boat and his shirt... also the green dominance on the left of the compo... a beautiful image taken from a really good pov... complimenti paolo... ciao...

korkut:)

AiresSantos (42244) 2007-05-23 4:38

Hi Paolo,
Gorgeous colours in this very nice composition. Great POV, very well framed and done.
Excellent work
My best wishes
Aires

RGatward (19745) 2007-05-23 4:43

INtersting TE shot, and also a nicely worked semi-graphic compo, good work.

gildasjan (23843) 2007-05-23 4:45

Bonjour Paolo
J'apprécie ce cadrage et les teintes cyan de l'image.
Bravo
Bonne journée
Cordialement
Gildas

Dpbours (220) 2007-05-23 4:51

Hello Paolo,

Wow, nice picture you got here! Wonderful, the direct colours of the boat and the leaves combined with the reflections of green and blue tones. Good composition and sharpness is certainly okay when taking into account that we are actually looking at a scanned picture! Thanks for sharing this one with us.

Greetings, Dennis

pastadog (12821) 2007-05-23 5:15

Very pretty, Paolo, first the colors, then the clever framing, then the choice of vertical format that emphasizes the dynamics of the shot, great shot, TFS! Daniel

snunney (34998) 2007-05-23 5:25

Hello Paolo,
Excellent composition with man and boat nicely placed in the frame and the wake of the boat rippling behind. Lovely peaceful colours and very good sharpness. Very good slide conversion.

everlasting (10916) 2007-05-23 6:56

the boat looks as if its paint is being left behind in the river........very nice composition paulo, well framed and very well scanned.

jhm (82679) 2007-05-23 7:26

Hello Paolo,

For a scanning image is this absolutely very well, we see the reflections od the clouds in the Mekong river together with the boat, also a interesting note. TFS.

Best regards,
John.

eza1701 (3343) 2007-05-23 7:51

Hi Paolo,

Nice picture taken from a good angle, the turquoise colours really make it stand out.

Best regards,
Paul.

atus (15476) 2007-05-23 8:13

Ciao Paolo,
veramente bella quest'immagine scattata da un pdv perfetto e dalla formidabile prospettiva. Grazie ai bellissimi colori, la non eccelsa qualitá della scannerizzazione passa in secondi piano e sinceramente a prima vista non si nota nemmeno.
Complimenti e allora forza pool del fegato!
Attila

pablominto (40788) 2007-05-23 8:20

Hello Paolo,
A fine point of view resulting in this dynamic capture!
Interesting colours with the different shades of green, well framed situation!
Greetings,
Pablo -

delkoo (34370) 2007-05-23 8:39

bonjour paolo
excellent colours and daring POV to this old scanned image, boat and hat makes a beautiful couple in the composition.
ciao
didier

Floydian (30970) 2007-05-23 9:11

Hi Paolo,
Excellent pov for taken such an image. Something complete different then we normal see, really good one.
Great colour toning also...like this a lot.
Regards, Henk

chrisnet (20376) 2007-05-23 9:15

Hi Paolo,
Very good framing of this boat, amazing colors, really well composed and seen, good work.
Regards
Christian

scobert (5333) 2007-05-23 9:48

Hello Paolo,
A very unusual photo of the SE Asian tropics both with your POV and the light blue colors. I also like the subtle motion of the person "gliding" through the water. Great photo with fine artistry!
Stan

grattounet (0) 2007-05-23 10:07

Bonjour,
voilà une photo très sympathique bravo, belle compo
Amitié Alain

stefanocer (10408) 2007-05-23 10:11

Molto bella questa tua composizione dall'alto , complimenti , i colori per essere una foto scannerizzata non sono male , ben fatto.
Stefano.

Nicou (45003) 2007-05-23 11:10

Hello,

mangifique cette barque avec ce personnage vu de haut, le cadrage est parfait et les couleurs mangifiques.

Bravo et belle soirée

Nicou

feather (49864) 2007-05-23 12:27

What a fantastic POV. I like the way you waited until the boat was almost under you before shooting. Well done.
Kath

carper (64962) 2007-05-23 12:44

a good shot from upstairs Paolo,
very nice pov, good quality and a nice one too lookat, well done, good photojob here.
gr. jaap

michiels (4170) 2007-05-23 14:59

ciao Paolo,

Mysterious colours ... i like the grain here, the scan is very good. Great peacefull image.
greetings, inn

Wanda1 (10989) 2007-05-23 23:40

Hi Paolo,
What can I say, this is a lovely shot. The cool blues and greens really give the shot a calming feeling. Great point of view from above and a good subject.
Regards
Wanda

bibiweb (8) 2007-05-24 0:17

Ciao Paolo,
The quality of the scan is very good and I find that the dominant blue and green tones give a relaxed atmosphere to the photo. It's a nice view from above on this boat, almost as if we were spying in on the solitary boatman.
Regards, Brigitte

danos (32618) 2007-05-24 3:45

Ciao Paolo,
It's a wonderful graphical place with very creative perspective.Your point of view gives such fine lines to your composition with this wonderful view of the river with the fisherman.The quality for this scan shot is great.Excellent the light and the colours.Well done.
Regards,Danos

PS Just finished the Final of Champions League with the Milan Champion of Europe.Congratulations

Silvio1953 (41941) 2007-05-24 8:47

Ciao Paolo, buona la qualità, nonostante la scansione, e bellissimo POV, splendidi i colori e l'ambientazione, bravo, ciao Silvio

photographer123 (5759) 2007-05-24 11:57

hi...
very very good shot...what a color ..nothing to say well done...subir

leo61 (43438) 2007-05-24 13:50

Hi Paolo!
Fantastic green and turquoise tones.Excellent POV ,nice perspective and it`s nice to see the motion.A great shot.
Regards,Leo

marknunnerley (2768) 2007-05-25 12:03

Great mix of colour Paolo with the blues and greens as well as a lovely pov. AS usual, superb notes. Must take you ages! Have a good weekend.
br
mark

caballl (17) 2007-05-25 17:54

quelles couleurs !!! on sent presque l'odeur des citronniers

superbe ...!

delic (6735) 2007-06-01 11:21

Ciao Paolo,
Those colors seem to have jumped from an impressionist's palette. The viewpoint is fantastic; don't know how you quite got it. Perfect timing freezing the rowing action. Excellent work!
Hakan

Bluejeans (32473) 2007-06-09 10:50

Ola Paolo bonita foto deste homem neste pequeno barco a remos , gostei dos tons verdes ,parabens!!!
um abraço Gonçalo

coco (27876) 2008-01-22 13:41

Hi Paolo.

Nice idea and good quality on this picture.
Maybe the quality of the scan is not the same... however, nice work.

Regards.