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The guard
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Copyright: Yan Seiler (yanseiler) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 566 W: 137 N: 606] (6451)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-20
Categories: Decisive Moment
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Trip in Asia
Date Submitted: 2007-07-22 4:28
Viewed: 631
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Many people told me don't go to Halong Bay, so I went there as recommended... I wanted to do it my own way as my travel book suggested... Good idea, arriving late in Sin City, I look for a public boat, not enough people they told me at the harbour, funny during peak season... So I join a tour, it was so disorganized that I felt doing it on my own, good... The landscapes are stuning but all the rest... The day after I decide to leave the group, I just met 2 guys I had to share the room with, they told me that nobody noticed that I was not there even counting the participants, still everything ok on the organization's side... So I wake up at 5pm, take a public boat for Haiphong in order to see something else, 30 minutes after departure, the boat almost flipped over, all the locals where climbing the floor toward my seat, it was almost heart attack time for me...

Picture taken leaving the Titanic in Haiphong... Not so much to do there, the people are nice, it's quiet...

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Hello Yan,
A very good composition, the guard looks like he's posing for the picture but I guess he isn't. Lots of interesting details in this photo.
Gert

Hello Yan. A motive for everyday life worth seeing. Well composes. Everything in the picture has its perfect place. Center is naturally the man left in the foreground. The photo pleases me very well. Best regards, Wolfgang.

Hi Yan,
What a good image!
It calls my attention immediately.
The composition is awesome, and everything looks ok, despite the incidents mentioned in your note.
I like so much the pose and expression of the man in the first plane, as well as the others in its own business.
Plenty of things and actions to look at!
Congratulations and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

Hi Yan, a very nice daily life image of the people from Vietnam. I like the composition with the line between the main character in the forground, the guy near the bike and the guy walking on the boat. That's perfect! The lady on the right is a perfect addition.
Very pleasent image,
Nino

Je te l'avais dit: Haiphong c'est le pied...photographiquemet. J'aime beaucoup la facon don tu as cadre cette image - il y a beaucoup de profondeur et un aspect presque 3-D.
Une sacre aventure que tu nous racontes la...tu devrais ere heureux d'atteindre Haiphong!
A+
Francis

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  • berek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3880 W: 172 N: 4905] (22191)
  • [2007-07-22 22:09]

Hi Yan,
interesting daily life sense. good framing and details. have a nice week.
B.Erek

This reminds me Francis takes from Vietnam but in a whole different color tone. Your compo is so good. The guy in the foreground once again. I am learning Yan, I am learning... The exposure is very good with great detail even in the shadow zone. It's incredibly 3D. A great one.

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  • nicoz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 249 W: 14 N: 303] (1943)
  • [2007-07-23 1:49]

Salut Yan,
Ca doit etre les types de l'office du tourisme de la baie d'Halong qui ont esssaye de te noyer. Ils ont senti que t'allais pas leur faire de la pub ;-)
Bonne compo, couleurs au poil, j'aime.
Nicolas

Nice story, and I see you've managed to get your two favourite styles of hat in the one image. Not really a whole lot which stands out for me with this image I have to say...its good..but perhaps a little too plain for me, especially in comparison to the rest of your quality work.

Stanch stance compliments the stanch colors nicely. I like the composition. the man is surveying the situation; and you have displayed the thought of what he might be surveying well with the set up of the rest of your photo.
well done,
michale
I'd give you points, but my 20 critiques have ended for the day :(

hello Yan,

What an adventure !!! I hope my friend never reads this or i will not get him to Halong bay then ;DDD
I like the layer-system in the photo, giving a good depth. Also the crop of the first man is very nice.
Hope you enjoy your trip !
greetings from a stormy Belgium ... :(((
(but my flightticket to india is booked :))))))
inn

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