Doc Let have the cure! Photo

Photographer’s Note

We rested 5 days in Nha Trang, THE beach of Vietnam.
In the '98 Nha Trang was in a construction boom period, many men at works, some sckyscrapers under construction in front of the sea, too much traffic jam, and, the biggest problem, too many jellyfish in the water.
So we rented a motorbike and went away to explore the closest coastline.
We visited the Unesco site of My Son Sanctuary, a wonderful place in the forest full of Champa ruins.
The day after we read on the Lonely Planet about the white sandy beach of Doc Let, 45 km north of Nha Trang.
Doc Let is a beach, nothing more. in the 98 there was only one small restaurant/bar in more than 12 km of beach!
Of course the beach was completely empty, there were no one. no one!
We were in 8 people, all knew in Saigon in the first days of holidays, a couple of Roma, one of Utrecht and one of Oslo.
We had fantastic good time in that long white beach, with a good sea with high wavesm strong wind and a fantastic shadow area under the palms, drinking cocoonut milk and fresh Saigon Beer!

*Scanned image*

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Cure For Pain

Where is the ritual
And tell me where where is the taste
Where is the sacrifice
And tell me where where is the faith
Someday there'll be a cure for pain
That's the day I throw my drugs away
When they find a cure for pain
Where is the cave
Where the wise woman went
And tell me where
Where's all that money that I spent
I propose a toast to my self control
You see it crawling helpless on the floor
Someday there'll be a cure for pain
That's the day I throw my drugs away
When they find a cure for pain
When they find a cure for pain
When they find a cure find a cure for pain

By Morphine
1993

AiresSantos, arindam_thokder, AnneFrance, PixelTerror, efigesta, Quentin, RGatward, bantonbuju, starbug, alejandroguzman, feather, MOULIGVC, MLINES has marked this note useful

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Zepi (22848) 2005-11-22 3:54

Hello Paolo,
Très belle image
Encore une fois, j’adore le rendu des couleurs et le modelé de ton scan !
Belle atmosphère, cette femme apporte beaucoup ici !
Superbe travail
Merci pour le partage
Amicalement,
Sébastien

bantonbuju (48334) 2005-11-22 3:55

ciao paolo, a cool image - lonely woman, vast, natural and clean beach, excellent dream-about-the-sea colours; very attractive image;
have a nice day, jerzy

ArtLook (2332) 2005-11-22 3:59

Hi Paolo,
Beautiful landscape and very nice composition with the woman. I like this photo very much. Nice colors, sun light and shades. Very good shot, BRAVO!
With BEST regards,
Arthur

barrufeto_77 (25601) 2005-11-22 4:01

Hi Paolo.

A lovely composition.

Very good work!

RGatward (19737) 2005-11-22 4:14

Nice result, looks like a publicity photo for a travel brochure, very professional.

Quentin (5278) 2005-11-22 4:30

Hi Paolo
I really appreciate the colours of your picture! The scene is
also very beautiful ;-) Good composition well contrasted!
Regards
Quentin

t0mmm1 (5434) 2005-11-22 5:01

Ciao Paolo,
questa e' proprio una scena non comune. La spiaggia cosi bella e deserta... E' bellissima la sensazione di starsene la tutto solo soletto... Certo che tu sei proprio maestro per trovare posticini cosi.

eloisa (182) 2005-11-22 5:02

mi piace la tua donna sotto le nuvole. tutti questi blu e marroni. si. accidenti mi vien voglia di mare.

efigesta (12181) 2005-11-22 5:20

Ciao Paolo, que superb pic, with a great color, and remeber me the beach and sun and hollidays :)

I like it so much

Regards MAnuel

dolin (15647) 2005-11-22 5:39

Hi Paolo.
He he he....petit coquin.
Tu sais faire venir les gens dans ta galerie toi ;)
Une jolie femme avec une belle attitude, les mains dans les cheveux.
Un jeu d'ombre et de lumière au sol, de beaux nuages qui viennent habiller ce ciel et de belles teintes comme souvent dans tes images.
Joli
Fred

PixelTerror (85994) 2005-11-22 5:48

Ciao Paolo,
This composition illustrates a certain tendancy to "luanize" your photos ;-)
Looking at it I feel like I need holiday, you got here a very feminine attitude to complement this nice beach photo.
Buona giornata,
Jean-Yves

jinju (14265) 2005-11-22 6:58

Lonely, and lovely woman on a beautiful deserted beach. paolo, you are one lucky man. Awesome colors and again a very successful scan!

AnneFrance (921) 2005-11-22 7:29

Hi Paolo,
great shot again,
the colors are great, beautifull compo with the woman on foreground!
A-Fr

richtersl (3544) 2005-11-22 7:54

Great colors and ambiance! As Richard pointed out, it does look like a photo for a travel brochure. Very nice work.

arindam_thokder (3946) 2005-11-22 8:13

Hello Paolo,

Nice atmosphere, The Sky and clouds in the B/G is simply SUPERB. I like the Deep Blue color of the see in the horizontal line. Excellent capture, very good scan.

Arindam

pablominto (39884) 2005-11-22 8:17

Hi Paolo,
I like your composition here! Good POV and the sky is beautifully reproduced... Amazing green waters
Regards,
Pablo -

Cricri (42773) 2005-11-22 10:49

Bonjour Paolo, une belle plage paissible, composition, couleurs naturel, cette femme les mains dans les cheveux donne un plus à cette image.
Amitiés
cricri

starbug (6924) 2005-11-22 10:53

a relaxing view again, reading your note i'm missing empty sunny beaches again:-)great colours, a holiday atmosphere, the lonely woman enjoying the calm day... a photo perfect for a grey and cold autumn afternoon:-)
best regards
A.

alejandroguzman (4672) 2005-11-22 12:41

Very well composed Paolo... Great colors and lightness.

hugs
alejandro

recepyuksel (17786) 2005-11-22 13:26

i only want to say : perfect....

rbcy1974 (20742) 2005-11-22 18:06

Hello Paolo,
Very nicely cpatured beac athmosphere, the lady seems very relaxed in this beach,
very well captured,
regards
Daniel

gaby (19793) 2005-11-23 1:35

Paolo bonjour - grandes couleurs y compris dans le maillot de bains et superbe atmosphère - cette plage est réellement splendide -
Merci et bonne journée
Gaby

eco (84) 2005-11-23 4:14

Hello Paolo

I like this view,
lonely woman, natural beach, good composition,
very attractive scene, good work,
best regards, rafal

faubry (32197) 2005-11-23 4:38

hello, beau rendu pour une image scanée, belles couleurs, et j aime beaucoup cette composition, cette image n a pas vieilli!
merci
francine

feather (49848) 2005-11-23 8:12

It looks like a picture from a magazine. Superb composition, well done
Kath

erdna (5346) 2005-11-23 22:47

Everything in this picture looks so nice Paolo! The cloud formation, the mountains, the sea, the sand, even the woman figure and the composition.

Also, thank you for your comments on my photo, "Bellagio Hotel and Casino".

Andre'

cessy (13647) 2005-11-24 3:40

wow... perfect for publicity travel for this place !!
looks like a wonderful place, nice beautiful and quite beach
perfect addition of beautiful woman

AiresSantos (41272) 2005-12-04 9:43

Hi paolo, I like to see the woman in this fantastic composition.
Good balance of colors. The shadows are very interesting this context.
Lovely clouds and good contrast,
Have a nice day,
Aires

MLINES (10840) 2006-05-17 18:07

Pablo, Your composition adds a bit of glamour to this beach scene. Good colours. Murray.