Street life - No.1 Photo

Photographer’s Note

This salewoman sell breads behind the rails way, near Dien Bien Phu street in Hanoi. They earned 5$ to 7$ per day and also so they always watch out for polices to seize & keep them because sit on the rail-way is break the law.

I also post B&W version in TL. Hope you like it!

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KevRyan (22297) 2006-04-27 21:49

Hi and welcome to TrekEarth - I do like this subject but fell perhaps we see a little too much of the foreground - also because of the tilt and the balance of subject to the middle/left the overall feel of the image slides to the left - so to me it feels like there is a redundant space to the right as well as the bottom - I feel that a tighter framing of the subject would have worked better.

Interesting to see but I really think that photographically you could have achieved a better result through better composition here.

best wishes kev

cyrrhus (2878) 2006-04-27 22:26

Hi Be,
Welcome on TE... you'll discover treasures !
I appreciate the strong impact of the green bag in the center of your image. On the other hand, I am not sure the tilting effect is useful... question of taste maybe ;-)
Eric /.

FORJP001 (3819) 2006-04-27 23:49

Very interesting and unusual shot of a street scene.

The photographer's note gives useful additionnal information on this way of life.

Jean-Pierre

ALSOM (6616) 2006-04-28 8:32

Like Kev mentioned it, maybe too much foreground along with the right part of the photo. Maybe a different framing will get the lady less centered. Otherwise nice slice of life.