A Poor Mans Way to a Rich Mans Joy Photo

Photographer’s Note

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"A Poor Mans Way to a Rich Mans Joy"

When you click open this link, you will see and read all information about this location.

One of the most familiar activities here is sliding down the sand dunes.

Travelers arriving here are offered a sliding board at US$0.30 each without time limit. Besides the tool for rent, local children also need to flatten the sliding paths after each use, or remove the dry sand on surface to expose the wet and firm sand for the convenience of players.

30 cents — one has to sacrifice a half bottle of soda to buy the game.
30 cents — another person counts on each customer for the evening meal. During a lucky day, with an average of 3 customers, a kid will go home with VN$14,400 to survive.

When I shown the picture to my American friends at work, they named this "A Poor Mans Way to a Rich Mans Joy".

Please share a moment with these two children. Thanks.

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david, TRASH, NhatMinh, cyrrhus, Ramy, rtome, ChristineLe, flatwin, zips has marked this note useful

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s10001in (1485) 2006-05-10 22:36 [Comment]

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david (3978) 2006-05-10 22:40

i like it ... i think your note is great and it's a very fun image.

what do we do with 30 cents? we don't even count that as being enough money to be useful. what can you buy with 30 cents? candy? not really much more.

but 30 cents makes a difference in this picture.

i love the colours and your composition is nice. good picture!

roamermark (1588) 2006-05-10 22:40

You have chosen great light for this shot. The shadows add a wonderful texture to the sand. Your subjects are nicely composed in the shot and the colour is outstanding

Cheers
Mark

TRASH (0) 2006-05-10 22:54

Hi NgocSon:
I would like to have two remarks:

1 - Looks to me you have applied Cesar Kike Velazquez's statement real close here:
It takes a heart to take good pictures.
You got to have heart, eye and camera aligned to do it.
It is not how you handle shutter speed, ISO settings, aperture...
it is the way you feel and how able you are to seize the moment without even thinking.

2 - You also applied Robert Capa's rule of thumb so successful, "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."

Congratulations!

cyrrhus (2878) 2006-05-11 1:07

Hello NgocSon,
Vietnam is definitely a marvellous country for photographers(one of the nicest pictures on TE)....and photos like yours definitely serve to popularize Vietnam and its everyday reality.
Your composition in the warming sunset light is a masterpiece.
Thanks for sharing
Eric /.

PeterC (2242) 2006-05-11 1:39

Gorgeous light and a great composition. An excellent note too. I love the dynamism of this with the postures of the two charcters. An important message well presented.
Cheers
Peter
PS greens later

Ramy (771) 2006-05-11 3:23

Hi Ngocson,
This is a really great shot of this kid, great title of the picture as well. Very well taken and composed.
Regards, Ramy.

lesfilous (365) 2006-05-11 17:22

Hi Shailendra,
Fantastic colors and POV !!
Regards.
Fred

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betogrein (2232) 2006-05-11 21:01

Linda foto, excelentes cores e contrastes. A nota ficou muito boa. Parabéns...
Beto Grein

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ChristineLe (59) 2006-05-28 12:08

Not only I like this photo, but I admire the feelings that sent the signals from your heart to your mind, to make the click.
Most professional photographers posted their pictures to teach us... photography and points.
You posted this to draw us closer to the others' worse situation or circumstances.
Thank you, with my respect!

CL

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Yuanclarkson (38) 2006-05-28 16:40

I can say that this is the most successful capture from your gallery, both photography and accompanying notes.
Congratulations!

Yuan

flatwin (1936) 2006-08-16 14:15

bonsoir,

de belles couleurs - cadrage top -
j'adore

bravo

ngythanh (8496) 2006-10-27 10:22

I saw this picture longtime ago. It has been included to my FAVORITES since July 26 without comment, because I was in the period of "point-system OFF".
I am back today just to sincerely add two honest points to this photo that meant a lot to my feeling.
Thanks.

ngythanh

zips (1941) 2006-12-13 23:48

A great shot of this area. I found this while browsing around and the colors are fantastic.

This looks like a great place to go.

Great Job
Aloha, JB