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A boy wake a cock by spating water. Many thanks for your time.

I really like this photo.

Beautiful !!!

Very good work ...lovely.

Fantastic capture.

Rarindra, this is strange and beautiful (Who would spit on a chicken?) So crisp and lovely, though. I am still very curious about your post processing with many of your photos. I would so like to see an original file to see how much different the light is. Cheers.

dahsyat perpaduan momen + lightingnya!

Fantastic shot...excellent moment, light and composition...my best

Excellent work, bravo.

That's nice...... 7/7

Excellent!!!

my compliments on a fantastic shot

fantastic image, great light. regards, erik

Just excellent Rarindra. Your mastery of light is wonderful.

 

All my best, Bill

Excellent lighting and timing. I love how the water spray is so sharp, and illuminated.

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Very nice shot in terms of lighting and moment capture.

A little hot at bottom center. Other than that, It's a beautifully done capture of the moment. The spray & Irim light on the boy really make it come alive

Love it! Reminds me so much of my childhood. On the content of this photo, I wonder how many actually knew that it is NOT water the boy is spatting? How many knew that it is rice wine (or similar) which is used to:
(1) heal the wounds from a recent cockfight
(2) numb the upper neck to head skin of the cock
(3) after the wine, the cock's neck/thigh is then applied with turmeric so it'll eventually turn into red skin
Click here: http://www.ganoi.com/cockfighting.html if interested...

Rarindra achieves such sublime control of light, that his photos all have a painterly quality. Many of his photos are back-lit. It's a good lesson in lighting, IMHO. I really like the lighting in this one - a warm glow, perhaps from a gold reflector? I can only guess that Rarindra is very quick with setting up his lighting, because so many of his photos, like this one, contain a sense of spontaneity.

Now this picture has meaning... Thank you Terrence. Moment and light are perfect... Light in front of his body is reflected form the ground? In this composition the 'spry' action seems to be the main subject... I would prefer the boy instead. Great shot...

i really liked the light in this image, it`s what makes it for me.

Amazing ones.. your work always outstanding and awesome !!! congrats... :)

Terrance,
very interesting about the rice wine. Thanks

Nowhere near the best of Rarinda's ouvre, but a nice image, nonetheless. Like the earlier commenter mentioned, the image could be improved tremendously by either cropping out or toning down the hot bed below, but, hey, it is not my picture. Also, what is the child doing blowing water at a fowl's face, anyway?