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Almost perfect aesthetically except for the hot highlights on the man's back. Bad scan possibly.

You have a very keen and sensitive eye. The power and humanity of this image is increased by the faces being out of view.

Thank you / glad that you like it. Rick: Thanks for pointing that out. I did toned the top of the back down a bit and yes, it looks much better.

Great one! I agree with the earlier comment, the out of view faces are what makes this photo work. I love the position of the dogs head, it creates a sad mood.

Good tight focus and telling story!

A very strong shot.

Taken in down-town Bangkok.

This photo really hit me, have myself been living in Bangkok for some time, and this image brought back a lot of memories.

I think its a sad and beatiful photo at the same time.

Is everybody here new to photonet? This shot has been done on here a lot. Perhaps the only original thing here is cropping the contributor down to just the arm and legs. As for telling the story in a gripping fashion, the fact that there are three beings in the photo, and you don't see the eyes of any of them, makes it less than compelling to me.

Thank you all for your comments and ratings. Bob, I don't get your point. You wrote "Is everybody here new to photonet? This shot has been done on here a lot." Are you suggesting that in order to achieve high marks in term of visual quality, an image has to be perfect in the film? Is manipulation technique of any sort automatically disqualify the work from being "original"? As far as the ethicality is concerned, I did disclosed my methods of digital alternation in the tech. detail quite clearly. This image is exactly what I imagined when I pressed the shutter. That's includes croping out the lady (contributor) which was done in-camera and later I did cropped about 15% off the bottom.. there's nothing there anyway.

 

Lastly, leaving the three faces out from the sceen was my original intention; I guess it just a different way of telling the story. You argued that this is not an effective way to communicate. I have absolutely no problem with your opinion on this part. In fact, I do respect and appreciate your rating, But your phylosophy which reflected upon the quoted sentenses puzzled me.

This photo brought a tear to my eye. Well captured!

Another good capture of yours!

Once I regreted that I did'nt have my camera with me, when I saw a similar seen to this. A dog was sitting in the middle of a stairway holding a hat in his mouth begging for money, it looked sad as this one and not less interesting, I regret that I did'nt capture it, But now I'm happy for you!

Hi Ken,

I thought I'd contact you as I'm in Bangkok for several days right now... I tried your e-mail but it wouldn't go through so I thought I'd leave a post here on one your newer shots...

 

If you've got a free evening and are keen to grab a dinner and some drinks with a fellow PN member drop me a line at my e-mail:

 

lucasgriego@hotmail.com

 

There's a good Isaan style restaurant on Soi 31(?) that's not too far from where I am staying in Siam Square (Patumwan) area.

 

I'll come back and erase this comment from your shot a bit later.

 

cheers,

Luc