Bangkok

Photographer's Note

I come back to my Songkran 2550 theme with this scene where about fifty people brought a huge sound system and started dancing in the street as if it was a discotheque... The central character with blonde curly wig, is a man... with huge tits which he was showing to everyone... cars, bikes and passer byes... He was very drunk(so were almost all participants to that street party!)...and very funny...
In the WS I ll post a close up of the stomping legs on the wet asphalt!
Hope you'll like it!

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robertosalguero (292) 2007-04-28 4:54

Nice, colorful and interesting. I like the street scene because of the funny theme and characters. It does look like they are having a fun moment as they enjoy the water and music. Nice work Laurent :-)

Roberto

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InasiaJones (31566) 2007-04-28 5:07

Salut Laurent,

Je comprends que si tu avais eu une Nikon, ce n’aurait pas été grave, mais je trouve tu prends de gros risques avec ta Canon...

Toujours rigolo de voir des gens en perte de contrôle avec quelques verres dans le nez. Ta photo rend bien l’atmosphère festif et le soleil en fin de course permet un éclairage bas et chaud. Les thaïs savent bien s’amuser... Sanuk!

Bon week-end!

André

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maltese (22909) 2007-04-28 6:25

Salut Laurent
Une superbe série, tu as bien saisi ce moment de fête!
Encore une très belle lumière accentué par les reflets sur la route mouillée.
Du très bon boulot
Amicalement
Hervé

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P-S-I-G (25536) 2007-04-28 6:43

Salut Laurent,
Une composition de rue très riche avec toutes ces attitudes. Belle scène prise.
Amicalement,
Fabrice

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ChrisJ (171822) 2007-04-28 8:12

Bonsoir laurent

Looks like a lot of fun. A superb daily life scene, with good colour, sharpness, & pov. Merci pour le partage!

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evanrizo (462) 2007-04-28 8:12

Salut Laurent. It looks like a theatre scene.
I like the funny ton very much, they had a great time there-:)
Nice action from you.
Evan

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sothy81 (9646) 2007-04-28 9:25

Hey Laurent, this is another great and fun picture from Thailand. Wonderful. I can see that there are a lot of fun going on there. Well shooted. Sothy

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AROBN54 (11475) 2007-04-28 11:03

Hi, Laurent,
Another fine street scene. I love the way you handle the light in these. The color and detail are great and they all look like they're having such fun. Really enjoyable!! Kind regards,
Shelly

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stego (24132) 2007-04-28 12:16

Salut Laurent,
Another joyful shot, very interesting for the life so well captured. It's amusing to see that the elders also participate actively on the party. Very well seen.
Amicalement, José.

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ALIRIZA (16423) 2007-04-28 12:39

Hi Laurent,
Very nice street scene, funny. I like fun moment with water. Well done my friend...
Have a nice weekend...
Ali Rıza

bostankorkulugu (42866) 2007-04-28 13:13

seems like they are having fun :)... a very good daily life shot with happy people, i like the tight framing in this one... congrats laurent...

bon weekend

korkut:)

chrisnet (23062) 2007-04-28 14:08

Salut Laurent,
Un bon moment de joie dans les rues de Bangkok, bon rendu de cette atmosphère festive.
Amitiés
Christian

syd1946 (1167) 2007-04-28 15:09

Hi Laurent,
Very enjoyable scene!Great captured of the rhythm most of all.
Wonderful daily life shot,excellent exposure, full of fun!

Have a nice weekend,

Thomas

imrek (4) 2007-04-28 15:39

Salut Laurent,
very nice daily life scenery from streets of Bangkok, very good light and focus!!!
have a nice WE!
imre

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cessy (13647) 2007-04-28 16:52

Hallo Laurent
excellent capture of this festival
never seen asia - bangkok with street festival like this (just seen it in europe)
the expressions, the light, all are nicely captured

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Gerrit (62042) 2007-04-28 18:18

Hi Laurent,
Hilarious picture and a little sad at the same time. Well seen and taken.
Regards, Gerrit

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ribeiroantonio (22730) 2007-04-29 3:30

Crazy water festival. I was in Burma during the New Year’s festival. See my pictures here. I do not know in Thailand but in Yangon was absolutely wild. Well done.
Antonio

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axiotea (21651) 2007-04-29 3:34

Hi Lo,
je m attendais à voir une photo du Cambodge, mais bon tu as bien fait de publier celle ci que je trouve très spontanée. Ils ont l'air de bien s'amuser et ont tous des postures différentes. Jolie lumière et couleurs bien rendues.
A bientot
Marilyn

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saylan-cb (12738) 2007-04-29 3:49

Hi laurent
Nice shot!interesting composition, superb life scene.Great colours sharpness, & POV,well done
TFS/Regards

Cricri (176) 2007-04-29 4:02

Bonjour Laurent,
Superbe image, pleine d'ambiance, de rire, de joie qui fait plaisir a voir, avec beaucoup de détails, geste et couleurs, bien le WS
bon dimanche a toi
cricri

kiwi_explorer (12209) 2007-04-29 4:21

Hi Laurent,
Well captured scene ... yes, it is quite funny... good street fun. Well done!
Cheers,
Renier

cobbydale (1958) 2007-04-29 6:12

Excellent capture of a bizarre street scene Laurent. I could take a guess at the nationality of the guy in the wig but I won't ;-)
cheers, Leon.

kermit350 (9016) 2007-04-29 8:07

Hello Laurent, la liesse spontanée de ce peuple en délire se ressent à l’image, tu fais bien d’écrire dans ta note que c’est un homme qui se déguise en femme, sinon bonjour la dérive, surtout avec les vêtement mouiller risquerai de transformer cette fête de quartier en série genre alerte à Malibu, enfin tant que tu ne vois pas arriver notre ami, " Aldo " dont soit dit en passant j’apprécie le travail,
c’est que cette fête reste bon enfant, la joie sur les visages associer au moment idéal de prise de vue rend cette photo festive agréable et la joie de ces gens est communicative, bien amicalement

doubay (674) 2007-04-29 15:25

Hi Laurent,
great snapshot. The whole situation looks really weird. Great timing!
Best regards
Andreas

vincz (19113) 2007-04-30 2:42

Quel cliché inroyable! Ca c'est de la fet delirante et ton timing est abolument parfait pour attraper cet homme dans un etat d'ivresse avance. je n'etais jamais a Bangkok a ce moment la mais faudra que je m'arrange une foi pour voir ce delire. Bonne journee!

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2007-04-30 7:15

Hi Laurent.

Again, a nice picture to introduces us to this event. The light, as usuall, is excellent.

Rgs, Oscar
PS: Nice picture in your intro jejejejejeje

flory (4848) 2007-04-30 7:15

ciao Laurent,
funny scene,is good to see people enjoying..:)and you captured very well their happiness..especially like the central subject..:)good exposure,full of rythme this pic..
nice day,
flory

AiresSantos (56155) 2007-04-30 8:04

Very nice capture of this street discotheque my friend !
Excellent POV, sharpness and colours.
Nice work Laurent !

Aires

Polonaise (5802) 2007-04-30 8:14

The greatest thing on earth...
An ability to behave foolishly...To have fun...Un-restricted fun...
The second greatest thing...To be able to be one of them, to fool around with them...To take the pictures of them...!!!!
(:-)))))))))))))))))))))))

All the beast, dear Laurent...
keep having fun.
After all... The life isn't that serious...isn't it ?
george

Silvio1953 (221593) 2007-04-30 8:49

Hi Laurent, lovely dancing people on the street, great and original composition full of life and splendid colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

cunejo200 (7281) 2007-04-30 10:41

What a fun scene captured. Good thing your camera did not get wet. Well done - good exposure and sharpness. Best wishes - Danilo

leo61 (0) 2007-04-30 13:30

Hi Laurent!
I hope your camera is waterproof....or they did take care about you.
It`s a funny and joyfull Image with good light and great contrast.
Regards,leo

jhm (211736) 2007-04-30 14:14

Hello Laurent,

Dancing in the street, absolutely a nice title for this picture, everyone have great pleasant moments included the water, after thirty day without rain in Begium can here a little bit water well come, nice composition too. TFS.

Best regards,
John.

feather (51130) 2007-05-03 12:53

I wonder how long the sound system lasted with all the water being thrown around! Good action shot of all the activity. Was the man in the wig a ladyboy?
Kath

pablominto (53746) 2007-05-06 15:43

Hallo Laurent,
Seems like they are having fun!
A colourful documentary from the streets of Bangkok, showing one side of the daily life...
Situation is well framed, and it is interesting to study the interaction between some of the individuals!
Greetings,
Pablo -

banyanman (7797) 2007-05-09 7:46

Hi Laurent. This is a good supplement to your other recent Songkran post - plenty of dynamism in this shot for sure. I assume the drunk guy in a wig is a westerner - you don't usually see Thais behaving like that! Cheers . . . David

kevinos (7517) 2007-05-11 9:27

Ah! Laurent. another one of your song kran collection! This one has the wonderful light of the other and manages to communicate the sense of fun and excitement.

Photo65Net (43144) 2007-05-12 3:58

Salut Laurent,
J'aime bien cette scène que tu as saisi.
La diversité des personnes représentées est étonnante, on a l'impression d'une fête populaire au sens littéral.
Bonne journée,
JB.

Emile (20352) 2007-05-15 2:02

Hola Laurent.
Very funny shot with the people dancing on the street, they really looks very happy. Good colors contrast and point of view. Very well captured. Well done. TFS.
Best regards.

brevbrev14 (140) 2007-05-19 4:53

Hi LAurent, i like this scene of daily life!
you have captured a good moment, full of life and joy!
well done!
ciao!
Valeria

happypoppeye (4819) 2007-06-10 2:53

Man, this is dangerous business with electronic equipment.

Great festivals photo. I also like it as a daily life photo.

Angshu (56760) 2007-06-14 23:50

Salut Laurent
The water festival...how I wish I was there when I'm being barbequed at 44+ degrees..good action & plenty of fun
Regards
Angshu
Mumbai today?

markogts (1130) 2007-07-22 1:51

Well done in capturing the moment. You can almost see the music. I like that all the main characters are completely framed, no cutted legs or so. I was wondering about a longer exposure time: here the sharpness is excellent, but maybe a bit of blur motion would fit the chaos of the scene...

giorgimer (35017) 2007-08-20 23:54

Hi Laurent,

interesting image. Nice moment capture and good details.

TFS

Gio

ayansadhu (1502) 2007-12-29 8:45

Nice freezed action
Good reflection of the event which you described in your note.

paura (25802) 2008-01-04 6:18

Laurent,
Very interesting "Festival" shot here. All those happy people enjoying and celebrating the life, in a colorfull shot results great.

Very well done, Laurent.

Paulo