Two eyes to gaze Photo

Photographer’s Note

Yangon's ferry seats are colorful plastic chairs for kids : grab a blue or red chair at the entrance and chose your sitting location on the deck where you want or anywhere you can find remaining space.

A short but strong monsoon storm raged on Yangon's ferry harbor. We stepped from the gangway inside the ferryboat : every seat had already been taken... so Ye opened up a few private doors, we were in the passengers or staff cabins area.. no one there except a little vendor girl who had nothing to sell, plenty of time to lose and two eyes to gaze.

She didn't want nor say anything.. I still wonder why she stayed with us for the 30 minutes of the ferry crossing trip to Dalla.

Zepi, eleparc, arindam_thokder, KevRyan, timleahy, don_narayan, everlasting, bnallama, Curioso has marked this note useful

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eleparc (24059) 2005-11-30 17:48

superbe cette photo à la steinbeck avec comme seule touche de couleur cette petite fille si timide... j'aime bcp!
Eric

Balthazar (222) 2005-11-30 18:00

Hi,
Really like this.
The colours and composition are excellent.
I like the dof ~ background in focus enough to see what it is but not enough to distract.
Great work.

Furachan (0) 2005-11-30 18:39

Un bonjour matinal de Tokyo, Luko.
Tout simplement la meilleure image de "tanaka" que j'aie vue jusqu'ici (je sais que ce n'est pas l'objet de ton cliche, mais quand meme.
J'adhere completement a ce que dit Sebastien ici, l'element filmique est hypnotisant ici, les yeux de cette petite qui signalenet autant la peur que l'interet, la curiosite...
Je trouve cette photo plus "engagee" qu'a l'ordinaire, vraiment tres puissante.
Je vois ca comme une etape importante dans ta photographie ou document, poesie et cinema se rencontrent.
Du tres grand...
-F
Sans deconner, un autre titre, tire de ta tres belle note serait: "Two eyes to gaze"...

ewag (94) 2005-11-30 18:57

Why? i can tell you why i would stay with two strangers on a ferry. being a shy but incredibly curious child i would simply watch and listen and not say much. she seems rather withdrawn and full of distrust but her curiosity makes her stay where you are with a load of photographic equipment(?).
i wonder why she had these marks on her face. they must have been done on purpose.
anyway, i like your composition. simplicity

faubry (32197) 2005-11-30 19:01

il y a longtemps que je ne t avais vu.... tu reviens avec un superbe portrait tout timide!! j aime beaucoup cette expression et la composition, merci
francine

arindam_thokder (3946) 2005-11-30 19:10

Hello Luko,

The tumeric on her face points out this as a Myanmar Picture, Her eyes seems to be very curious. I like the play of Focus here. Excellent composition.

Arindam

timleahy (2189) 2005-11-30 20:10

Lovely portrait Luko. very sharp on the girl, and good depth of field. gret colours and lighting also. Overall the shot has a lovely feel of childhood innocence and curiousity.

...tim

don_narayan (2014) 2005-11-30 21:47

Hello Luko. excellent exposure. I really like the light and dark side. the expression and emotion of this girl that you captured is fantastic.

Narayan

bnallama (3755) 2005-12-01 2:58

Hi Luko, here I am with Sebastian and Francis.. It really gives a feeling from a movie... and everything seems perfect.. The girl's stare is somehow very powerful.. and the light just great. TFS. Bala

dolin (15647) 2005-12-01 2:59

Salut Luko.
Quelle force dans cette photo. On peut s'imaginer plein de choses en la voyant, dont cette pensée que j'ai eu sur le moment...une sensation d'endroit mal saint, avec une petite fille qui semble triste et appeurée. Zépi lui parle de clip vidéo pour ado, moi je vois cette scène d'un côté plus sombre que ca, j'y vois plus une petite fille enfermée et maltraitée.
Le cadrage est un pur délice et cette porte sur la droite avec ce crochet où on pourrait mettre un cadenas, emplifie ma vision de la chose. Le côté sombre et glauque donne la touche finale.
Joli
Fred

naxius (16679) 2005-12-01 4:17

Salut Luko,
Une très belle ambiance que tu nous montres Luko..
Elle me fait voyager cette photo et c'est vrai que l'on se laisse prendre au jeu d'une mise en scène d'un film..
Moi j'y vois plutôt le départ du père et cette petite fille qui reste seule, dans son coin, proche de la fenêtre pour le regarder partir et un dernier regard, triste et fort à la fois.
Bravo.
J'adhère.
Alex

rowanb (864) 2005-12-01 4:33

nicely captured moment luko. the contrast and lighting is beautiful, the shadowy area on the left enhances the shy feeling we get from the girl. nice title too.
rowan

maciekda (19587) 2005-12-01 4:44

lovely photo Luko, very simple, but effective. her expression is all that counts here. the atmosphere is also very nice, i like that dimmed light, the compo is good, nice shot

markoci (3917) 2005-12-01 4:44

i just commented maciej on this about the mixed look of distrust and curiosity you can only find in children when they encounter something new and different. she is still "closed" but with a simple smile and a few kind words she'd open up just as easily as the doors, the window and the folding chair.

everlasting (10894) 2005-12-01 5:08

Very pleasing Luko, I am not sure if its the framing or the soft colour tones here that make it so attractive to the eye. The textures of the old timbers make it soft.

jcandeli (40) 2005-12-01 12:02

Beautiful lighting. Her expresion is powerful. Beauitful shot. JP

cgrindahl (6109) 2005-12-01 14:13

I thought for a moment that this was posted by Manny... ;-) You seldom treat us to photos of doe-eyed children gazing up at the camera lens. But this image, in addition to being quite good, certainly serves the note you include. Perhaps she was as facinated with you as you were with her.

The markings on her face are quite distinctive. I can't quite tell but it appears this is a design rather than smudges of some sort. I appreciate the contrast of this young, colorful girl against a well worn and rather more colorless setting. It would have been interesting to see what it would look like were you able to shoot at a wider aperture that created a bit more bokeh in the background. I'm beginning to develop an appreciation for such things as I play with a few faster lenses. I've much to learn and your work continues to inspire me. Thanks Luko for sharing your work with all of us.

Zepi (22848) 2005-12-01 14:21

Re salut Luko,
Ce qui me frappe le plus en observant cette photo, c’est le contraste entre le décor et la petite fille.
L’arrière plan est incroyablement riche en détails et en jeux de lumière, son rendu presque glauque me fait pensé à un décor de clip musical à 2 balles pour adolescents.
Et la petite fille est très émouvante, son regard traverse littéralement l’écran !
Bref, c’est étonnant, mais tellement esthétiques.
Au point de vue technique, je vais rien, ça frise l’explosion de rétine tellement j’accroche.
Bref, je vais aller me coucher, elle me botte grave ton image Luko
Merci pour le partage
Amicalement
Sébastien

fixed (3831) 2005-12-02 10:10

hello Luko
j'aime bcp !
un environnement une fois de plus, super étudié avec de déclancher ...
la force est dans le regard (et douce lumière chaude) mis en valeur avec l'ensemble "portes/murs" blancs
belle émotion
bravo Luko
Arnaud

Luan (15935) 2005-12-04 8:42

Je n'etais pas sure du cadrage et le choix d'avoir laisser ce bout de vert qui fait office de ceinture, enfin je crois. Je cherchais dans l'image un doublon quelque chose d'autre pour justifier ce bout de couleur genant. Il se trouvait juste la, ce liseret de la chaise pliante....Pour le reste je suis assez attiré par cette piece froide et sombre malgres la couleur du mur....et bien sur par ce regard inexplicable !
Luan

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-12-05 18:21

Super !
Plein de choses dans cette grande photo, et pas seuleument la fillette et son attitude.. la photo est prise dans un environnement bien en place, avec des couleurs réelles.. vraiment très consistant comme traitement de la scène, humide et glauque au moment de la mousson.
J'ai lu la note et je ne suis pas surpris que la fillette désoeuvrée se rapproche des occidentaux, elle satisfait sa curiosité, et son besoin de tranquilité.
Belle image encore pour la lumière.
jean Michel

Mingfang (1415) 2005-12-16 6:48

Hi Luko,

i think this one is deserve my green smile, of couse i want to send you a yellow smile or motivate rating, but cannot find the reason. i am use to sending green smile, and have enough green smile to send. sometimes i thought i should send light green smile or others, but still chose green smile. that is a bad habit. but i dont like the yellow smile. i always thought people who send that smile and do not say a words must be very cold, dont like smile, dont like talking, like live in iceland. I dont like to be that people.

great shot!

moxon (457) 2005-12-16 9:54

This is really beautiful. I love the soft, subtle colours (as well as the 2 matching green stripes) and the fact that you've shown just enough details to hint at the environment around her. A very interesting expression too.

greg (2835) 2006-01-18 12:37

Hi Luko, just looking back through some old stuff... aside from her entrancing timid pose, I especially like the effect of the very gentle light and near-monochrome background details.

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