Some Street Photography
I’m still doing a whole lot of nothing in Bangkok so here are some more pictures, with a concentration of street photography. And some experimental editing.
The same park on the same day as my masked musicians photo in the last post. In fact he was watching the dudes play at that moment. The Da Vinci Code is a very popular book.
“Now where are they hiding the Penthouse? Oh hello kitty.”
Bangkokian Graffiti artists and their supervisor.
I experimented with Duotones on this one. I saw that it didn’t come out very good, but I didn’t have time to fix it. I still like the picture though. Good slice of life, moment in time, street photography.
Pick up game of Takraw, a popular Asian game. Played where ever you can clear a space and put up a net. It’s a variation of volleyball. The ball is woven plastic or something, a little larger than a softball (you can see it just above the net and in front of the guy in the red shirt), and you can use all parts of your body to hit the ball over the net, except your hands, and I believe arms. Mostly they use their feet. When you see very good players playing this game it’s quite amazing. I saw some on TV during the Asian Games. I oversaturated the colors too much. I wanted to make them really stand out against the bland background, but went too far. Check out the red shirt hanging on the net post.
I had just gotten into Phnom Penh, Cambodia either this day or the day before, and had just obtained a copy of the Phnom Penh Visitor’s Guide. I was sitting on the bank of the Tonal Sap River reading it (I was kind of far from my guesthouse, and you don’t want to be caught reading the guide on the street, or you’ll be hounded by touts. So I figured I’d be safe here. Plus it was sort of nice there, for Phnom Penh), when I looked up and saw this person sitting on the bank right in front of me. But their head was down, and at the moment I didn’t even know if it was a boy or a girl. I just knew I had to take this picture. An instant before I pushed the shutter button, she looked at me.
I continued to read the guide, and a few minutes later a guy came up to me on a motorcycle, and started to talk to me. He asked the basic questions, “Where are you from?” “How long have you been here?” “Where else have you been?” Etc. He was a motorcycle taxi driver and he was hoping he could be my driver for the day and make some money. (There are about 50 motodups (motorcle taxis) in Phnom Penh for every one person who needs a ride, it seems) But then the girl from the picture, who had since walked away, came over. The guy told me that she came to Phnom Penh (the big city) from some rural place all by herself looking to get a job, or make money somehow. And that she was all alone here. Suddenly the girl asked me if I knew how to speak Thai (She’s Cambodian). I said I knew a little, “I know the numbers.” I said. So we recited Thai numbers together. Then I started getting worried that the guy was going to pimp her out to me. Thankfully he never did. He started giving me the story that he’s going to college, and needs money and that his family is poor, and he sends them money, yada yada. There was no place I wanted to go at the time, but I guess I felt sorry for the guy, so I looked in the guide book to see where I could go, and decided to let him take me to the Russian Market.
I meant to include this one in my last post, but forgot it. This is a Where’s Waldo. See if you can find my motorcycle taxi driver.
I shot this from a bus in Bangkok, Thailand.
June wanted me to crop this so it only shows the dog. But I like how it is a split image with the rail as a natural divider. Two completely different scenes in one shot.
Also shot from a bus. Chinatown in Bangkok.
2:00am Khaosan Road, Bangkok Thailand. Look closely. If you can’t see it the answer is hidden somewhere in this post. I have easter eggs, if you will, in this post and the last post. Every picture contains additional information. See if you can find it.
Tags: Bangkok, Cambodia, Markcs, pictures, Posts With Pictures, Thailand, Travel
Mark
OH MY GOD !! I’m so glad to have heard from you…..my email to you was sent on a wimp, HOPing to hear from you…
more to come….XOXO Paulette