Rooftop majorettes, a photo from Siem Reab, West

Photographer's Note

Floating villages of the Mekong Delta offer very few space for its inhabitants to move around.

These young girls seem to elaborate a delicate choreography, twirling their stick in the air for an ultimate amusement.

No PlayStation or Wii Remote available.

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holmertz (103642) 2009-10-04 1:22

Hello Andr�,
Children find a way to enjoy life whatever their living conditions. Also we can learn from this picture that whatever their living conditions, people try to keep their homes and themselves clean and tidy. Nice pastel colours of these children's clothes and interesting movements they're performing.
Regards,
Gert

jjcordier (79299) 2009-10-04 1:34

Andr�
Tu as captur� ici un bel instant de vie de ces deux jeunes filles....qui semblent jouer avec les nuages....c'est quand m麥e mieux que la PS!
Amiti駸
JJ

Wanda1 (15142) 2009-10-04 1:41

Hello Andre,
Space is definitely at a minimum here, but these girls seem to take advantage of any space they can. It almost looks as if they are conjuring up a spell with their sticks and the clouds are the magic coming out. I know that you were probably on a moving boat and that it was difficult to capture this scene quickly, but I am not so sure about that distracting bunch of branches in the foreground. A cute capture.
Wanda
XXX

cbrman (21685) 2009-10-04 3:47

Hello Andr�,

Ce que j'aime ici, c'est l'aspect prise de vue sur le vif. (Un peu comme celle de Jean-Yves mais par pour le m麥e sujet..)
Ces deux jeunes filles semblent 黎re en 駲uilibre sur le toit de ce bateau. J'aime 馮alement la douceur des couleurs pastels des sujets et du ciel.
Par contre je suis moins fan du cadrage.

Bon dimanche � toi.

A+

Dominique

TravelerNL (3011) 2009-10-04 7:17

Hi Andre.
Interesting capture of the girls. It tells something on their situation that they are playing on the roof of the boat. Either they are very advanturous or there is no space to do this kind of play elsewhere on the ground.
Well captured daily life photo. Thanks for sharing.
Have a nice day,
Harko

Philippe (11836) 2009-10-04 11:46

Bonjour, Andr�. Belle 騅ocation des plaisirs simples. Les deux gamines se d騁achent bien dur le ciel et on per輟it bien le mouvement qu'elles veulent donner � leurs baguettes. Beau contraste de couleurs entre les v黎ements. Je ne suis pas s皞 que les branches de l'avant-plan apportent beaucoup � la composition.
Bonne soir馥,
Philippe

Clementi (52514) 2009-10-04 12:59

Ciao Andre,
The children... they always succeed in finding a place whether to play, certain this is not very sure, but they like it....
beautiful image, compliments
Giorgio

Morac (27725) 2009-10-04 13:29

Bonsoir Andr�,

Belle sc鈩e prise sur le "vif" pleine de simplicit� et de r饌lit�.
Amicalement
Marc

LOOOK13 (19046) 2009-10-04 15:55

Salut.
J'aime beaucoup ce cich�, meme si pour ma part c'est legerement terne, mais voir ces enfants jouer sur le haut de leur embarcation...
Bravo.

hay_kes (31439) 2009-10-04 23:08

Hi Andre,
Very nice and different daily life shot.TFS.
Cheers,

hAyAti

devimeuxbe (58557) 2009-10-05 9:41

Salut Andr�
tr鑚 sympa ce ballet khmer improvis� sur le toit du bateau; C'est une image rafraichissante comme l'enfance
amicalement
Bertrand

axiotea (21651) 2009-10-05 11:15

Salut Andr�
Je vois que nous 騁ions au Cambodge au m麥e moment, mais nous, nous ne sommes jamais all駸 � Siem Reap ;)
tu as eu l'彿l en rep駻ant ces 2 petites 'majorettes' perch馥s sur le toit de leur maison flottante.
Une image bien sympathique...
Amiti駸
Marilyn

faubry (35447) 2009-10-05 15:27

magnifique prise de vue, l'innocence de l'enfance ici, les petites semblent jouer avec les nuages, comme l'a marqu� JJ.
bien vu!
amiti駸
francine

Waylim (25436) 2009-10-05 17:31

Hi Andre,
This is an image evoke an emotion in me. I have simular childwood memories, I made toys our of anything we can find in nature or around the house. A wooden stick is a wonderful sword I must say. Great shot with great clarity and sharpness even from afar, I like the fact that these girls are up on the roof and the sky is the background which really show them well without much distracting background. Love it.
Way