Crowded Market

[ashish]

C&C welcome

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[NorthernFocus]

Looks like barely controlled chaos. And you captured that in the shot. This one is in serious need of some PP to cut the haze and bring out the colors.

[Shadowman]

Looks like barely controlled chaos. And you captured that in the shot. This one is in serious need of some PP to cut the haze and bring out the colors.

Interesting comment on the colors, on overcast days (at least that what it looks like to me) colors tend to POP on their own, provided the image wasn't captured slightly overexposed to begin with.

[Kaye Leggett]

Looks like barely controlled chaos. And you captured that in the shot.

- and so effectively. A fantastic travel photograph, just makes we want to go there......where is it shot ?

[ashish]

Looks like barely controlled chaos. And you captured that in the shot. This one is in serious need of some PP to cut the haze and bring out the colors.

Thanks Dan... It was tricky exposure as the sky was very bright and the canal was in the shadow of the surrounding structures. I took a call to expose for the action and risk a bright sky... while it's not blown out (checked the levels); it is very bright. I did crop out the sky but had to retain that bit to ensure that i was able to compose it right.

[ashish]

Interesting comment on the colors, on overcast days (at least that what it looks like to me) colors tend to POP on their own, provided the image wasn't captured slightly overexposed to begin with.

Thanks John... It was a bright sky with the shadows of the structures falling on the canal. I decided to expose for the canal resulting in a brighter sky.

[ashish]

- and so effectively. A fantastic travel photograph, just makes we want to go there......where is it shot ?

Thanks Kaye... This was taken at the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market which is around 1.5 - 2 hrs from Bangkok depending on traffic. The place is a must visit if you are going to Thailand.

[Kaye Leggett]

One day................

But it has given me an idea as I am off to Cape Town next week and may see if I can seek out a market whilst I am there - they are such vibrant places

[Shadowman]

Thanks John... It was a bright sky with the shadows of the structures falling on the canal. I decided to expose for the canal resulting in a brighter sky.

Ashish,

Were you shooting from another boat or from a bridge? Angle of view could make for an equally interesting composition.

[ashish]

Ashish,

Were you shooting from another boat or from a bridge? Angle of view could make for an equally interesting composition.

I was on an extended platform which was at a perpendicular to the bank of the canal. Being on the platform gave me a frontal shot slightly above eye level.

[Manfred M]

A couple of thoughts on this one. I find these shots tend to work better when the majority of the people in the boats are looking towards the camera. There are cases where seeing the backs work well compositionally, but in the majority of the cases it doesn't.

We had been discussing B&W vs colour in a different thread. This is one shot that I might try in B&W.

[IzzieK]

This is a very interesting shot, Ashish. Now I wonder if customers/buyers can go on a boat too and buy goodies or are they just confined to the platform and order. If so, does the boat come closer to a platform to finish the negotiation? How does this kind of transaction work? Just curious...I like both version, yours and that of Manfred's.

[ashish]

A couple of thoughts on this one. I find these shots tend to work better when the majority of the people in the boats are looking towards the camera. There are cases where seeing the backs work well compositionally, but in the majority of the cases it doesn't.

We had been discussing B&W vs colour in a different thread. This is one shot that I might try in B&W.

Thanks for your thoughts Manfred... Any specific reason why you thought this image would be better in black and white? In my view the multitude of colours and the crowded marketplace made it a good candidate for colour.

[ashish]

This is a very interesting shot, Ashish. Now I wonder if customers/buyers can go on a boat too and buy goodies or are they just confined to the platform and order. If so, does the boat come closer to a platform to finish the negotiation? How does this kind of transaction work? Just curious...I like both version, yours and that of Manfred's.

Thanks Izzie... To answer your question... everyone can buy on the boat and on the banks of the canal... and even call the boat to the bank of the canal.

[Manfred M]

Thanks for your thoughts Manfred... Any specific reason why you thought this image would be better in black and white? In my view the multitude of colours and the crowded marketplace made it a good candidate for colour.

Exactly for the reasons you stated - multitude of colours and busy scene, so simplification by going B&W is an approach worth exploring. In this case, I won't suggest one is better than the other, but both are options. My tendency is to shoot colour in this type of setting, but to a large extent this is very much a street photography situation, so I felt B&W would likely work well here too.

The most significant difference I notice between the two versions is that the Thai woman gets lost among the tourist boats in the colour version, but she holds her own in the B&W and I like this particular impact of the conversion

[ashish]

Exactly for the reasons you stated - multitude of colours and busy scene, so simplification by going B&W is an approach worth exploring. In this case, I won't suggest one is better than the other, but both are options. My tendency is to shoot colour in this type of setting, but to a large extent this is very much a street photography situation, so I felt B&W would likely work well here too.

The most significant difference I notice between the two versions is that the Thai woman gets lost among the tourist boats in the colour version, but she holds her own in the B&W and I like this particular impact of the conversion

Thanks again for your thoughts Manfred... I appreciate it greatly.