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Photographer’s Note

Young Brahman pupils at play with their master at the "monkey" temple of Galta, next to Jaipur in Rajasthan.
The Hindu God Ganesha with its elephant head is bringing luck to the play which consists of sliding the disk with the help of one master disk into one of the holes on the four side, a little like playing pool billiards by hand.
The game is popular in Rajasthan.

Skimjack, lebjohnson, bukitgolfb301, figenya, jjcordier, InasiaJones, Budapestman, Vasa, Gerrit, gunbud, jhm, Angshu, patdeph, swiatopelk777, leonorkuhn, delkoo, holmertz has marked this note useful

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wolf38 (13820) 2009-12-04 7:58

Hello Paul. What a beautiful and worth seeing photo. You have captured this vibrant scene in a masterly way with your camera. Excellent. Regards, Wolfgang.

stevesaba (3987) 2009-12-04 8:01

Hi Paul!
Nice compo! Interesting to see the game in action, and of course interesting to see the unusual hairstyle. Really a great shot, with beautiful clarity and POV. Check my photo out for a similiar hairstyle:

http://www.trekearth.com/viewphotos.php?l=5&p=1066223

Nice work as always, kind regards,
Steve

smarcell (16106) 2009-12-04 8:07

Beautiful spontaneous scene, with great colors.
Very nice
Regards Stefano

Skimjack (217) 2009-12-04 8:18

A very funny and "real life" scene.
Also colors are pretty goods.

yquem46 (10332) 2009-12-04 8:23

Bonsoir paul
ma parole pixelterror, toi, moi ... tout TE était en Inde à cette mi-Novembre !
une belle image, très originale et instructive
Le jeu, la coupe de cheveux des jeunes brahmanes, les statuettes de ganesh... une belle compo
Bien amicalement
patrick
PS Je crois que c'est Galta et non Gaita

Morac (22448) 2009-12-04 10:38

Bonsoir Paul,

C'est une belle et originale scène de la vie quotidienne de ces jeunes Brahmans.
C'est superbement colorié.
Amicalement
Marc

ahmet54 (2277) 2009-12-04 11:30

Bonsoir Paul,
great documentary shot. It is exotic and familiar at the same time. Thanks for sharing.
Amicalement,
Roland

bukitgolfb301 (5814) 2009-12-04 15:38

Hello my dear Paul

What is an another great shot!
Perfect framework / composition, very fresh vivid color and sharpness in the detail are already as usual as you, marvelous! Each faces are different, that is quite interesting.
Congratulation on your masterpiece!
Thanks for sharing and best regards,
Have a good weekend !

Takero

Waylim (12557) 2009-12-04 17:05

Hi Paul,
This may be the 6 or 7 images from Inda I have commented today. Like everyone just got back for a TE meeting in India. Not that is a bad thing. It's such a pictureque country. I wish to be there too soon. This one is especially nice, I like that it show part of the culture and activity, I also like that they don't seem to notice your presence, give this image an all natural feel. Great quality and details as always. Congrats.
Way

ifege (2477) 2009-12-05 1:28

A delightful daily life photo Paul - a good study of people concentrating with excellent colour.
cheers
Ian

figenya (2151) 2009-12-05 3:41

Hi Paul,

They act as if they are not aware of you, a good daylife capture with attractive colours, cheers

regards

figen

jjcordier (27004) 2009-12-05 5:14

Paul
Une photo très intéressante, de très belle qualité technique et superbement composée.
Amicalement
JJ

Mediterranean (0) 2009-12-05 16:25

hi paul
at first thanks for your visit my page and your comment,therefore i see this beautiful composition which include spontaneusly and lively expression on faces of models and their concentrated body languages in the photo.
the yellow colour is eyecatcher factor here and also colorful image? statue? or toy? on the wall:)really well done

i would say the map color on your page and all country you seen are invidious for me:)what a perfect job you have

thanks and best

InasiaJones (21554) 2009-12-07 2:34

Bonjour Paul,

Je lisais ton texte d'iintroduction pour la première fois et je dois dire que je partage ta vision. Et je vois aussi que tu appliques ta doctrine, puisque tes photos sont toujours empreintes de vérité et il est évident que ta préoccupation est de rendre un témoignage visuel honnête et représentatif.

C'est le cas ici encore, alors que l'ambiance est fidèlement restituée et que l'on se sent spectateur privilégié, sans le côté "intrusion".

Cadrage soigné et bon angle de vue qui nous donne libre accès au centre de la scène, comme si les joueurs avaient concédé un espace pour le photographe.

Amicalement,

André

Budapestman (46223) 2009-12-07 4:24

Hi Paul,
a very lovely daily life photo with attractive composition, the timing is very good, the colours and clrity are splendid. Beautiful impression, Tfs! Have a nice week!
George

Vasa (8854) 2009-12-07 12:30

Je complimente cette superbe photo de vie en Inde, mais je pense que la photo precedante est aussi au grand niveau d'idees. Mes felicitations pour les deux, cher ami Paul. Tres content de te revoir.

Branko

Gerrit (37550) 2009-12-07 17:02

Dag Paul,
prachtige foto. Uitstekend moment en heel mooi de aandacht en uitdrukkingen van de deelnemers gevangen in een zeer mooie compositie.
groeten, Gerrit

gunbud (29237) 2009-12-07 20:10

Hi Paul,
Wonderful daily life scent of this far off culture.
The colors are superb while the details are spot on.
The expressions are very relaxed.
Regards, Tom

jhm (86262) 2009-12-08 3:34

Dag Paul,

Kinderen die spelen op dergelijke manier is hier totaal verloren gegaan, ik vind dit wel spijtig, kinderen leren veel in een samenspel, waaronder delen en volgen.
Ik vind uw foto zeer mooi en realitisch van kleur en samenstelling.
Mooi foto werk, bedankt.

Groeten,
John.

Angshu (35429) 2009-12-10 1:04

Hello Paul
This game is popular all over India, especially in smaller cities and villages. I wonder where the game originated from, but India hosted the world championship of carrom as well, a couple of years back. This is a different picture from Jaipur and you've composed it well. It is good to see my country through the eyes of quite a few TE-ites who were in India recently!
Regards
Angshu

patdeph (19890) 2009-12-11 9:31

rebonjour Paul
c'est vraiment une scène pittoresque que tu as saisi là!La coupe de cheveux des jeunes moines y est évidemment pour quelque chose,mais aussi les vêtements jaune et leur superbe drapé!La scène est bien mises en valeur par la sobriété des murs sur laquelle lle se détache!Magnifique!
Amicalement
Pascale

swiatopelk777 (11984) 2009-12-14 5:10

Hi Paul!
Wonderful man, wonderful boys. Very fine scene. Mysterious game. Good POV and capture.
Greetings from Warszawa!

emka (25024) 2009-12-17 8:17

Hi Paul,

Another very interesting scene. I haven't seen such a haircut! Splendid composition and colours. Great job!

regards

Malgorzata

leonorkuhn (15941) 2009-12-18 2:40

Hi Paul,

Very curious this image! The game seems to fascinate people, they show interest in their faces. Excellent composition, you captured a moment of leisure in the temple, on the monitoring of divine images. Magnificent colors.

Have a nice day
Leonor

sultana (1678) 2009-12-22 1:59

Hi Paul,
a wonderful composition with eye-catching colors and models:)child's face expression is great.Perfect shaprness and good light management.Well done,
Sultan

delkoo (35632) 2009-12-24 1:31

bonjour paul,
il est superbe cet instantané, la concentration sur le jeu est maximale, et le jeu ce poursuit sous l'oeil complaisant des deux divinités.

je profite du moment pour te souhaiter un joyux Noel et de bonnes fêtes de fin d'année.

didier

holmertz (10891) 2009-12-26 4:53

Hello Paul,
You have such a lot of great shots in your gallery and I haven't by far seen them all. This is one recent masterpiece that I had missed. It's a fine composition of the boys and their master, it has a very attractive purity of the colours and it's a picture that really tells us something about this part of the world.
Kind regards,
Gert