On last Fathers' Day, we decided to leave Sa-Pa District (34km West of Lao Cai provincial town) to visit Bac-Ha District, 110km East of Lao Cai.
Bac-Ha is famous with its Sunday Market where the Dzay minorities people gather once a week to trade their belongs. When this event happens on a regular basis, rain or sunshine, to photograph these people at work on their terraced field is difficult, since such activities depend on cultivation and harvest time.
Fortunately, we were able to spot some in traditional clothes over the muddy paths. In the coming days, I am going to share with you some shots, both at the field and at the Sunday Market.
By posting them here, I am looking toward your comments, critique and suggestions (tell me what you expect to see but I missed!). Hopefully I will be well armed with your inputs when I return to this lovely destination.
Your kind words are more than any award for my picture. Without luck, I could not obtain the pictures that worth the time our friends spend to view and to comment. If you were there as me, you would bring home the same, or maybe better photos.
An award is something for me to show off to others and be proud of it. Your rewarding critique encourages me to "work" harder and to learn more from my own failures.
This shot should have recieved an award... very nice colors and the "about" is so informative.... 7++
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{K:907} 12/2/2004
Ngythanh, I am so surpised this has not received more views and comments. Wonderful photo, beautifully composed! Keep sending in more, I love your style! Patrick
Thank you for your critique. I will post other pictures shown them with their faces, and some others shoting at very low angle from behind to describe how they were working.
It seems as if you could almost have asked them all to line up a bit more to create an ideal perspective - I know that's not possible, but the picture gives that impression.
I wonder if there was any way to capture more of their faces/front rather than just from the back...
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