I sometimes think that some of my portraits are a little too static. With this picture, I was trying to make a more dynamic image, with a sense of movement. I’m not quite sure that it quite works as I’d intended, but I like the way that the chicken guy is framed by his waiting customers.
I often look for strong, vibrant colours in my pictures, but I like the more muted tones in this scene.
It’s that early evening light again.
Quick street portrait from earlier today, taken in the An Duong neighbourhood of Hanoi, between the dyke road and the river. It’s blisteringly hot during the day at the moment, so I’ve been shooting in the late afternoon and early evening a lot over the last couple of weeks. I suppose this is a different take on yesterday’s “end of the day” theme. I’ll put together a longer post or two some time soon, but for now, I’ll keep posting single pictures.
Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day. But what if you have a dozen stopped clocks, and they all tell a different time? What then?
I took lots of photographs at the weekend, more than I’ve taken for ages. Here’s one. Hanoi really can be beautiful when it’s in the right mood. More soon.
A few street portraits taken in Hanoi earlier this month. What these don’t really show you is how brutally, punishingly hot it’s been.
Hanoi was doing its stormclouds and sunshine thing earlier on today. This shot was taken from my roof at about six in the evening, just as the thunderbolts and lightning were getting going. By my guess, the end of this particular rainbow is the site of the R ‘n’ R Tavern on Nghi Tam street, an unlikely location for a pot of gold.
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