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Copyright: Anneke Reiss (Ejtaan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1092 W: 119 N: 1914] (9484)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-17
Categories: Daily Life, Nature, Pets
Camera: Nikon D-70, 18-70 Nikkor DX
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/50 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-06-15 19:02
Viewed: 551
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Again strawling along the streets of Xi'an as the sun was just down...
In any city that you visit in China you find birdcages in the streets with all kinds of small birds in them.
These little birdies are the pets of (normally) older people and in many cases the people take their birds wherever they go... so when you see some people playing cards on a streetcorner, the birds are never far.. as you can see here.

I just cropped off some of the left side of the image and sharpened it a bit, added the frame and text...

Enjoy!
Anneke

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Hi Anneke, thanks for sharing that information about pet birds in China. Never thought one could carry them around everywhere they go! ;) They must make a beautiful chirping sound, I am sure. Very good shot of these bird cages, the details and tonalities are excellent, even though it looks like a somewhat cloudy or overcast day you can see all these rich contrasts on the stone ground and on the cages. Great point of view from only slightly above to get a sense of the cages' cylindrical forms. Good framing too with the cages off-center, although I would say the largest cage is slightly too centered in the shot. Really nice natural colors and good shallow depth of field. I am thinking that if you want to show how these birds are carried around by their owners in the city, you might want to use a point of view that shows the bird cage in the foreground, but the owners sitting and playing cards (or doing whatever it is they were doing) in the background to make the connection and reveal the birds as pets. Really wonderful shot though, very well done and great quality, TFS!
-Lara

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3365 W: 284 N: 6425] (23856)
  • [2007-06-16 6:08]

What a lovely find, just as I am doing some personal administrative work!
Great colours: you are a master of colours, milady!
And the off-centre comp is absolutely perfect!
TFS
silke
:)

Wonderful shot here Anneke! Nice composition of the three size cages! Love the mood of this shot, the low lighting, the rusty cage! Very nice!
Linda
B-)

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2152 W: 379 N: 2133] (22986)
  • [2007-06-16 9:19]

merhaba anneke;
verygood and enteresting foto...china verygood...selamlar

Hello Anneke !

A nice stree scene and piece of info. I might suggest here either to take away completely the foot, as we do not see it enough to be useful. I would either have opted to include both feet and show them completely , to demonstrate your note. ( pets with owner ). Just a thought!

Keep shooting !
Robert

Hello Anneke.

Lovely capture, well seen and a superb POV

great work.

TFS regards Helen

Hi Anneke,
Beautiful shot and good composition.very nice solors and details.well done.TFS.
Greetings.
H.Ayhan

Hoi Naat,
Heel scherp :) heel goed gezien, heel mooi; gewoon een perfecte plaat!
Die Groene (die nu ff gaat tukken)

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  • jawa Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1679 W: 0 N: 1] (10933)
  • [2007-06-17 4:18]

Mooi stllieven Anneke. Valt verder niets aan toe te voegen.
Gr Jos

Weer fraai An maar wel even door de knietjes de volgende keer!!
en die ene voet, maar ok .. het is een chinese voet, die zijn kleiner
Anneke, echt een schitterende serie! Groet
John
ps
mag ik vragen was de trip duur?
Mijn reis was incl. vliegen 13 dagen boot en alle haven gelden 1500 pp .....

Goedenavond Anneke,
Kleinkinderen naar huis, dus weer even TL tijd.
Al je foto's zijn fantastisch - zo ook weer deze.
Dus ze sjouwen hun volgeltjes mee als ze naar buiten gaan? Toch wel lief en de kooitjes zijn erg mooi. Heerlijk sfeertje zo.
TFS
Els

Hi Anneke,
Soms mag je ze voor geld loslaten. dat brengt geluk.
Bij Chinezen brengt alles geluk. Vooral drie keer ergens omheen lopen;-)
Daarna vangen ze de vogels weer.
Wat een Land he
Ruud

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  • korbee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 973 W: 0 N: 753] (8411)
  • [2007-09-25 13:35]

Dit heb ik ook in Singapore gezien Mooi gezien Anneke.
jan.

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