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• vangenius (5328)
• [2007-05-03 13:39]

Hallo Sabine, eine gute Darstellung dieses jungen Mädche. Tolle Farben und Compo! Gratuliere!
Gruß,Chris!

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• ridvan (207)
• [2007-05-03 13:51]

hi sabine; really interesting things but its their custom,nice comp and great colours TFS
all the best
ridvan

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• SkyF (6138)
• [2007-05-03 13:52]

Hallo Sabine,
eine ganz tolle Aufnahme, mit sehr interessanten Details die du uns sehr gut erklaerst. Super hast du das Portrait dieser jungen Dame gestaltet.
Gruss..
Sky

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• dsunflower (763)
• [2007-05-03 14:09]

Hi Sabine!
Great colours and nice shot.
Perfect sharpness
Regards,
Daniel

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• carmia (3266)
• [2007-05-03 14:10]

beautiful portrait! very nice colours and composition. Good work!! Carme.

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• magda_indigo (31245)
• [2007-05-03 14:17]

very interesting indeed, love all the vibrant colours, thanx, M, (*_*)

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• Janone (0)
• [2007-05-03 14:35]

To day here on TV there was a news about the Militairy Resime in Myramar. It also had a story of the pepole, who are liveng abroad for that reson.
Very well expressed portrait of the sad woman.
Jan

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• ioana_tm (13279)
• [2007-05-03 14:45]

Hi Wishnu,
interesting! I remember I saw someday a documentary about Karenni people. Very unusual style of life for us, but daily life for them. Nicely seen and presented!

Kindly regards,
Ioana

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• Freddie (6323)
• [2007-05-03 16:40]

Hi Wishnu! You are lucky to have seen such interesting culture. I've read and watched them but I haven't seen them in person. Lovely colors. Good focus. I pity her. TFS,
Freddie :)

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• fer (8073)
• [2007-05-03 17:17]

Hi Sabine,

Great portrait!!!Full of color and amazing details.Great note to.
obrigado,
Fernando

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• jan515 (17484)
• [2007-05-03 17:28]

Hallo Sabine,
Die Gestaltung ist hervorragend hier, perfekte Details und ein wundervolles Effekt des Bildes. Ausgezeichnete scharfe Details.Ein wunderschönes Portrait.
Schöne Grüße.
Janusz

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• juyona (15433)
• [2007-05-03 19:30]

Guaaauu,
hola Sabine,
magnífico retrato,
detalles y excelente pov.
increíble práctica...
saludos TFS

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• tomek_wap (4640)
• [2007-05-04 5:09]

Nice shot.
Good note, but why do they do that? What's the purpose, cultural I guess, but it must have some usefulness in its kind.

this type is seen on both discovery and NG channels pretty often. it seems one of most interesting and mysterious subjects.

Well done.
Tom

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• shelbeesmom (47844)
• [2007-05-04 8:10]

They don't laugh or smile, because their neck is getting longer! I would think that would be SO heavy! So sad, even though she is beautiful! She would have lots of pain as she grows!
B-)
Linda
I'll be back.....................

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• kokos101 (27592)
• [2007-05-04 10:22]

hi sabine!
great note and wonderful shot with so many colors and excellent sharpness.
tfs
zoran

pt

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• ttreen (15896)
• [2007-05-04 13:18]

Wow Sabine
this photo speaks tons...
I wonder if she wishes the longer next or if she does not have a choice..
you photo captures her sadness.. but she is dressed in such happy colors

Take care

tricia

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• Marjolein (0)
• [2007-05-04 13:24]

Hi,
I think I wouldn't smile a lot when I have so many rings around my neck. Very nice photo, her emotions are returned very clear. Nice colours too.
Greetings Marjolein

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• HaBeMa (3070)
• [2007-05-04 16:27]

Hi Wishnugaruda;very fantastic a portrait,very rich colors,regards...
Habema.
:-]

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• hay_kes (56462)
• [2007-05-04 16:59]

Hi Wishnu,
Excellent portrait.great details, colours and sharpness.Well composed.TFS.
Gratuliere!
Grüsse!

hAyAti

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• Werewolf (26142)
• [2007-05-04 20:57]

It's not everybody who can take a shot with the coils like that! And you catch well your oportunity! For the originality of course! The colors and the angle of presentation give good details!

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• chrisJ (42005)
• [2007-05-04 23:06]

Hi Wishnu

I saw some of these women in neighboring Thailand, at Mae Hong Son. Wonderful colour & sharpness, in this superb portrait. Tfs!

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• Silvio2006 (42555)
• [2007-05-05 5:33]

Hi Sabine, fascinating portrait of a lovely girl, great expression, very well done, have a great week end, ciao Silvio

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• GreenBaron (48768)
• [2007-05-05 5:43]

Hi Sabine,
This is a sad picture. Not because you took it, you did your 'job' as photographer, but the story behind this poor woman. Why do woman suffer for the beauty? Why all those tears? Is it worthy? I don't think so. The torture of the rings must be terrible, the pain sometimes unbearable. Why Sabine? Nevertheless you wrote a fair note which I appreciate and I know as long as we are posting this kind of "interesting" deprave pictures I wouldn’t be come better at all. Yours is fair and well seen with the perfect sharpness and colours. Well seen my dear Sabine; no hard feelings at all.
Hans

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• cstathoulis (13323)
• [2007-05-05 6:25]

Hi Sabine,

I've heard and seen documentaries of these people. Very interesting.
A great portrait showing how strong culture and tradition can be!

Very well done
Constantinos

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• thor68 (4536)
• [2007-05-05 13:41]

nee, also, das wär nichts für mich, am hals kann ich kaum etwas vertragen.*g*
was für ein eindrucksvolles foto, sabine! :-)
tolles farbenfrohes portrait mit einmaligen details, die man nicht alle tage zu gesicht bekommt.
thanks & einen schönen abend, thor.

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• Emma (10151)
• [2007-05-05 15:28]

Hallo Sabine,
ein faszinierendes Foto mit herrlichen Farben und interessanten Details, dazu noch Deine super Erklärung, fantastisch.
Liebe Grüsse
Eva

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• perryhooter (27341)
• [2007-05-05 22:13]

Would you smile having to wear these rings for life ?

:(

Sorry Wishnu, there are things , that I simply cannot understand. Beauty is indeed relative. Some traditions are weird to us. That being said , I have to admit , I am not enthousiast seeing all these weird piercing and tattooes today !

I like simple and natural beauty. Ornaments and jewelry for special occasions OK. But for life...... I do not see the point and use honestly.

Enough wining (^_^). A great photo , portrait showing well the natural sad expression of this lovely young lady. Just looking at her , sadness is filling my heart immediately.

Well done .
Robert

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• sleger (3549)
• [2007-05-06 6:38]

Hello Wisnu

Thanks for sharing this picture. It is a hard to understand tradition these Kayan peoples have. I wonder how and why it started in the first place.
Nice picture and nice subject.

Regards, Sylvain

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• tracer (7920)
• [2007-05-06 13:41]

you are lucky to see this people in real Sabine. congratulations for a very informative photo.

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• yanm (8422)
• [2007-05-07 5:11]

colourful potrait, Sabine. Though half of her face a little blur.

Yan

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• gavindya (20)
• [2007-05-07 7:56]

hi Sabine,
yes,I agree with ya, they are really interesting people,
the traditional that we never know to understand for what and why.
very nice portrait and big thx for you share this portrait to us.
regards
Haldian

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• ruudblok (22329)
• [2007-05-07 16:04]

Fist a beautiful photo and a nice pose
Do they belong to the long necks? How also live in Thailand.
I am always amazed what people do to beautify them self
Even when it hurts or is unhealthy
If we think about acupuncture in contradiction with earrings
Tattoos for life unless we know it just fancy in a short period
Now we have the for ever young botox people in western world
Not able to live what life give them
They will die old with a young face and old hands
Who is fooling how?
No improvement at all to the tribes you show us

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• rychousmama (228)
• [2007-05-07 21:42]

"This young lady was a little sad as you can see in her face - and I never saw a Padaung woman laughing or smiling, don't ask me why ..."
Well, there's no reason they should be smiling or laughing when they have to go through the physical torture of wearing those neck rings. In fact, I have heard that these women are still practicing the wearing of these rings simply to get tourist money in, not for carrying on traditions or anything. It's very sad.
Technicalities: the colors and contrasts are just amazing. Excellent lighting from the back-side, great detail and clarity. The cropping and framing for this is perfect. Good shallow depth of field too. I am glad that you did not get her to smile or anything as these women are clearly oppressed and unhappy. TFS.
-Lara

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• lopa (8927)
• [2007-05-08 5:37]

Hi,
Great portrait!!! Excellent lighting, sharpness and great colors. The composition is very good as well as the DOF. I met them in Chiang Mai(Thailand). I have some similar looking shot. Hope to share it some time.
TFS
Lopa
:)

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• shelbee (4290)
• [2007-05-12 16:46]

Hi Sabine,
Great colors and angle. I love that her eyes are shut. Nice crop and note.
well done,
Shelby

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• captainsgirl (6899)
• [2007-05-14 19:45]

Hello Wishnu,
Its a beautfiul photo of this young lady, the colors are wonderful. I did see a documentary of these people and I think most of them are sad . They want to be free and from what I heard most of them would like to be free from wearing the rings. Theres is a sad story I think.

Thanks for the photo. It is very beautiful.
Donna:o)

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• harpya (9587)
• [2007-05-15 8:30]

Hello Sabine,

Me other day I saw a report on these wonderful women. I was amazed with culture and his life way.
beautiful portrait!
very nice colours and composition.
Good work!
Congratulations my friend....

Sérgio
:)

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• silycat (2319)
• [2007-05-19 12:06]

Hi Wishnu!
Beautiful portrait with striking vivid colors and shiny details, I like the composition and modest half profile very much!
ps.Happy hunt!

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• hester (9994)
• [2007-05-26 14:13]

Hi Sabine

This is a lovely picture but so sad as well. You have captured her mood wonderfully. I know how I would feel about such constraints but I guess the only people who know how these women feel about this tradition is them themselves. It is a well exposed and captured portrait

TFS

Karan

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• foureur (729)
• [2007-05-29 2:50]

Bonjour
excellent portrait, belle expression et beaux détails
bravo

jojo

PS Merci pour ta visite

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• Aprilchen (246)
• [2007-06-03 3:17]

Es ist irgendwie sehr traurig,was man den jungen Frauen mit so einem Schmuck antut...
Dennoch ein Klasse Foto, gerade weil die Farben so im krassen Kontrast zu der Traurigkeit des Mädchens stehen…

lieben Gruß,

Laura

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• cepekdonk (1439)
• [2007-07-03 11:27]
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birma ist ein faszinierendes land ! ich liebe es trotz des meiner meinung nach nicht so guten essens ! wahnsinn wieviele ringe die frau um den hals hat

daniel

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• Jens (4661)
• [2007-07-05 16:35]

Hi -
This photo brings back memories, my wife and I was visiting this little village, during a holiday in Thailand back in 1996 were we was spending some days in Mae Hong Song.
It was amazing to see those women in live to see the real thing.
You have made an excellent shot, its brilliant. TFS.
Jens.
ps. They was demanding BAT fore each photo taken, if you was paing enogh they did smile.

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• MLINES (8470)
• [2008-01-22 14:45]

Hi Sabine, A most unusual and interesting person to be seen on TL, with such a strange tradition continuing into the modern world. TFS. Murray.

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• Ientje (122)
• [2008-01-28 3:29]

You made a very beatiful portrait. I understand the sadness of the woman...
Grt. Ingrid

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• AndroK (11700)
• [2008-12-05 3:57]

Hi Wishnu...
Beautiful portrait and very interesting young woman...
Nice colors...
Regards...
Andro