Mah-Jong, a photo from Quebec, Central

Photographer's Note

One table, four players, a hundred and forty four tiles, and numerous possibilities had provided endless hours of joy and pain throughout years and years in history. Once banned by the Chinese Communist Party, it continues to play an important part in the Chinese culture.

conneally, mpdre, isa, oochappan, lyn, robiuk has marked this note useful

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conneally (105) 2007-06-28 1:51

that real sense of urgency of movement as the tiles are moved around getting ready for the next game is caught by the blur of the hands and the note was useful - i hadn't realised that the game was once banned by the CP

thanks

paul

fijiphil (1355) 2007-06-28 2:41

Very original photo, interesting topic, well captured. Maybe there's a bit too much movement in the hands (they are just blurs, barely recognisable as hands) but still I love it. Well done.

sevy (58) 2007-06-28 2:47

Hello Wilbur,

Very nice and interesting photo. The long exposure gives really the idea of movement of the hands and gives really life.

Yves.

lamp (137) 2007-06-28 2:58

wonderful!

partha (14023) 2007-06-28 3:33

Hi Wilbur,
Terrific shot. The blur adds nice effect. Colour tone and the note is very good as well.
Regards.
partha

danielswalsh (13597) 2007-06-28 4:14

This is a great shot Wilbur;

Many shots we see here in TrekEarth are 'snapshots' and the points are of no reflection to the actual quality and photographic merrit. This is NOT one of those shots.
Very good choice of exposure as you've captured the movement beautifully- in great contrast to the stationary tiles.

A very common past-time here in Singapore!

Well done!
- Dan

mpdre (1611) 2007-06-28 8:44

Hi Wilbur! Great picture! I like the movement created by the hands that surround the game. It has lot of action. Also the green pieces and the only one white piece a little off-center give a nice compo. The note is very interesting.

Congrats!

bwiti (402) 2007-06-28 16:17

Very nice composition full of movement, I love the colors and the dynamism which live your picture, congratulations...

isa (1986) 2007-06-29 5:01

Hi Wilbur,
Good composition and nice escene.
Beautiful player moment.
Congratulations for the job.
Best Regards,

Isa

happypoppeye (4819) 2007-07-06 22:14

Great "motion photo" Wilbur. Composition and color is good. The framing really compliments the photo well also.

Nice work
John

oochappan (4880) 2007-07-14 18:19

Remarkable outstanding blur on the hand and the tiles showing this game in a most pleasant way, a very inspirational capture in detail Wilbur, excellent.
greetings
Henk

lyn (139) 2007-07-20 12:04

The sense of movement is brilliant in this shot.
And the green tiles.
Good work on a brilliant topic.

*** lyn ***

robiuk (10807) 2007-09-07 12:58

Lovely blur on hands & tiles, and
colour-mixing caused by this.
Very creative, Wilbur!
Robi