Display of balance, a photo from Sichuan, Central

Photographer's Note

To support the load of those blankets while going up the stairs of over one hundred steps, the porter had to maintain his back at a constant 45 degree angle in order to keep him balanced, otherwise the weight above his head can easily tip him over or make him fall backward

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imaginglife (238) 2010-01-21 20:51

Hi Anne,

Good selection of subject and it is not easy to click a moving subject from a close distance. However i feel that as the subject is climbing the stairs hence if you have captured the picture keeping the suject on the left hand side and leaving some space on the right capturing the stairs, that would have given a sense of as to how tough it is to climb the stairs taking such amount of weight, hence you could have avoided the people in the back ground which is creating a conflict with the subject.

Regards
Udayaditya

posternpete (203) 2010-01-22 3:19

Hi Anne,
I can see where the comments are coming from in the other notes. But as we view this picture we do not know if there are people coming down the stairs to the right? In fact, you can just see the tip of something on one of the steps.
So all in all, an interesting shot in the circumstances.
Pete