Heaven, I'm in Heaven., a photo from Sagaing, North

Photographer's Note

Carrying on the "stalking Furachan" project...

Heaven... I'm in heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.
And I seem to find the happiness I seek,
When we're out together (sleeping) cheek to cheek.

Who knows the heavenly young girl this youngster was dreaming about?

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At 1 PM, it was Sleeping Beauty's temple in Sagaing, everybody catching some Zzzzs, in the shade of the burning hot white sky and a sweat milking temperature...

KevRyan, fijiphil, fixed, Mistral, Bien, nicoz, sabyasachi1212, MLINES, verswe, miszka has marked this note useful

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Furachan (0) 2006-05-14 9:44

Great shot, Lujo. This is NOT a throw away stalk shot at all, but eminently "stalkable" in its own right. I love the division in two with the mosaic and the absolute WHITE light behind teh old fella - no way around ti that is how the light is there, and one might as well use it rarther than pretyend it isn't there (dynamic range issues...)
Very cool shot. CHarming.
-F

s10001in (0) 2006-05-14 9:45

LUKO,
Amazing image.

His face body is full of stories.
Hard working poor people hardly see the dream of young teans. Since what to it for night is main issue for them.
:(
Really hard life!!!
Nice image.
Thanks for sharing.

roamermark (1592) 2006-05-14 9:47

Luko,
Maybe I am the first you to congratulate you today on a wonderful image. I love the colour balance in this shot with your subjects skin tones and the tile and stained glass wall he sleeps beside....well done
Mark

nope....i am the third

GerdVDC (0) 2006-05-14 9:51

Great shot, Luko. So much expression and so much diversity in the photograph. It's a wonderful composition. Congrats!

All the best,
Gerd

KevRyan (22956) 2006-05-14 9:57

hahaha! oh dear! What a droll link!! Are you sure you two didn't plan this a year apart! Great contrast between the two halves - shape, colour, solidity, surface texture, hardness, softness - I really like this a lot for the character of the man too - well what we can tell form his sleeping form (and his dreams of course).

bw kev

rowanb (864) 2006-05-14 10:55

for a moment there i thought he was listening to a walkman (ipod) and bopping away..
fantastic scene, those colours are just great, now this tells a story..
rowan

fijiphil (1355) 2006-05-14 11:07

I'm not sure I like the RHS of the photo, this mosaic of glass and tiles. I would be more interested to see what's behind the old fella, in what context is he sleeping? Although I accept that may have been technically very difficult due to the strong backlighting.

king (4242) 2006-05-14 11:09

Hello Luko!
Looks like two pictures in one with great contrast.
Like this very much.
Much expression on the the sleeping face.
Thanks for sharing,
Huub de K.

dolin (7369) 2006-05-14 12:16

Salut Luko-
Ma miss avait l'air plus en forme ;)
Bon ok, lui il a pas les pieds coup廥 ;)
Non s廨ieux, excellent ce petit moment que t'as chop�, superbe cette position, je sais pas comment il fait pour roupiller mais en tous cas ca a l'air de lui r徼ssir.
Je trouve ce 50-50 int廨essant et les teintes claires de droite qui se rapporte � la partie de gauche c'est bon.
Bien vu
Fred

AmiBe (6042) 2006-05-14 13:03

Hello Luko,
pas doute, il est en plein r瞚e ici, excellente expression du visage.
Rien de tel qu'une bonne vieille chaise en bambou pour piquer un petit roupillon.
Jolies teintes...
Ses jambes racontent une histoire, sa vie n'a pas d� 皻re de tout repos, comme ici.
Bien vu, a+

bantonbuju (51815) 2006-05-14 13:43

salut luko,
thank you for this lesson - subconsciously i always wanted to compose the photo into two halves, bbut somehow i never did (well, maybe once or twice actually) and here is the lesson how to do it perfectly; plus that exposure control!
love this all the way;
best wishes, jerzy

ndb1958 (9289) 2006-05-14 13:50

Hi Luko,
several times that I was fascinated by Asian people, how the sleep in all kinds of positions. So even this old man on the chair. A great composition. I like the division of your pic in two parts. The wall with the mosaic works fine. A great contrast to the bright background of the sleeper.
Amazing.
Nino

tcht (7565) 2006-05-14 15:27

Hi Luko,
I enjoy the 1/2 division of the frame with beautiful contrasting 'texture' and patterns - of that person's skin & the decorations.
It seems a very mathematical shot to me, with all those great shapes - of his parallel legs and also parallel arms; matching with the solidness of the squares and symmetrical patterns. Great setting, well spotted. TFS!
CheukHin

fixed (3836) 2006-05-14 15:41

salut Luko
:) j'aime ton titre :)
tr鋊 graphique au final
avec un p'tit p鋨e qui � bien l'air d'avoir besoin de repos
la le蔞n c'est comment rendre un p'tit p鋨e graphique malgr� lui ? :)
nono

AnimeshRay (9089) 2006-05-14 16:35

Superbly handled frame! Very difficult light, but you are spot on. Excellent note.
Animesh

Mistral (15416) 2006-05-14 17:22

Salut Luko,
you managed very well the hard backlight with an attentive compo. Also your note is nice.
A smile
Luca

clarita (654) 2006-05-14 18:50

haha...great photo.
i really like the wall next to the man...adds a lot of character to your comp. i only wished you showed the complete image of the chair...i think it would be more balanced/symmetrical had you done so.
otherwise, the colours here are good. thx for posting.

vapours (8264) 2006-05-14 21:23

Well I saw a documentary on the 'iceman' last night (the thousand year old body that had been found in some snow and was almost-perfectly preserved) and this man here looks like a splitting image of his remains.

A great daily life shot, made effective by the patterns and grit on the tiles.

david (3992) 2006-05-14 21:33

hey luko. this is an unbelievable shot. i don't say that because of fantastic technical composition, i say it because your subject is amazing. he looks so old and almost hollow. wow!

it's interesting how you've composed this, with the builiding's shiny tiles next to the ragged old man. it's a good shot and a good composition.

i would have liked to see a close up of the old man. a portrait of his sleeping face would have been worth a million points! ;)

your ipod workshop is funny. something of a juxtaposition to this old man's reality.

jjcordier (79299) 2006-05-15 1:54

Luko
Une photo saisie au bon moment avec un tr鋊 bon cadrage et un partage (os� mais original) en deux parties 嶲ales. Une seule (toute) petite r廥erve pour moi, le fond blanc derri鋨e l'homme trop lumineux et qui attire trop mes yeux...fatigu廥.
Amicalement
JJ

Bien (4745) 2006-05-15 3:28

Hi Luko, I wish I could sleep like that! I like this perfectly split composition a lot. The light reflected in these gorgeous mirror palls is great. What I like the most is this soft, peaceful brush of light that you managed on his face. Great work! Sabine

ALSOM (6616) 2006-05-15 6:47

[Ceci est un commentaire � voix basse]
Contrairement � Rowan, j'y vois plutot un remake made in Maynmar d'une pub de la Volkswagen Sharan avec un fond musical "I like to Move it". Trop cool cette position, le bonheur � l'彋at pur. A morceau de vie pris � la vol嶪, vol嶪 sans volet !

Attention de ne pas reveiller papy avec la fort lumiere. Par contre je n'arrive pas � comprendre ce 50/50 (s'il ya qqc � comprendre bien sur) et cette partie de droite ... Je s鋃he, je pr嶨鋨e appeller un ami Jean-Pierre !

rbcy1974 (20758) 2006-05-15 7:49

Hello Luko
Is he sleeping, or is he recovering from a long night of partying?
THe washed out white background creates a great canvas to set the rest of the scene. You have captured this character very well by his expression as well as the texture of his skin.
Well done
Regards
Daniel

PeterC (2242) 2006-05-15 9:26

Wonderfully composed split frame. That light looks so strong you mamaged to use it very well. Great colours and a wonderful reply to Francis' image.
Cheers
Peter
green later

partha (14023) 2006-05-15 22:37

Very good titling of the shot. The composition is well balanced and the story is described well.
Partha

nicoz (1979) 2006-05-16 5:38

Hi Luko,
What's the oldest: the man or the wall?
What's the brightest: The man or the wall or... the photographer?
Good workshop too.
Nicolas

tongapup (0) 2006-05-18 16:01

Hey Luko,

He really does appear to be in mid-leap. The man has sleeping skills. A gorgeous shot, with that insane high-key background -- I see where you got the heaven reference from. Not to mention the very fine stained-glass window (or is it mirrors?), which looks like one of the props in someone's version of heaven. Nicely done.

Prisley (1485) 2006-05-25 6:18

Bon, il m'幯erve lui � pioncer comme un loire alors que je suis clo褾r嶪 au bureau � regarder des photos sur TE ;o) Non mais sans blague, j'ai senti mes paupi鋨es s'alourdir rien qu'en regardant le thumbnail...et 蓷 fait des jours que 蓷 dure !! Il faut donc que j'exorcise le sort en postant une note :
A part le c矌� frustrant de la sc鋝e (et je reconnais en toi ce c矌� sadique), je vois que tu t'es employ� � faire (comme pour la sc鋝e � la chemise marron "tendance") une belle s廧aration bien nette (avoue que tu as eu de la chance qu'il soit justement contre ce mur, et en plus � son extr幦it�) entre l'homme aux tons "humains" (marron, tiens l� encore...) et l'oeuvre de l'homme aux couleurs vives.
L'arri鋨e plan sur-expos� accentue le focus sur la larve (euh pardon...l'homme endormi) et donne une impression de chaleur accablante (ao壻 2003 le retour...oh c'est glauque 蓷...).
Bref, j'A-DOWE ! :-)

wolf38 (30) 2006-06-29 12:38

The picture kompositorisch divided in the center shows typical burmese impressions. One finds the glasmosaiken in nearly all temples. And the old man reminds me of old man, whom I saw in a home for the elderly. It is interesting that the sleeping man put like a baby to the rear. Picture worth seeing and a very well composed. Greeting, Wolfgang

sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2006-07-09 14:11

Hi Luko,
I was seeing the critiqies for this photo with so many technicalities mentioned and I was left wondering, Oh My God, what are they talking about. If I cant speak their language cant I praise this photo! Well I mustered the courage to say, I LIKE IT!
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

Filko (1134) 2006-08-22 4:43

This is not sleeping beauty..but there is something intersting in this photo...
Simply time passing by...
nice and i like the colours...

filip

verswe (7330) 2007-02-17 5:19

Good light, good composition, cood colours, good note...excellent travel shot.
I love your pictures, Luko.