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• bakes888 (13472)
• [2007-01-19 3:55]

Hi Angshuman. This looks a little overrun with tourists. It is good that people want to see and experience these wonderful places but it is also the bane of these same places. Nice capture and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

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• Paolo (40175)
• [2007-01-19 4:05]

Hi Angshu, funny and beautiful image with the Angkor ruins crowded of tourists!
good colours, light and composition.
thanks, ciao

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• ChrisJ (57432)
• [2007-01-19 4:07]

Hi Angshuman

Perhaps a slight crop at left to remove the head in the corner? Lol at the title. I've had to queue many a time at famous landmarks. Good sharpness & colour. Tfs!

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• sanalytis (1628)
• [2007-01-19 4:09]

Hi Angshu,

I can relate to this image. I experienced the exact same scene at Ta Prohm last year during my visit. The crowds at times are crazy. It was very hard to snap photos with the amount of people in the complexes. You did a real good job in capturing the mob scene at the Angkor.

Spiros

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• riclopes (28592)
• [2007-01-19 4:28]

Olá Angshu, this is a funny diferent aproach of this well known place. We've seen many photos from here and most of them don't have any person. I wonder how, if this is so touristic? This is the real thing, fulled with tourists all the time! The lighting is beautiful and very well managedand I love the title. Good choice of the POV to show the maniac foreigners competing for the root shot and excellent inclusion of the girls on the right, which seems in expectation with the activity atound the tree. I'm glad they decided to leave the forces of nature here - it's really impressive and beautiful. Good work my friend!
Have a nice weekend,
Ricardo

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• pablominto (31853)
• [2007-01-19 4:32]

Hello Angshu,
Alway when I see this awesome tree I cannot help wondering how long it took..!
It is wise to find a point of view from an angle as compared to incoming light, which brings out good details like here...
Well framed an presented in a composition with good lines!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• Cretense (38144)
• [2007-01-19 4:42]
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Hi Angshu!

Great capture from one of the most interesting and unique places of the whole planet. Great shapness and contrast, beautiful colours! Good composition and perspective, nice inclusion of the people. Congratulations!

Best regards,
Hercules

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• devimeuxbe (48659)
• [2007-01-19 5:34]

Hi Angshuman
So many people there. When i was there, i was alone, but now tourism increase a lot in Cambodia.
Nice picture and nice observation on the tourists comportements
BErtrand

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• papagolf21 (49511)
• [2007-01-19 5:35]

Bonjour, mon ami Angshu,
Extraordinaire photo présentant un Temple enlacé par des racines géantes.
L'on dirait une pieuvre qui souhaiterait protéger ce Temple de toute invasion.
Une magnifique photo.
Amitiés.
Philippe

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• jhm (69708)
• [2007-01-19 6:46]

Hi Angshu,

We have regular this picture seen on TE, I find this always very spectacular, the tree are a miracle of the nature, also the ruins are wonderful for looking, I think in the reallity this almost are monsters! Vry well done! Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

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• vinicio (19399)
• [2007-01-19 6:46]

With the people around this place is more beautiful Angshu, compliments, I can understand the true dimensions and they are really amazing, well done.
Ciao
Vinicio

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• Gerrit (26917)
• [2007-01-19 6:56]

Hi Angshu,
funny pictuire of thisd remarkable place where the architecture and the nature meet and the tourists are testing everything,
Regards, Gerrit

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• MIG13 (0)
• [2007-01-19 7:14]

Hi, Angshuman! Wow! This is really impressive! Your capture is great, cause it shows the "monument" and the tourists in a so strange place. Nice colours and sharpness! Well done, my friend! TFS! Best regards! Miguel.

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• pierrefonds (19691)
• [2007-01-19 8:25]

Hi Angshuman,

A good POV of the tree and of the wall of the temple, a lot of details can be seen. The photo has a good composition, sharpness and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

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• John_F_Kennedy (22282)
• [2007-01-19 8:52]

Overcrowed by tourist. Interesting how you captured this.
Good colours.
Achim

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• gelor (3130)
• [2007-01-19 8:59]

Bonjour Angshuman,
Quand la nature reprend ses droits... Belle composition et intéressante note. Merci.
Gérard

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• sabyasachi1212 (19403)
• [2007-01-19 9:10]

Dear Angshu,
Ta Prohm with those massive roots has been so extensively covered on TE and elsewhere that it needed something of a fresh angle and thats what you have provided us with. The tourists placed alongside the roots goes to show just how huge these things are. I was awestruck the first time I saw this. I can see you had to fight the famous Cambodian sun and you have managed it well.
Best Wishes
Sabyasachi

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• feather (41820)
• [2007-01-19 11:19]

There's even more people than when I was there. It is a unique and amazing place and as much as I value the shots without people this not only shows reality but is good for scale.
KAth

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• hay_kes (21765)
• [2007-01-19 11:57]

Hi Angshuman,
Very interesting photo.Lightning, details, sharpness and comp. are excellent.TFS.

hAyAti

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• josepmarin (27292)
• [2007-01-19 13:08]

Hi Angshuman,
Your composition catches perfectly the environment of the tourists in his visit to this temple, but the most impressive thing they are the enormous roots of this giant ficus, I had never seen before anything so big.
Good work with the lighting and good balance of light and shades, without overexposure.
It is a splendid work, my friend.
Regards,
Josep

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• siolaw (23057)
• [2007-01-19 15:15]

Hi Angshu,
Almostimpossible to get a clear shot at these roots! it looks quite famous...POV is good, nice light and ssharpness
A interesting note as well
TFS

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• Serendipity (1043)
• [2007-01-19 16:09]

Hi Angshuman,
Here is a very interesting picture because it shows what we try to hide generally on photos : invasion of temples by troops of tourists. And it's only a beginning ! The site will soon look like Disneyland : luxury hotels grow as mushrooms at Siem Reap, roads looking like highways are in construction, trees are cut, and tourists rush by thousands ...
Last temples still isolated are not spared, because they are plundered by looters ! It's sure, it's not monks' photos which denounce that. Thanks to show a little part of the sad reality.
Marc.

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• emjleclercq (11800)
• [2007-01-19 16:56]

Very intersnting again to see theses trees growing among the temple's stones. In a recent documentary on French TV, it was explained the the current UNESCO plicy is to try to maintain the trees in situ, since they are a real curiosity for the tourists and toursists bring money... I beleive this picture is a perfect illustration of the phenomemon.

All the best,

Emmanuel

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• leo61 (33922)
• [2007-01-19 16:58]

Hi Angshu!
Tha Prohm is my favourite spot in Angkor area, and you managed a good shot and nice composition with the many tourists,everybody looking in an other direction.The roots there,covering the ancient architecture are amazing and this image shows this very well.Good light and colorcontrast,too.
Regards,Leo

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• vincz (17522)
• [2007-01-19 17:34]

Hi Angshu. O yes this place is busy. From what i see even more when you were there. I was there during the rainy season and it was - I cannot say more peaceful - less busy. very funny to see all these turists in libe for "the" picture. Good ethnological catch: a study on turism!

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• Budapestman (28216)
• [2007-01-19 18:08]

Dear Angshu!
What a spectacular and particular place! Its an expressive composition and very impressive cut. Effective and fascinating shot!
Thank you, nice days
George

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• aloyho (6061)
• [2007-01-20 0:38]

Hi Angshuman,
You caught it on the spot the real atmosphere of a place well received by tourists. The slight curve from the photographer to the other tourists and up the huge roots makes a pleasant flow. The lighting is well managed and those blue surrounding the leaves at the upper right portion aroused my curiosity. Well done!! All the best.

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• brevbrev14 (20405)
• [2007-01-20 6:16]

Hi Angshu!
this image is impressive!
oh...i would like a lot to see with my eyes this wonderful place...
The image is very good, with a very good POV and composition too!
also the lights are very good!
ciao!
Valeria

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• markstaples (15666)
• [2007-01-20 8:25]

A lovely sharp shot with great textures. This is an amazing sight. I like your angled POV which has led to a diagonal. Thanks for you last post too Angshu. It started a superb debate and gave me the courage to exhibit my posting of the day.
Best wishes
Mark

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• Scharan (12353)
• [2007-01-20 16:50]

Olá Angshu
Uma imagem dessas não se deixa de fotografar...muito curiosa e interessante mesmo!
Boas cores e luz. Bom trabalho.
Grande abraço,
Vera.

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• cunejo200 (6540)
• [2007-01-20 18:15]

Oh wow, there were far more tourists when you visited this area. I was lucky because there were hardly any when I was there. I actually like the inclusion of people in this posting - presented as you saw it. Very good tech details and Note. Best wishes. Danilo

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• Vato_Law (10994)
• [2007-01-21 13:48]

Hello Angshuman,
Great example of good coexistence between the man's creations and nature with this temple and the nature co-acting perfectly on this photo. The persons taking photos, or simply admiring this beauty are very well caught.
Cheers.
Paulo

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• Graal (44999)
• [2007-01-21 14:23]

Hi Angshuman,
unuusual view, fantastic roots, good captured. Good reportage and informations. Well done.
Gr., Aleksander

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• Fakir (0)
• [2007-01-22 6:25]

Brillant photo. amaqzing tree in co-existence with rock. Splendid.

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• berek (23962)
• [2007-01-22 7:38]

Hi Angshuman,
aha interesting big trees . very good sharpness and colours my friend. have a nice week. friendly regards.
burak
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• Henryk_Bilor (19338)
• [2007-01-22 12:50]

Hi Angshuman
Impressive building among the tree`s roots. Great capture of this phenomenon. I wonder how fast this ficus grows?
Regards

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• sayat (2727)
• [2007-01-26 18:43]

Great capture Dear Angshu! The fig tree really looks fantastic, especially that part which follows the wall and turns the corner! The lady's backward motion is very well captured, one wants to help her step down. Also, nice management of that strong light.
Sayat

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• batalay (15818)
• [2007-02-02 9:42]
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What an astonishing image, Angshu.

The tree, I believe, is a banyan tree that also grows in Hawaii. Among Mayan ruins (Tikal, in Guatemala, that you critiqued among my pictures), a thousand years of vegetation growth appears somewhat like the scene in your photo, and what becomes clear is that the trees that split buildings, also hold them up. There is a symbiotic relationship between the growth and the temples themselves. Your photo is a lesson in archaeology in Tropical climates.

Excellent composition and superior exposure.

Warm regards, you "A-friend,"
Bulent

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• capthaddock (28498)
• [2007-02-07 11:15]

Hi Angshu - I know, what a human zoo isn't it? I like that you included the posers here, which makes it humorous, a few times I have also taken photos of posing japanese.

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• pady (4798)
• [2007-02-09 14:55]

Yes unfortunately tourists can be very disturbing and it becomes difficult in some places to make photos without anybody.
Anyway this picture shows an interesting aspect of how nature can take control over human creations with its big roots.
A nice composition
Cheers
Pierre-André

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• Bruno40 (4899)
• [2007-04-24 14:05]

Funny different frame. The best time to shot this place is early morning. I was there alone for hours.
TFS
Jorge