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Published: 2015-10-18 01:28:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 436; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 0
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Taken at Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, China.These kids were in a 'national park' (of sorts) up a mountain selling eggs while their parents were selling other wares a mile or so away.
I can't say I know what the kids are doing here. Perhaps they're counting money.
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Perhaps it's a silly thought, but this reminds me of transactions I've seen in United States schools where kids are trading with each other for salt to put on food, because condiments and the contents of lunches have gotten unnecessarily tightly regulated. Here's hoping that, as you suggested, these two were counting their coins instead.
The distribution on this photograph is enchanting. You have the four spots of bright leaves, one in each corner; you have two near-symmetrical instances of horizontal stripes in the kids' shirts; you have the piping in the boy's trousers mirroring the seam in the girl's trousers. It is extraordinarily appealing for the whole-picture harmony.
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I don't think that's silly at all!
That's quite intense, I have to say. I knew that schools were cutting down on salt, but I didn't realize things were that intense.
Thank you so much for your comment! There is a lot of symmetry or equal distribution going on here that makes me like the piece as well.
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Spying on children. You crack me up.
I also like how it's centered.
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I managed to catch a quickie without them noticing.
The centering is what I like too!
Thanks for the comment.
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It's an interesting scene - I like how you've centered everything - with the two kids on either side of the bowl. One thought I had was that perhaps the color is distracting from the scene, though I do like that fluorescent pink...it might be taking away from the exchange between the two kids.
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I get what you mean. I was thinking of putting it in black and white, but...I do like colour.
It wasn't entirely centre, so I made it that way.
Thank you for the comment!
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