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Takraw is very popular in Thailand and adjacent countries. Perhaps best described as kick-volleyball, it is extremely spectacular, and played with a small ratan ball. Allthough professionally played in sport stadiums, it is also very much a "people's sport", often played in the streets - I always considered these shots more as street photos than as sport photos.

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Chongky 2 years ago

This is stunning KoPi
Just visited your webpage, and i love your photo journal, BOLD and i love your mono's

KoPi Thank you Chongky, and I really appreciate you taking the time to visit my homepage. I'm sorry that my journal hasn't been updated.

john taca 4 years ago

killer moment there...

Koen Pieters thanks for the additional comments :-)

Eddie Wong 4 years ago

An awesome action shot. Prefect execution!! Really love their facial expressions.

Nicolas Zwarg 4 years ago

Wonderful timing !! Faved !

Nicole Goggins 4 years ago

that's incredible!

Sandy Powers 4 years ago

A-MAZING! Such crystal clear, clean focus on this moment captured in a fraction of a second's time! Your work is so amazing. I love it.

Koen Pieters You should see all the misses ;)

Chris Wöhrle 4 years ago

Cool action,
very artistic people

Chris

Koen Pieters yes, they are quite lean and athletic... until the booze shatters their bodies :(

Jojit Lorenzo 4 years ago

oh my.... i love action shots... lovely!!!

Koen Pieters thanks :)

Thomas Ljungberg 4 years ago

Great shot Koen, love the frozen action.
And now I have a good tag to search on if I when I need to find it again... ;-)
/Thomas

Koen Pieters he he... thanks Thomas :)

King Douglas 4 years ago

I can see no reason why this wasn't published.

Koen Pieters Sorry for the confusion I created King, but I put up the photo for critique despite it being published. Just thought it might be useful to know which reservations people might have about a photo. But thanks for the nice comment :)

King Douglas Sorry, Koen,
I'm new here. How would I know that this image had been published? I understand that people can post published images for critique, but it seems as through there should be some obvious indication of this.

An amazing photo, and I like your keyword, "NowwheredidIputthe manuelregardinglanding" LOL!

Koen Pieters 4 years ago

Thank you very much Alberto, George, Elain, Laurence, Angela and Cowan

Cowan 4 years ago

Unbelievable!!!

Angela Bacon-Kidwell 4 years ago

Loved this in screening. Wonderul moment and perfect capture.

Laurence Garçon 4 years ago

What a great action - street - documentary shot !

Daria Endresen 4 years ago

Great action shot! can't imagine how they manage to land :))

Koen Pieters Most of the time on their hands and feet Daria :)
Thanks

Daria Endresen :D I believe it's a very spectacular game :)

Elaine Vallet 4 years ago

great capture

joachim maertens 4 years ago

Koen,

inderdaad heel krachtig beeld. Doet me aan de fameuze scene uit the matrix denken.
De linkerspelers springt er echt wel uit. Mag ik weten of je flits gebruikte?

Koen Pieters No flash used Joachim - I don't have one :(
Most of the photos I took there I took around 4h30 pm though, when the light tends to be very beautiful - allthough for this one I think it might have been clouded, as I don't see any shadows. The lens really helped to separate the players from the busy bg, and I think in pp I really pushed the sharpening, but just (edit : mainly) on the two players, to pull them out even more.
bedankt voor de reactie :)