Mekong Delta, Can Tho floating Market, Vietnam

Posted by Aidan Hammond (Seoul, South Korea) on 4 March 2007 in Transportation and Portfolio.

This floating market is one of the biggest in the Mekong Delta. All the produce sold here is sold and bought by wholesalers. The sellers load up their boat with produce and come to the market. They then stay on the boat for about 4-5 days until the everything is sold.
This was taken around 9am, right when the market is bustling with activity. I watched these people transferring cabbages from one boat to another for about 20 minutes.
The next few postings will have more shots of this market and the activities in it.

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Comments (11)

Daniel from United States

Neat shot. Looks like a wonderful place for photogrpahy!

4 Mar 2007 12:38am

Kheoh Yee Wei from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Wow,a great LIVELY photo,I wish i been there when I was in Bangkok ;(

4 Mar 2007 1:21am

@Kheoh Yee Wei: Actually this was in Vietnam. I've heard about the floating markets in Bangkok, but was never able to make it to them when I was there for two days.

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Like this a lot. A nice capture. Like the confusion.

4 Mar 2007 1:58am

objectif-plume from Belgium

très belle photo. very nice shot. i love the portrait and your colors!

4 Mar 2007 2:59am

@objectif-plume: Thanks, the colours in this are not 'true.' I've applied some cross-processing curves to shift the colours. NNot sure If I am happy with the results

Jerry from Tampa, United States

Wonderful candid capture Aidan - great visual of the culture - thanks for sharing!

4 Mar 2007 3:55am

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Nice action shot!

4 Mar 2007 9:10am

Bahar from Toronto, Canada

captured at the right time,I like the action here.well done!

4 Mar 2007 12:02pm

@Bahar: Thanks. They were unloading these for about 5 minutes. I shot about 15 frames. I discovered that action shots like this are so hard to capture.

Michael Zhang from New York City, United States

Excellent frozen action on the cabbage.

4 Mar 2007 11:06pm

Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia

Fantastic shot mate, your processing lends itself very well to the subject. I like the nonchalance of theh lady throwing the cabbage down to the boat, nicely captured!

5 Mar 2007 4:49pm