Lucky game in Phnom Penh by Pascal Riben

pascalriben · Sep 28, 2013

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JTPhotography · Sep 29, 2013

I'm not feeling this one, lacks interest.

pascalriben · Sep 30, 2013

JTPhotography said:
I'm not feeling this one, lacks interest.

Thank you for your comment! Does it means you're feeling others?

timor · Sep 30, 2013

Actually I find this more interesting than couple of other, recently posted by you pictures. I guess you didn't have a choice, but for "lucky" the card should have number 4 ? This spiraling line (hose ?) is a clean allegory to luck in gambling. Hm, maybe the title should be "Unlucky game". After all it ended in the street's mud.

pascalriben · Sep 30, 2013

timor said:
Actually I find this more interesting than couple of other, recently posted by you pictures. I guess you didn't have a choice, but for "lucky" the card should have number 4 ? This spiraling line (hose ?) is a clean allegory to luck in gambling. Hm, maybe the title should be "Unlucky game". After all it ended in the street's mud.

Lucky game refers to the picture itself: it takes luck to find in the same place a club playing card and a hose with its shape mimicking this club playing card.

molested_cow · Sep 30, 2013

The relationships in this image are not easy to spot, but that shows how observant you are! I did see the relationship when I clicked on the image for a bigger view and it did take a few seconds. This means that I actually needed to look for the relationship to see what's so interesting about this image. Should this be posted elsewhere, or by someone whose work I am not familiar with, I'd probably not have put more thoughts in it.

pascalriben · Sep 30, 2013

molested_cow said:
The relationships in this image are not easy to spot, but that shows how observant you are! I did see the relationship when I clicked on the image for a bigger view and it did take a few seconds. This means that I actually needed to look for the relationship to see what's so interesting about this image. Should this be posted elsewhere, or by someone whose work I am not familiar with, I'd probably not have put more thoughts in it.

Thanks for your comment molested_cow! So, you're familiar with my work? Thanks again

timor · Sep 30, 2013

pascalriben said:
timor said:

Actually I find this more interesting than couple of other, recently posted by you pictures. I guess you didn't have a choice, but for "lucky" the card should have number 4 ? This spiraling line (hose ?) is a clean allegory to luck in gambling. Hm, maybe the title should be "Unlucky game". After all it ended in the street's mud.

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Lucky game refers to the picture itself: it takes luck to find in the same place a club playing card and a hose with its shape mimicking this club playing card.

And try to be a COP. One scene, two witnesses, everyone sees something different. This is called abstract photography. :lol:

pascalriben · Sep 30, 2013

timor said:
pascalriben said:

timor said:

Actually I find this more interesting than couple of other, recently posted by you pictures. I guess you didn't have a choice, but for "lucky" the card should have number 4 ? This spiraling line (hose ?) is a clean allegory to luck in gambling. Hm, maybe the title should be "Unlucky game". After all it ended in the street's mud.

Click to expand...

Lucky game refers to the picture itself: it takes luck to find in the same place a club playing card and a hose with its shape mimicking this club playing card.

Click to expand...

And try to be a COP. One scene, two witnesses, everyone sees something different. This is called abstract photography.

I believe for murder you need queen spade... :mrgreen:

timor · Sep 30, 2013

Why queen ? Women are innocent !!

sashbar · Sep 30, 2013

Ace of clubs.. nice. I spotted it immediately.. but then again - after thousands of hours at the poker table.. Are you aware that this is a half of the Dead Man's Hand, the most famous hand in the whole history of cards? (Probably 3-7-Ace from "The Queen Of Spades" comes distant second. Le dame de pique

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It does look like a crime scene.. I think the body of Wild Bill Hickok is lying somewhere near.. I have told you, your images ARE mysterious...
But THAT game was not QUITE lucky: to get a bullet in your head during a poker game is not big luck.

pascalriben · Sep 30, 2013

timor said:
Why queen ? Women are innocent !!

Not my idea to associate queen spade with death!

pascalriben · Sep 30, 2013

sashbar said:
Ace of clubs.. nice. I spotted it immediately.. but then again - after thousands of hours at the poker table.. Are you aware that this is a half of the Dead Man's Hand, the most famous hand in the whole history of cards? (Probably 3-7-Ace from "The Queen Of Spades" comes distant second. Le dame de pique )

It does look like a crime scene.. I think the body of Wild Bill Hickok is lying somewhere near.. I have told you, your images ARE mysterious...
But THAT game was not QUITE lucky: to get a bullet in your head during a poker game is not big luck.

Unfortunately - or fortunately! - I don't play poker

weepete · Sep 30, 2013

I got it, took me all of three seconds though. Like sashbar I've spent a few hours at a poker table as well though it's been a while since I was that into it I've lost the ability to instantly see hands. The more I look at this the more I like it though.

Very nice spotting skills!

pascalriben · Sep 30, 2013

weepete said:
I got it, took me all of three seconds though. Like sashbar I've spent a few hours at a poker table as well though it's been a while since I was that into it I've lost the ability to instantly see hands. The more I look at this the more I like it though.

Very nice spotting skills!

Thank you weepete!