Carpeteria Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

From my "Egyptians" miniseries.
Sitting on a carpet, smoking shisha , talking to the locals, or simply observing how they are playing their card or domino or other games...this is the thing which I loved while in Middle East...

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faubry (32197) 2007-05-20 12:42

bonsoir Jerzy, very nice this blur on guitar and hand.. and beautiful colors and light on this man, very good composition, thanks a lot
take care
francine

B2B (926) 2007-05-20 14:49

Un beau moment de vie.

jasmis (49691) 2007-05-21 2:22

Kolejne zdjęcie w którym o coś chodzi. Niebanalna kompozycja robi wrażenie.
PS. A gdzie turyści na wielbłądach pod piramidami? Hehe?
Pozdrawiam.

riclopes (32865) 2007-05-21 3:03

Indeed, I love this kind of confortable spaces they create, Jerzy. I had this in Morocco, Turkey and in some places in India. I can't imagine a more enjoyable place to spend the time with friends. No coffee in Europe beat these carpets and pillows on the floor. Judging by this POV, you had already smoke a bit on that 'shisha' :) and not even then, you stoped clicking the button... ;-)
I like the originality of the composition, although I wish that the guy in the back was reacting to your camera, instead of being distracted with something out of the picture.
ricardo

luisafonso (858) 2007-05-21 5:46

Man, have you stopped looking through the viewfinder when taking pictures? What is this guy doing standing in the middle of the picture? Hey, shhh, get the camera a little to the left, will you?

Furachan (0) 2007-05-21 6:18

I lke the blurry action o the left that sets up the scene, as well as the clarity of the man standing. Right side a leeeetle bit weak to my mind but a bloody good situational portrait just the same.
bw,
-f

ninaL (19292) 2007-05-21 8:23

Czesc.
Dziwne rzeczy tutaj sie dzieja.
Czesciowo ciekawy POV - z dolu...a czesciowo perturbujacy...

No bo co to za kawalek rozmytego faceta trzymajacego sznur od telefonu (chyba sznur) ;)?

A niebieskie szaty i obrus, to naturalne kolorki, czy tez efekt uboczny ?

No...tak "nie do konca"...

Pozdr. Grazyna.

ben4321 (9781) 2007-05-21 13:41

Despite the intricacy of the composition, it's the expression on the face of the guy in blue that holds the attention.
I really like how you framed it with the blurred hands of the smoker to your left, but it's a pity that the hanging lamp (or whatever it is) wasn't a bit further to the left so you could have used it to fill the space on the right side of the image. I just think the image needs some stronger element over on the right, somebody siting on those cushions in the back ground would have worked equally well.
Never mind, I like it anyway. Good stuff Jerzy.

Cheers,
Ben

Luko (13880) 2007-05-21 13:52

For me, I love the intrusion of the hand on the left handside, it gives a sort of "nygus like" unformal composition (as well as the brownish processing) but unfortunately, I also reckon that the right hand side is weak compared to the rest.. it feels a bit unbalanced for me. (edit : oh, ok, I won't have to argue with you on that point... I just read your reply to Francis)

Which flavor for shisha tobacco?

Vato_Law (11638) 2007-05-22 16:36

Hello Jerzy,
It may have the man in the middle, ok, not 'suitable' for a pro but on the other side there is the inclusion of this partial man on the left handside which breaks the 'mistake' of this man that should be more on the right side but looking at his eyes should have smoked lots of 'shisha' and didn't notice he wasn't on the correct position:)
I like the look of this place very 'relaxy' and the way you've composed this one, breaking the rules.
Cheers.
Paulo

battousai (827) 2007-05-23 14:56

O tak!!!! To jest to :) Takie wlasnie kadry uwielbiam. Pelen profi, Jurek. Leci do ulubionych.

Pozdrawiam

Pawel

designsoul (21394) 2007-05-27 16:28

Wonderful shot, Jerzy. ALmost missed it. The man in the front smoking shisha is excellent to introduce us to this exotic locale. Might even work as a square shot, I guess, starting from the left... just an idea, not a criticism.
Warmly
sasa

Fotomatik (154) 2009-10-01 3:33