Bad to the Bone Photo

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On the streets of Old Sharm.... Nothing unusual, just a daily life, just a usual "stuff"...

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riclopes (33135) 2008-11-22 1:50

Just the usual stuff...you make it sound like 'boring'...as you call to the landscapes. What makes the photo is at left, I mean at center. The detail of the kid grabing the bones and the knife on the mouth. The meet 'breathing' in open air...it's disgusting and at the same time very attractive for 'my' camera.
ric

Gessle (70) 2008-11-22 1:55

Witaj!
Bardzo mi się podba dzisiejszy tytuł.
Świetnie dopasowany. Daily life. No i o to tutaj chodzi.
Podoba mi się to, że mimo dużego kontrastu pomiędzy słońcem a cieniem udało Ci się tak, że widać dalszą perspektywę.
Pozdrawiam serdecznie, Anka

ninaL (19590) 2008-11-22 2:23

Bardzo ciekawa scena...
Spojrzenie chlopca z lewej wymowne.
Co do obrobki, chyba popracowalabym nad paroma szczegolami (odsaturowanie turkusow i takie tam rozne odcienie...)
Ale ogolnie dobre.
Pozdr. G.

noborders (14201) 2008-11-22 2:56

My goodness, another terrible but fascinating image for me who is a vegetarian since 30 years (cannot prevent seeing and smelling it while travelling, but seeing it *in photos* is something else !)

The bones and all this mass of fat, flesh, internal organs are very correctly exposed but with photoshop I would be tempted to correct the darkness of the faces of these butchers (one of them, so young !) - the BG is interesting but not specially pleasing (about esthetical presentation, I mean, which is not my priority but still...)

I am tempted to send this like you do these days, in "comments" but fear that you would not read it (discovered yours later) and anyway, there are some critiques too here and not only praises - in short : fascinating subject and great POV, but presentation not totally to my taste.

(PS ... Wondering too if you are like me and I noticed, some other members a bit tired of this site ; for that reason among others and because of lack of time, I won't be so active here for the next weeks, need a short break - also for preparing my next travel).

arturski (4444) 2008-11-22 7:50

Jurek
to jest swietna scena , dobrze zlapana w kadr!
Tak po prostu idziesz sobie ulica miasta a tu kosci , gnaty itp. ;-)

I co skusiles sie na kostki?

Pozdrawiam

Artur

KevRyan (22418) 2008-11-22 12:21

I like the naturalness of this shot J and the different directions of three sets of eyes - one on you another on the job and won creating a sense of question for us about what is happening outside of the frame - a lot of interesting detail too.

tc Kev

Booz (13880) 2008-11-22 12:39

hmm - nie wiedzia³êm ¿e¶ fanem ¿eberek jest ;) - twarze, kontrast ¿e¼ni z normaln± ulic±, nó¿, oczy ch³opaka.. ale¿ bantoñski nastrój!!
miód
Pozdrawiam,
T

jasmis (50995) 2008-11-22 14:47 [Comment]

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emka (22319) 2008-11-23 6:30

Witaj,
Fajna scenka, jak dla nas dość egzotyczna, gdzie indziej nie mają sanepidu i jakoś żyją (nawet turyści). Jak się zobaczy takie stoisko, to wegetarianizm wydaje się niezłą opcją, ale to mija. Chłopaczek z lewej wcześnie się wprawia. A co to za zwierzę takie duże? Może to wielbłąd? Ale najbardziej mnie rozbawił ten z nożem w zębach. Moim narzędziem pracy jest ołówek i mam dość znaczne spożycie ołówków i piór. Ciekawe, czy gdybym tak pracowała jak oni, zjadałabym noże?

Pozdrawiam
M.

robiuk (10763) 2008-11-23 13:58

Hi Jerzy,
like the photo, but can't see/feel any 'badness' going on. What strikes me most here is that 'ordinary' view on the street behind, but with an 'extraordinary' (unexpected) activity in the foreground, that looks oddly
out of place, but gives the place that surreal feel of reality at the same time.
Strong!
Robi

ben4321 (9807) 2008-11-24 2:58

Jerzy, I imagine you're the kind of guy who's averse to using flash, preferring to always use the natural light. This was a scene that was crying out for some fill-in though, and you could have avoided that nastily burnt-out background if you'd done so.
All you need to do is expose for the background (easiest with the camera in manual mode) then use flash to light those guys in the foreground. With the flash set to -1.7 or so, the result would have looked natural, and the whole scene would have been well exposed, instead of having the blown-out background and under-exposed guys in the foreground.
It's a shame really, because the poses of all three guys are great - great expressions on the faces of the two on either side as well.
Interesting shot Jerzy, just let down a bit by the way you controlled (or didn't) the light.

Cheers,
Ben

pelin (2765) 2008-12-02 9:15

No, ten 'nóż w ustach' robi wrażenie, i przystojniak z prawej z wyrazem agenta, zaintrygowanie patrzy gdzieś .. tam.. plus wzrok chlopca od kości :-) podoba mi się!

Ber (7576) 2009-01-15 13:42

po przeczytaniu emki odeszly ode mnie wszystkie mysli wlasne i nie wiem co napisac, tez mnie ubawil jej komentarz ;)
pozdrawiam