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Harar
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Copyright: Nana Bjoernlund (nbj) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 487 W: 0 N: 55] (1619)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-10-03
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Canon 350 D, Sigma 17-70 f/2.8-4,5 DC
Exposure: f/8, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Shadows, Michele's favorites n°2 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-03-04 10:34
Viewed: 996
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
An oldie from the Harar series. Didn't look at them for a long time, but found this one today. Anyway, Harar in the very early morning. The guy in the middle was wearing a long cloth which he tossed around him while mumbling angrily, as if fighting and arguing with someone. Here he is caught in a quiet moment...

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very nice composition, beautiful silhouets and shadows, i really like this atmosphere, nice work
Louis

Bêhna tozê hat pozê min hindik ma bû bikuxiyam:)
wêneyek rind e...

bonsoir,
une belle composition avec un beau jeu d'ombre et de lumiere...l'atmosphere est plutot etrange, mystique...
tres bon rendu
vero

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  • amfdj Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 196 W: 61 N: 249] (1870)
  • [2008-03-04 11:08]

Hello Nana,

Een gigantisch mooie opname: zo'n prachtig tegenlicht en die mensen net op de juiste plaats.
Ook de ietwat in de schaduw verscholen personen aan de overzijde van de straat hebben hun functie in deze opname.
Voor mijn part: een kustwerkje!

groeten,

Eddie

I was waiting for a new post...and I am not disappointed! magnificent morning light you captured, with some dust to give it all a mysterious magical and earthy feeling. You put us right there in this simple street, to see people about doing their work. The woman and the man in the fg are of great beauty, both in their attitude (she seems shy and kind of hiding) and he probably in some psychical troube as you explain, and because in silhouette against the light. A marvellous shot to me, full of emotion and so human and true, compliments Nana!

TFS
Michèle

nice tones. the light at the back did the trick.
greetings from Trieste,
Arnab

Hi Nana,
I still remember the ones you posted one year ago, so impressive, that they stayed in my mind :)
wonderful light filling this street scene..
Compliments, Chris

Nana: a beautiful composition though we know the content is far less than that. Either an extremely lucky image or supremely skillful - perhaps a combination of both. Fine work. regards, c

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  • clio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1305 W: 144 N: 2029] (9342)
  • [2008-03-05 0:36]

Bonsoir Nana
Beautiful and strange atmosphere with this excitement of the women who clean in front of their house and these 2 silhouettes with the shadows which seem to belong to another world.
I also like the dust which flies in the beam of the sun.
Bravo, it is really very well thought and realized.
Diane

Hi Nana,
impressive photo,the conditions were perfect,that yellow light
and the sand,superb.
Horatiu

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  • Morac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 998 W: 159 N: 1176] (8505)
  • [2008-03-05 12:26]

Hello Nana,
Very nice composition, beautiful silhouets and shadows, i really like this atmosphere.
This photo has all its place in the topic: Shadows
Regards
Marc

Hello Nana,
I loved your shadows :)
All the best,
Hulya

hi nana,
looks lonely out there but the capture is astonishing! that misty morning look coupled with the early activities of the people around give the viewers a feel of how life goes on here. the shadows add the mystical feel.
benedict

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  • amino Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 120 W: 13 N: 76] (370)
  • [2008-03-16 17:52]

Hi Nana,

I don't think i have seen a picture with this feel of ambiguity. There is something about the soft light, the dark figures and how they are positioned. Maybe a bit surreal?

interesting shot of a strange moment

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  • jmdias Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1488 W: 181 N: 1936] (7905)
  • [2008-03-30 15:43]

nana

very interesting and beautiful image. people in the background are very nice put, they are creating they own cloud of dust.hahaha. The strange dressed personage (woman ?) and the guy in the right side are fabulously put in the scene. You used very nice the space and the light and shadows. really wonderful. We can feel what that place is.
TFS

jorge

Hi Nana,
What an amazing and mystery photo... Beatiful, perfect and so dynamic. Congratulation!
Anetka

WOOWWWWW...

Your note of the veiled person angrily mumbling adds to the visual thinking this beautiful picture evokes...the dust from the brooms stick,the drug shop, the pose of the guy in the foreground are perfect props to this photograph.

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  • dareco Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1633 W: 42 N: 715] (10007)
  • [2008-05-24 15:10]

I haven't visited your gallery for such a long time, but I especially like this! I like this early morning mood with the dust rising. TFS and have a happy day!

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  • jorbe Gold Star Critiquer [C: 70 W: 1 N: 1] (235)
  • [2008-06-25 8:06]

Hello Nana,

Excellent street photo, tell a lot of local life.
Perfect use of light and composition.

Excellent Work!
Jorbe

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