Peeking Through Photo

Photographer’s Note

Outside a circus. While some people paid to see the show, some found ways not to. A man peeks through a hole in the tent and watches the show for free, while a customer who has actually coughed up the money for a ticket enters.

Yes, Im aware that this is a color photo and thats not usual for me these days, but bear with me:)

Paolo, luisafonso, ChrisJ, roamermark, Aspirin, jlynx, pilpel-adom, pasternak, siolaw has marked this note useful

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naxius (16679) 2006-10-10 2:36

Hi Rafal,
It tooks few minutes to understand the scene....very funny to see the man on the right, watching from the outside of the circus while the other man is entering inside it.
You have a good eye to see those moments.
Well done.
Alex

Luan (15935) 2006-10-10 3:14

Hello Rafal,
It's a nice shot, but I would like to see the left man face to well balanced the composition. The colors are really contrasted, the red pops out form my LCD and reminds Circus for sure. Not an usual picture in your gallery, I like it well
Luan

KevRyan (22426) 2006-10-10 3:23

I like the solidity of the guy outside - he's clear, in his own world, taking advantage and being himself - the other is anonymous (even though they both have their backs turned - he's one of the mass , given up his individuality - he's a punter, someone to be mugged or delighted by the quality of what he sees but mugged nevertheless - they don't care about him at the end of the day - only his money....on the other hand the guy outside the fence will excite some emotion when they clock him.

You might want to rethink this little part of your sentance, unless it's a new fashion in South Korea "but bare with me:)" literally mean take your clothes off with me - I think you meant 'bear with me' - oh the wonderful vagaries of English spelling - I love it!! Welcome back - best wishes KEv :-))))

brevbrev14 (372) 2006-10-10 3:25

Hi RAfal, wonderful for me!i like a lot the game of the red colour,beautiful POV, perspective and amazing moment!a great photographer is great in BW and in colours... :)

CIAO!

Valeria

Furachan (0) 2006-10-10 4:04

You are shooting from the back again (teasing!) but you do it well! Very nice compo with colors that mean something here (otherwise you'd have gone for B/W). I like the hint of mystery behind the curtain.
Well seen,
Francis

bantonbuju (48856) 2006-10-10 4:04

ciekawe, chyba zbyt wiele detali aby konwertować do b/w (mogly by zginąć w tlumie) a jest na co patrzeć,
takie zwykly obraz a jednak ciekawy, podoba się;
pozdr. j.

Paolo (40763) 2006-10-10 4:05

Hi Rafal, that image remind me to some really famous of Cartier Bresson!
with one of your wonderful b/w the image should be took in the XIX century!
excellent image and funny attitude by he 2 guys.
thanks, ciao

archayati (0) 2006-10-10 4:17

Hi Rafal,
Good daily life photo.Exellent colours.TFS.

Hayati

faubry (32511) 2006-10-10 5:06

haha, he's a free man!!! i like this funny scene! inusual in colors from you? well done you have good eye!!
francine

luisafonso (858) 2006-10-10 5:38

The colors are a must here. I mean, no one can resist these deep reds. Your pov is good. It lends a spy feeling to the scene. You are throwing two spies on the scene and he viewer/photographer is one of them. Love the composition very much. That iron diagonal across the frame is amazing. Very good Rafal!

ChrisJ (70521) 2006-10-10 5:40

Hi Rafal

I like the red & white candy like color combo. Good sharpness & well compose, with excellent symmetry between the 2 people. Tfs!

roamermark (1588) 2006-10-10 8:38

Great stuff Rafal,
I have been doing my best lately not to shoot people from behind (as I tend to do because I am a chicken at heart) but I think there are lots of images that call for it. What would be the point of a face in this image? None at all really...the story is all in the half a head sticking through the tent like that. And I am with you on the colours...how can you have a circus shot without colour.
Cheers
Mark

Aspirin (276) 2006-10-10 9:04

Hi Rafal,
Nice shot you wouldn't appreciate without the note.
Nice catch with the other man entering.

TFS.

Cheers

jlynx (11380) 2006-10-10 9:57

Witaj Rafale,
Ten obrazek nieodparcie kojarzy mi siê z ¿yciem spo³ecznym w moim kraju. I pomy¶leæ, ze kiedy¶ wykupi³em bilety na spektakle grane w tym cyrku... ¦wietna metafora, bardzo dobrze pokazane emocje. Jak zawsze wspania³e, mocne kolory i bardzo dobra jako¶æ.
Pozdrawiam,
Jurek

AnimeshRay (8886) 2006-10-10 14:53

ha ha...reminds me of the famous one by HCB, but this is in color. Excellent moment; just wish that guy in the background wasn't moving. Well seen.

nwoehnl (120) 2006-10-10 15:14

Hi Rafal. A circus shot definitely needs color and the popping reds in this one are pretty cool. Also fun to see the different approaches on getting access to the show; the guy who payed versus the one lurking in from outside the fence. A well-spotted moment.

pilpel-adom (3016) 2006-10-10 15:33

Good take with a smart and well planned composition...One still, using stealth to save up the greenies while the other dynamic and exposed. This contrast is further enhanced by the low shutter speed that caught the man's entrance partially blurry. Timing is on spot, exactly as the man enters the circus tent. Color indeed, and it was a bit of a miss if it was in B&W missing all this red vivid strips, the trademark of any circus...
:)
Well done!
Chen

maciekda (19599) 2006-10-11 5:09

I like this one as well, I like colours very much and we have plenty of them here. nice scene as well and good timing with this guy opening the curtain, good street stuff

pasternak (13796) 2006-10-11 6:21

For me, this bright red makes this shot sing, and of course you have here a brilliant composition, shooting in the direction of the looks of the two people but we still do not see what is inside... Very good, really.

Cheers
Alexander

siolaw (25890) 2006-10-12 23:43

Hi Rafal,
You caught them in the right time waiting for someone to enter whil the other guy is watching for free apparently!
The red tones all over the picture make it a picture that catches the eye !
TFS
Laurent

Polonaise (5638) 2006-10-16 8:57

I found it quite an easy task to bear with you upon this.
The colors are just right.
There are that special moments during the daylight, when the temperature of the light is as close as possible to these dreamy 5700K, and EVERYTHING seems to be so cheerful and exhilarating.
Good photographer spends THAT day hunting tirelessly.
Hundreds shades of grey - that's what I see in this color marvel.

HAGday
George

m_s_s (1649) 2006-10-17 15:02

Witaj Rafal,
fajna fotka, ktora daje do myslenia. mozna pomyslec, ze to lustrzane odbicie, ci goscie wygladaja tak podobnie. dobre mocne kolory i kontrast.
fajna fota jeszcze raz.
pozdro.