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Photographer’s Note

About the place:

Same day as the previous post in Cannes, along the "vieux port" (old harbour) in front of the Town Hall and down Le Suquet quarter (old town).

It was sunset, few minutes before the opening of the NRJ Music Awards 2008, which takes place at the Palais des Festivals in the exact same place where the Film Festival takes place every year in May. These Awards look like the MTV ones but in French...This year you could have seen there: Tokio Hotel, Rihanna, James Blunt, Celine Dion...
In fact it's not the NRJ Music Awards that bring them in Cannes but the MIDEM, a business fair for producers, artists, etc.

About the pic:

I love small harbours mood at sunset, when it people are leaving the city to reach their home...you begin to hear clearer the tinkling of boats armatures...very peaceful, very moody...

I left Cannes, my home town when I was 20 and missed this kind of moments for some years as I had to make a living in Paris. Now I'm back and enjoy the most I can!

Feelings:

The Mood I have looking at this pic makes me think of the following lyrics by James Blunt "Goodbye my lover":

"...It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your head.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.

Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me...

...I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.

Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me..."

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vincent24 (9038) 2008-02-04 12:33

Oui,j'adhere a ta creativité,trés atmospherique,c'est bien de preciser le lieu dans ta note pour situer ta prise de vue...j'ai retrouvé dans mes souvenirs de fevrier 2007 l'endroit de ta photo,je suis fan de ces petites lentilles colorée dans le bokeh,d'habitude c'est en arriere plan d'un portrait ou sujet rapproché mais pourquoi ne pas leur donner la 1ere place?bien joué!
vincent

limule (3995) 2008-02-04 12:38

Hi Prisley, this is such a bautiful sunset so original. All this chain of lights, very different in colour but however in the same tons is surprising.

naxius (16679) 2008-02-04 12:48

alors donc tu es de la bas! comme je peux te comprendre alors....
une photo magnifique...j'aime beaucoup cette ambiance..
quelles couleurs!
Alx

vts_ch (2624) 2008-02-04 15:59

Bin tu vois ca aussi ca me plait, elle insite au rêve ton image, comme celui de l'homme qui se réveille, le regard embrumé de ses songes, et qui contemple le monde avec ses yeux nouveau. Fallait oser, tu l'as fait et ca ne m'étonne pas de toi...

A plus

Vince

jorgi (3804) 2008-02-05 0:27

Hi Prisley,

i really like what you did here. Instead of just another sunset capture with a view over beautiful (or maybe not) bay you rather captured the mood of feeling this place. Eventhough I cannot see it, through your capture I can easily imagine it as most lovely and warm place, place were we can calmly accompany sun to sets down and wellcome the night. It is most beautiful abstract and impressive capture.

Kind regards,
Jeri

Elaine_Blath (6170) 2008-02-05 6:06

Hi Prisley,

great moody shot, I agree, well done...

Take care, Ivana

sebinho342 (18804) 2008-02-06 14:47

Ca y est alors le 20D est entre tes mains, je sens que tu vas bien t'éclater même si tu es habituée aux reflex canon, le changement ne sera pas trop brutal, le poids peut etre ;)
Ca m'étonne pas que tu postes également sur TL, je te sens un peu borderline, en tout cas tu as bien raison, ne laisse pas des sites et plus particulièrement TE te formater.
Elle est belle cette photo, effectivement j'en ressens un peu de tristesse, genre après une crise de larmes et la vue embuée ... j'imagine que tu es passée en mode manuel sur l'objectif pour faire dérailler le focus, c'est très réussi en tout cas et les couleurs sont d'une grande élégance.
Bravo, j'aime beaucoup

archimatica (13446) 2008-02-07 13:44

Yes... this is a great vision, full of atmosphere and sensations.
I like very much.
Regards
Renzo

delkoo (34990) 2008-02-09 13:22

bonjour prisley
voila enfin quelque chose qui sort de l'ordinaire!!!
j'aime la nouveauté, j'aime la création, par contre je suis surpris qu'il y est tant de taches sur le capteur........

didier

robiuk (10763) 2008-02-16 13:40

Hi Pris,
Can't stand that Blunt guy myself, but nevermind... came
here to actually say that I love this photo (now browsing
to see what happened since those mussles...) with
an excellent use of bokeh effect to create a certain feeling, a
certain mood you talking about in your note.
Very dreamy!
Robi