The Inquisitor

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• peter1892 (3191)
• [2006-07-23 17:57]

Very good - a candid image of Paris & one of it's citizens. B&W taken with a real camera & real film, I like it ;)

The vertical orientation is good, with the man stretching out across what are obviously very comfy chairs. He's relaxed & seemingly unaware of you & the camera.

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• plamn (525)
• [2006-07-23 18:18]
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• s10001in (1454)
• [2006-07-23 20:30]

LUko.
Beautiful shot.
Nice vertical orientation os stretched leisure pose. Scatterted chairs creating that mood.

On background the nice lisure crowd captured in bokeh.
Nice shot.
Regards,
Shailendra

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• AnimeshRay (8755)
• [2006-07-23 20:41]

Comfortable chairs, a good book to read, what else does one need. This one is good with crisp focus, nice tonality and good grain, though I like the graphic simplicity of your other one more.

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• Furachan (0)
• [2006-07-23 22:39]

There is most definitely something to the SUmmicron legend, Luko - something in the way the lens gives you that gentle "civilized" as opposed to "industriaalized" bokeh down in the nether reaches, and at 5.6 too! I used to frequent the Luxembourg as a child, staying with my grandmother, but that's a complicated story!
Neat way here that you capture the essence of the "VC" through his body language, and how the TRI-X treatment gives off a timeless air.
Very nice work,
-F

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• hugolef (4909)
• [2006-07-24 9:20]

Hello Luko
une question me revient sans cesse .... pourquoi ce cadrage ... je bloque la dessus depuis un bout de temps ... pourquoi l'avoir centré ...le pire c'est que je me rends compte que cela marche, et même bien, mais cette question revient sans cesse ... je me sens comme Dustin Hoffman dans Rain Main "Kee est les joueur de 1ere base ... mais qui est le joueur de 1ere base ..."
Et puis ces chaises ... on avance difficilement dans la photo tant il y a d'obstacles, mais ça marche, cela raconte une histoire, ... bluffé et envieux de pouvoir un jour sortir de telles photos...
Amities, hugues

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• fixed (3825)
• [2006-07-24 9:47]

salut Luko
j'aime beaucoup ta compo construite sur cette structure graphique
belle intro "courbale" :) avec ce dossier de chaise
et structure centrale/colonne vertébrale en courbe(s) également
la répétition de ces chaises, appuie bien l'idée de cette construction graphique et servant de "lien(s)" entre les différents plans
... les matières rendues sont "très riches"
(un vrai plaisir pour l'oeil)
sur l'ecran LCD du boulot la veste est un peu juste en densité
une photo plaisante, à l'image, j'imagine, de cette journée
bravo
nonoale

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• ALSOM (6614)
• [2006-07-24 10:28]

Purée, vous faites des TE meeting à Paris sans me mettre dans le coup (bon j'étais pas sur Paris tu me diras, mais quand même).

Je ne sais pas si c'est ce monsieur de travers ou c'est cette première chaise qui nous sert de tremplin pour les sauts de moutons sur ces différent moments. Les yeux s'emmèlent carrément entre les dossiers de chaises, les nombreuses courbes, le regroupement au fond, tassé: un vrai labyrinth visuel qui rend un peu complexe la lecture brisant un peu une composition que je trouve harmonieuse.

On retrouve du détail dans les noirs, par contre les blanc attirent l'oeil pour livrer trop peu de détail. Je la trouve assez contrastée cette photo.

Attention, le monsieur a une chaise qui lui pousse sur le haut du crâne ;o).

Désolé d'être aussi critique sur cette photo.

Merci. Alain -

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• rahul__rahul__ (2250)
• [2006-07-24 10:37]

Hi Luko
nice picture, I like the b/w in this and the depth with the path, I might have liked it more if you didnt cut off the jackets hood or whatever that is on the left, the vertical format is nice in this and this is a good capture of daily life
Good job
TFS
Rahul

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• tcht (7161)
• [2006-07-24 13:52]

Hi Luko,
The atmopshere is superb. And I'd believe this pic was from the 1950s as this has a great timeless feeling maybe due to film or lens you used, I don't know.
Great sense of geometry in pic (I like that line on ground + repetition of chairs) and good DoF management. Perhaps the white light (on his book and somebody's clothing) is tiny bit too harsh other than that this looks perfect to me.
CheukHin

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• Rinie_Hoff (9314)
• [2006-07-25 17:29]
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Ahhh monsieur, bonsoir!!
I was already wondering if you were going to post something from that stroll in the Jardins de Luxembough, and yes, ere they are, the comfy chairs together with the inquisitor. He really makes use of this comfort, right? I think you should add it to Richard's theme.
I love the chaos of the chairs, Luko, it shows that people use this parc to the max, and that you can sit down everywhere you like. A lsice of the daily parc life.

Got a question, did you already try hot camembert??

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• designsoul (21338)
• [2006-07-25 23:09]

Me too, love those uncomfy chairs... much better to have those than some padded horror... those have history, a style, they are so innately French! Sigh... miss the old world.
Love this candid shot, the man enveloped in his reading under the ubiqitous chestnut trees I so love, a bit of Cartier-Bresson in it...

sasa

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• jinju (14241)
• [2006-07-27 3:42]

I like the shot and I like the exposure, even if you are flirting with a bit of overesposure I dont think its actually detrimental. Im at a stage where I sort of like a certain raw look that overexposure can provide. The compo is really good. Id love to live in Paris for a while and try my hand at street photography where Doisneau roamed. Now if I can only realize that dream based on photography:) A long shot, I know.