A Taste of Central Europe Photo

Photographer’s Note

Central Europe and its countries like Hungary, Austria, Czechia can often be associated with these street musicians you can find in many places. This one with his violin was member of a trio who was perfoming on the chain bridge, the most remarkable bridge uniting Buda and Pest. During the summer week ends this bridge is turned into a pedestrian area with many stands and attractions, a nice place to enjoy.

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cbrman, ChrisJ, Dusklilly, snunney, IgorDeleze, devimeuxbe, Muse, Floydian, brandstaetter, vbbreizh, nemesiss, Jonas_Schmitt, Sistercosmo, isabela_sor, jjcordier, dip, atus has marked this note useful

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cbrman (18849) 2008-07-01 23:03

Hello Jean-Yves,

Un portrait qui donne de l'ambiance. On entendrait presque les airs plaintifs de ce violonniste. Je vois que tu avais gardé ton fidèle 350D pour l'occasion.
Cette petite visite de Budapest devait être réellement interéssante..
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Dominique

RADEEH (2762) 2008-07-02 0:10

Excellent portrait of this violinist of Budapest.
The sharpness and colors are just perfect.
The blurred BG highlights the subject.
Wonderful Work .Congrats and TFS!
Namaste from India !!

ChrisJ (70271) 2008-07-02 0:11

Hi Jean Yves

Something different from you. Impeccable dof & sharpness on the player with good colour. Merci!

dkeus31 (26188) 2008-07-02 0:38

bonjour JY,
j'entends encore la rhapsodie...
sais pas si 2.8 aurait été mieux pour flouter plus l'arriere, faut voir si le musicien serait toujours net.

un petit hate-ws en prime...
didier

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hyasar (7371) 2008-07-02 0:47

Hi Jean,

this is the one of the best ways to explain Central Europe.Concentration of musician is impressive. Great shot.

congratulations,
hakan

John_F_Kennedy (31427) 2008-07-02 0:55

Beautiful composition with great shot. The colours are very great. I likie the pose and how he paly the violin. Excellent portrait. Well done
Best wishes,
Achim

Dusklilly (527) 2008-07-02 1:23

yes, these guys gave a beautiful atmosphere to the bridge, very rustic. This is a nice portrait, he is so concetrated.
Capturing the spirit of Budapest? ;)

Hugs,

Ioana

snunney (34914) 2008-07-02 1:26

Hello Jean-Yves,
A good portrait of this violinist, who strikes an interesting pose and has a good expression full of concentration. Good use of depth of field to lift him from the background and yet maintain the context of the surroundings.

IgorDeleze (9247) 2008-07-02 1:57

Salut Jean-Yves,
Je savais pas qu'il y avait des violonnistes à Zermatt !
Très beau portrait avec une belle pdc.
Bon retour au boulot ;o)
Igor

ocskaymarci (2508) 2008-07-02 2:27

Bonjour Jean Yves,
These street musicians are determinative in nearly every Hungarian cities and towns.
You captured very well this violin player and his emotions and relation to his instrument. I also like the colourful ribbons as background "decoration".
TFS!
Best wishes,
Marci

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devimeuxbe (55865) 2008-07-02 2:28

Salut Jean Yves
Sympa ce portrait. belle lumière est visage très inspiré.
J'apprends que tu as bu une bière à Sion hier juste à côté de la terrasse où j'étais ! Il ne manquait plus qu'on se rencontre par hasard !
Amicalement
Bertrand

delkoo (34296) 2008-07-02 2:30

bonjour jean yves
en voyant ce portrait , je me demande si, un cadrage vertical aurait été plus approprié en incluant la main qui tient l'archer.
ceci dit la photo est quand même agréable.

didier

Jeppo (11928) 2008-07-02 3:21

ciao Yves,

c'est vrai...il semble d'écouter les notes de Brahms...ou Liszt.
j'aime bien ce portrait, l'éxpression concentré et naturelle du musicien!

merci de la partager
Silvio

PS: mon contribution à cette theme. mon personel meeting avec Linda début juin

Muse (31007) 2008-07-02 3:31

Bonjour Jean-Yves,
On voyage me semble-t-il:-)
Il me semble entendre ce doux son d'ici..
Un joli portrait.
Excellente journée
bisoussss
Denise

MarcT (21099) 2008-07-02 3:46

Salut Jean-Yves,
La lumière, les couleurs, la présentation... Une fois de plus tu me mets dans l'impossibilité de faire une différence entre ton 350D et ton 40D!
Amitiés
Marc

mark_mk (246) 2008-07-02 6:02

Hi Jean Yves,
what a nice portrait of life in the city, I love the colors and the expression on his face is simply great. A wonderful portrait shot, thanks for sharing!

Take care
Mark

PS: By the way, I read your e-mail and I would love to meet with you, I think it would be possible, but I`m going to reply to your e-mail today and tell you all the things.

Floydian (30970) 2008-07-02 6:18

Hi Jean Yves,
What's this man...a portrait..!!! ;-)
Great to see instead of the work we normally see from your hand. Seeing some workshops you did the trick of portrait is not that difficult for you.
The background is a bit disturbing, But he man and his pose is very nice.
Regards, Henk

brandstaetter (14152) 2008-07-02 8:02

Hi JY,
I, as a beginner, would have chosen f/2.8 for this portrait. Then either the face or the violin would have a lack of sharpness. The master uses f/3.5 to have all the person in focus :)
you know how to treat the camera :)
Compliments, Chris

vbbreizh (2622) 2008-07-02 9:23

Salut Jean-Yves,
Il vit sa musique ce violoniste, complètement parti...
il vogue sur ces crin-crins...
Un excellent portrait, une superbe photo.
Amitiés, Gilles

nemesiss (2601) 2008-07-02 10:49

Bonsoir Jean,
ette image est bien capture sur le pont de Danube. Et nous vue cette troubadour( moi, possible Izabela, mais...).
Avec toute amitie,
Iulian

Jonas_Schmitt (3074) 2008-07-02 11:00

Hello JY!
A very nice new picture, I like this one a lot. The scene is great and you took the photo in the exactly right moment. The colors are really bautiful and I like the contrast they make to each other. The man is perfectly sharp, good choice of f/3.5 and I like the expression in his face a lot.
You always bring something new to this page and your photos are great, I like that really much. So I´ll add you as a favorite member :-)
Best regards and have a nice day,
Jonas

claudeD (11332) 2008-07-02 11:52

Bonsoir Jean Yves,

très bel portrait de ce musicien.J'entends la musique...Très beau travail photo.Bravo.

Salutations amicales du Luxembiourg

Jean-Claude

barni (14537) 2008-07-02 13:06

Salut Jean-Yves
Comment le retour à la "vrai" vie ?
Belle image avec une superbe profondeur de champs.
Bonne netteté qui met bien en valeur le violon.
Bonne soirée
Christophe

Sistercosmo (2573) 2008-07-02 13:20

Hi Jean-Yves,
well captured shot of daily life! Beautiful colors and wonderfully sharp. I can almost hear him playing...
Looks like Budapest was a great success.
TFS!
Linda

isabela_sor (42166) 2008-07-02 14:08 [Comment]

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faubry (32299) 2008-07-02 14:15

Bonsoir JY, tu verrais le même style de scène en Roumanie.... très beau portrait, il nous manque plus que la musique...j'aurais aimé un réel boked derrière

anes_lc (14768) 2008-07-03 0:24

:) nice moment you capture :) i bet is the best portrait this man has in his life :D
nice to see on TE shots like this one .
wish to go there again ..and again..and again ..but some company if posible :)
huga,anes

jjcordier (24674) 2008-07-03 11:17

Jean Yves
Très "habité" ce superbe portrait!L'âme de l'artiste nous "saute" aux yeux et on n'a pas besoin du son pour "entendre" sa musique inspirée. Très bien fait!
Amitiés
JJ

dip (12584) 2008-07-03 12:48

Hi Jean Yves,
beautiful portrait with excellent clarity and nice colors,
I like the depth of field and the framing too,
very well done,
Dimitris.

atus (15476) 2008-07-04 13:58

Hi Jean Yves,
a very nice clear portrait of this violinist, taken with a perfect timing. Great framing and very pleasant atmosphere captured here. I like it!
Tfs and have a good evening.
Attila