The player and the voyeur Photo

Photographer’s Note

In Milan many old people like to play bowls. The municipal bowling green in this photo is close my home and it is located in the middle of an avenue. All people, especially in this season, are bravely engaged in hard matches, all except one: the guy on the left, infact, is a bit distracting by an amazing lady with the dog. I don’t know if it is the same in other Countries, but in Italy the time of pension for some things never arrives!

This picture is valid for Scav Hunt 2004 for the category number 3 Someone or a Team Practicing or Playing a Sport Competitively

Guenther, ale, dominique, Isabelle, cmartos, jrj, Georges, pamastro, Jeppe, Letr, henrye has marked this note useful

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Guenther (6641) 2004-06-20 13:39

Stupenda! So many things in one shot and the nice colours of the lttle flags and the backbags ...

ale (1819) 2004-06-20 13:52

Ciao Gae,
la tua nuova macchina fa faville! Mi piace molto il momento che hai colto con la boccia ancora in aria, si vede proprio la dura competizione nel volto del giocatore!Immagino che l'antagonista distratto abbia perso la partita. Bravo!

prlcs (63) 2004-06-20 14:46

Excellente vue et excellent titre. Il fallait être observateur et bien composé cette photo. Très réussi Gae !

Rockyboy (20580) 2004-06-20 14:52

La photo est vraiment cadrée au bon moment. il est marrant de voir cet homme super concentré à lancer sa boule tandis que l'autre préfère regarder une jolie passante... Par aileurs, la boule floue donne le mouvement à la photo. Bien vu!

dominique (11403) 2004-06-20 15:31

Beautiful blow eye, the photograph is too funny as the title which summarized the situation well, well considering.

Isabelle (9014) 2004-06-20 16:51

Ciao, Zanni! :)
soon you´ll notice there is someone inside you who is and will always be 19 yo ;)))
what i like the most in this shot is the 'centrifuge' orientation of men´s eyes.
they come with their bags and hang them in the wall, very cool ;)
colors are excellent.

elena (1054) 2004-06-20 18:06

fun photo, fun title, the more I look at the details, the wider my smile... it HAD to be in Italy!! :) I like your point of view, the expression you caught in his eyes, and the red ball in the air...

jrj (34779) 2004-06-21 4:42

Fine daily life details included here Gae. And after a long time playing bowls - maybe the distraction walking by is most natural to offer some interest.. ;-)

manny (21378) 2004-06-21 5:38

INTEReSTING title. Cool shot and composition is interesting too. I like the colors. Somehow I found this shot very controlled in a funny way. And it makes it good!

Georges (11183) 2004-06-21 10:40

TRés belle prise faite au meilleur de la concentration .
Le flou de la balle donne une bonne sensation de vitesse.Bravo bel ensemble Gae

pamastro (7213) 2004-06-21 13:14

Very good. Nice note. And such a great capture. I'm very familiar with the game. It's fun. It's a nice moment with the ball flying out of the hand. Good motion. And the intense look on his face of aiming and now hoping it goes just where he wants it to go. Nicely done.

Letr (0) 2004-06-21 16:16

I like the movement and concentration of the player captured in this picture. Good Shot!!

Jeppe (18623) 2004-06-22 3:07

Thanks Gae for sharing these two fine sports for Italian men ;-)) (You told us on a former shot) - I like the motion blur of the ball to give us the fealing of action - The net gives a nice atmosphere of the image - fine work indeed.

Hoping the best for Italy and Denmark this evening :-)

jhonny_blue (4938) 2004-06-22 4:52

Very good picture Zanni ! I like the man expression and the movement of the ball.
Congratulations

yesterday (9787) 2004-06-22 4:54

Good street life composition, good action, he is not young that player on the photo, did he came out of the pose again:-))

Regards Kaj Nielsen

henrye (3498) 2004-06-23 3:42

Nice photo. I like the movement in it, and the man's expression. The different directions the men are looking at is very interesting and funny. Good capture, well done!