Streets of Seixal III Photo

Photographer’s Note

Following my series around the streets of Seixal, this one is a photo of a street where almost only its inhabitants and some cars pass.
As you can see on the photo many of its inhabitants still have the habit of hanging their clothes on the house frontages even at the street floors, without any fear that they are stolen by some passers.
Most of the frontages have a decaying appearance as most of them belong or to old persons which don't have the needed resources to restore them, or they belong to some rich guys from the district which are more interested that they fall down by themselves and so they can build up a brand new house or building and sell them.
It's really sad to say this but it's the truth and this could only have an end when the authorities start to act and forbide once for all this kind of behaviour, more because with these acts they are stealing what the city has of most appealling its charm and its unique architectural diversity.
If they restore them and sell them, ok no problem at all it's their property and I totally agree they get the income from it, but leaving them simply abandoned so that they build a brand new and ugly building it's surely not the best way to act and to contirbute for the city.

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xavshot (63125) 2007-10-08 11:57

Bonsoir Paulo
cette image et ce PP bien contrastée me plaisent beaucoup. J'aime bien les détails que cela fait ressortir et les différents jeux de lumière. Belle présence du garçon également.
Bravo
Xavier

jasmis (50995) 2007-10-08 11:59

Strong deep colours - these are really amazing. So the pose of the boy.
Really impressive photo.
Regards.

dospordostres (1127) 2007-10-08 12:27

Hola Paulo,
Una foto preciosa de esa calle que se ve verdaderamente auténtica, realmente invita a pasearla y a sentarse en unas gradas a charlar con la gente. Tu nota es también muy oportuna, y muestra una realidad que sucede en muchos otros lugares, en los que la arquitectura de antes cae para darle paso a edificios nuevos generalmente feos.
Gracis por compartir la foto y saludos cordiales.
Daniel

leo61 (43734) 2007-10-08 12:45

Hi Paulo!
Very nice colors and interesting light.The image has a good depth with the long curve of the road and there are nice details to view at the facades.The boy in his nice pose makes the composition perfect.
Regards,Leo

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-10-08 12:46

Ciao Paulo
very good composition, you made a wonderful work...great mood

Alessandro

andante (7092) 2007-10-08 12:55

Hola Paulo, usually I don't like when people over use the tone to enhance the images, but in this case I think that it is working very well to communicate something about Seixal. It looks very artistic.

Parabens,
Enrique

danyy (69447) 2007-10-08 14:38

Bonjour Paulo,
voici encore une de tes réalisations parfaites sur le plan des lumières , des couleurs mais aussi bien, entendu pourles contrastes.
Un petit bémol pour le ciel qui n'a pas l'air très naturel.
Mais cela reste une bien jolie vue.
Regards.
Daniel.

Gerrit (36269) 2007-10-08 15:17

Hi Paulo,
fantastic light on these beautiful wheatered walls. Good compo of this bending streetscape,
regards,Gerrit

lucasgalodoido (16789) 2007-10-08 16:10

Olá Paulo!
Legal ver todas essas roupas penduradas nesses casarios antigos, e a criança ajuda bem na composição da foto também!
Parabéns e Abraço!

paura (39258) 2007-10-08 17:23

Paulo,
O efeito final ficou com uma aparência muito artística, com detalhes urbanos bastante interessantes. Linfa foto.

Paulo

Alco (1520) 2007-10-08 20:53

Hello Paulo,
Nice picture with many interesting details.
Alain

marietom (32076) 2007-10-09 2:08

Hi Pualo,

Encore une jolie image dont tu as le secret... Des fenêtres "vivantes", une rue colorée. Dommage que le personnage soit autant dans l'ombre.
Marie

serge44 (271) 2007-10-09 9:14

des couleurs d'un vrai tableau où le gamin de setubal vient ancrer le regard
merci paulo
amicalement serge

Photo65Net (43096) 2007-10-09 10:04

Paulo,
Beautiful image, with great PP.
So many details to get, I like a lot.
Regards,
JB.

gary91 (15321) 2007-10-09 14:41

Hello Paulo,
Once again a very nice composition of yours. The processing is giving just the right impression between photography and painting is magnificent.
I hope that, whatever happens, the city can stay with its personality and beauty.
Have a nice evening.
Best regards, Christian

ninaL (19590) 2007-10-09 21:15

Hi, Paulo.

I like it very much.
It is like a painting about this street and this architecture.
Very good compositon : perfect POV.
But there is a little too much of blues tones in the shadows parts, in my opinion...Try to select the sky, invert your selection and desature entierely blue tones, and you will see some difference ;).

However, a very good work, Paulo.

Best regards. Grazyna.

bantonbuju (48796) 2007-10-10 0:34

imagine that i stayed few kilometers from this place, in setubal, and passed by it driving a car to lisboa...
and i can see it is worth haveing a stop in the town and enjoying this trade-mark of portugal - tiny crescent streets, with unique charm, unique colours and - strangely, one would say - decaying facades which add so much to the beauty of the place...
bw, j.

macondo (13271) 2007-10-10 5:45

Hello Paulo. Great scene here, with the curving street, the boy caught in action, and all the vertical lines of the closely packed houses. I like the tradition of hanging the washing out. But as you say, how long can old neighbourhoods like this survive once the developers get their hands on the houses as they become available?
Regards,
Andrew

josepmarin (34099) 2007-10-11 8:56

Olá Paulo,
gran perspectiva de la calle en este encuadre, con profundidad, con la ropa tendida que da autenticidad a la imagen, y el niño jugando, que da dinamismo.
Me gusta mucho la textura y los colores que siempre consigues en tus fotos, tienen un toque especial. Gran trabajo con la luz y las sombras.
Bella foto, amigo.
Un abrazo,
Josep

Scharan (13955) 2007-10-12 15:01

Olá Paulo

Uma foto com ótima composição, boa perspectiva, muitos detlhes interessantes e cores ótimas. Muito boa luz e sombras. Gosto da presença do garoto que acrescentou charme à imagem.
GA
Vera

sebinho342 (18784) 2007-10-15 14:49

Hi Paulo, yes as you wrote it your note what caught me at first sight where the hanging of clothing at windows, typical of southern europe as i saw a lot in spain too ... Sometimes the less frequentated streets offer best compositions, here this one is great with your art of PP, you light shadow like nobody else.
Congratulations

Angshu (34099) 2007-10-24 20:59

Ola Paulo
This is impressive...from the peeling paints of some facades, the deserted street, the play of light & shadows & most attractive the boy, who is upto something...seems to be throwing something. Excellent saturated colours, but your timing of the shot (the boy's poise) steals the show. Well done!
Regards
Angshu