A country of walkers Photo

Photographer’s Note

Alpine countries are famous for walking and hiking and many people visit Switzerland to do so, Appenzell is second to none when it comes to the number of walking trails per m2, the gentle hilly terrain is favorable for all levels of walking trails and those looking for demanding ones will find their joy in the Alpstein massif, here an image taken in Gais highlighting these yellow "Wanderwerg" signpostings that can be seen nearly everywhere here.

cbrman, mikeo, sleon, maltese, hispic, AiresSantos has marked this note useful

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cbrman (18687) 2009-01-12 22:07

Hello Jean-Yves,

Etrange choix de focus qui nous montre ce poteau avec cette enseigne bien connue des marcheurs de notre pays. Le choix de la mise au point est osé car la zone hors focus est très importante ici. (Presque trop...)
Une image qui parle de balade en raquette ou à pied.
Bonne journée.

A+

Dominique

jjcordier (24102) 2009-01-12 22:32

Jean Yves
Vision étrange de ce chemin de promenade mais,comme Dominique, je trouve que la zone floutée prend peut-être un peu trop d'importance ici? Une vision très....décalée!
Amitiés
JJ

bema (8431) 2009-01-12 23:05

Good Morning Jean Yves,

really a pleasant capture, like your compostion and your play with the sharpness,
fine result..

Have a fine day, best regards Bernd

barrufeto_77 (25611) 2009-01-12 23:21

Hi YV.

Excellent bokeh! That indications as a brief introduction completely clear are lovely.

My compliments!

mikeo (12113) 2009-01-13 1:18

Hello JY,

Really nice shot! Good idea to focus on the element on the left. Blurred view with the people there gives interesting effect and in result good final compo.

Well done!
Mikeo

PS. I wonder what is this EWA there? Looks like a Polish name, even colours of the background are typical Polish:))))

sleon (9350) 2009-01-13 1:35

Hello JY
I see you are out enjoying your new surroundings. Interesting compo and use of bokeh to tell a story and give an impression. Looks just the sort of journalistic shot one might see to accompany a news story - one for uploading to the photo library?
Bonne journee, Susanna

dkeus31 (25970) 2009-01-13 2:52

bonjour JY,
mouais, suis déjà pas fort fan du bokeh, mais en placant le sujet aussi près du bord, presque hors de l'image, ca ne marche vraiment pas pour moi, désolé.
Pourtant tu fais des efforts pour les couleurs :)
didier

temmel (3036) 2009-01-13 4:48

Hello dear Jean-Yves,
what a great capture..superb composition!!
lovely winter mood..
I really love this one :)
hugs,Linda

(this shot reminds me of my post...but its an autumn version ) :)

MarcT (20983) 2009-01-13 14:58

Salut Jean-Yves,
C'est pas mal du tout: bien vu ce cadrage qui laisse une part marginale mais incontournable au jaune :o))
Amitiés
Marc

aadilj (17950) 2009-01-13 21:10

Hi jean, nice capture with an innovative eprspective and lovely colours and balance

maltese (21529) 2009-01-13 22:09

Salut Jean Yves
Un joli travail sur la profondeur qui suggère plutôt que montrer.
J'aime beaucoup l'idée et la réalisation!!
Beau travail
Amicalement
Hervé

coco (27588) 2009-01-14 0:16

Hi Jean.

I love your idea and here the composition and the DOF work really well.

Thanks for sharing.

Wandering_Dan (3181) 2009-01-14 9:48 [Comment]

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hispic (7399) 2009-01-16 4:02

Salut Jean-Yves,
This photo is very comprehensible with an artistic flair for a person like me who didn't know this yellow sign with tailless Peugeot on the power pole. The background blurred to extent to which shape can turn out somehow depicts the meaning of the sign enough. This lens seems to be not good at rendering softly blur despite incredible sharpness at focal point, anyway, i like this image depicted expertly and lively a lot.
Regards, Hisashi

AiresSantos (41322) 2009-01-16 7:02

Hi Jean Yves
Great low DOF in this magnificent composition. Very good focus on pole and wonderful colours
Excellent photojob
Have a nice weekend
Aires

claudio74 (6213) 2009-01-16 21:23

Hello Jean Yves
Moi j aime bien ce cadrage atypique, c est original et image bien le titre.L arriere plan un peu banal devient ainsi beaucoup plus expressif il me semble.
Bien vu
A+
Claude

granchius (3503) 2009-01-18 9:51

Amo lo sfondo sfocato! E qui l'uso è al meglio. Complimenti.
Carlo

Giedra70 (554) 2009-01-25 2:12