Scenes from La Boca III, a photo from Buenos Aires, South

Photographer's Note

A continuation post from my Argentine series.

This particular view is "Caminito," a street museum where locals sell their own paintings and other artsy stuff and a traditional alley, located in La Boca, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The place acquired cultural significance because it inspired the music for the famous tango "Caminito" (1926), composed by Juan de Dios Filiberto.

Enjoy!
my note from my other post:

La Boca is located in the city's south-east near its old port. From our place, the bus took about 40 minutes going there. It retains a strong European flavour, with many of its early settlers being from the Italian city of Genoa. In fact the name has a strong assonance with the Genoese neighborhood of Boccadasse.

It is known among sports fans for La Bombonera the home of Boca Juniors, one of the world's best known football clubs. La Boca is a popular destination for tourists visiting Argentina, with its colourful houses and pedestrian street, the Caminito, where tango artists perform and tango-related memorabilia is sold. They also said that it is best to buy souvenir items here cause prices are cheaper.

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Zolive (4574) 2011-10-11 23:15

Bonjour Matthieu
très belle photo aux couleurs vives qui donne une belle palette de couleurs. Ce quartier est magnifique. Bravo.
OLivier

dta (51510) 2011-10-11 23:50

Hello Matthieu ,
These coloured wooden houses are so picturesque . A pleasure for the eyes and the photographer .
Excellent framing and fine effect of the lights and shades .
Regards

TopGeo (37994) 2011-10-12 0:09

Hello Mathieu! Amazing colourful photography, beautiful place! Excellent POV, framing and composition, amazing strong form and tones! Faultlessly light management, wonderful colours! Beautiful real atmosphere! Congratulations!
Best regards
Georgios

jjcordier (62394) 2011-10-12 0:47

Matthieu
De quoi régaler les yeux d'un photographe!Bon cadrage et profusion de couleurs (peut-être un tout petit peu trop saturées?)
Amicalement
JJ

LOOOK13 (19022) 2011-10-12 2:07

Salut Matthieu.
A tasty mixture of colors;
Splendid result.
Bravo.

CLODO (24734) 2011-10-12 2:08

bonjour Matthieu

moi qui suis un fana de la couleur, je suis servi!
Bonne journée
CLODO

BennyV (12793) 2011-10-12 4:13

Hello Matthieu,

Even better than your previous shot, though both really complement each other. I like how you only notice the people while looking at the scene.

Benny

scalerman (26884) 2011-10-12 7:38

Matthieu: What a great collage of color here. The lines and the bright tones can make a fine composition. best, c

brianmcc (5536) 2011-10-12 7:49

hi matthieu,
the colours in this picture are superb. like a packet of sweets full of visually appealing artificial colour additives.
regards,
brian

schumanng (0) 2011-10-14 6:40

Compliments, you've cought the spirit of the place (genius loci).
Bye,
Giorgio

shevchenko (18243) 2011-10-16 19:13

Hi Matthieu,
Atrractive architectures that painted in vivid color, good discover and good frame to show the upper part of these local houses, sunlight and shading add extra effect to the scene, distinct image, well done.
Ally

bergese (6699) 2011-10-19 13:27

Bonsoir Matthieu
Un véritable arc en ciel ces maisons colorées...La lumiere est trés belle.
Bonne soirée Isabelle

Cricri (86535) 2011-10-22 4:34

Hi Matthieu
Une composition qui me plaît beaucoup, c'est un vrai plaisir pour les yeux, c'est joli , plein de gaieté et joliment bien présenter
Belle journée
cricri

Waylim (22357) 2011-11-10 15:47

Hi Matt,

Wonderful shot, one of my favorite area in Buenos Aires. Though I have not spent alot of time there and half of it was raining, pouring down.

You were here at the right itme with the warm light that illuminated the color very nicely and some soft shadow ti give it depth and contrast. Technically great quality, compositionally I probably would try to avoid the light pole, and wait till there is not too many poeple, but I know sometimes it may not be feasible. Regardless, a good shot. I would come back here again if possible.

Way

PaulVDV (15017) 2011-12-25 2:26

Hello Matt,
What a vivid colour composition!
You write that this is a street museum. Are there also houses (in which people live) that are painted so colourful?
It certainly makes life more enjoyable.
Merry Christmas,
Paul

aliabazari (10105) 2012-01-26 22:19

Hi
Image composition in this picture is very beautiful in your