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Photographer’s Note

Every once in a while I find it quite inspiring to travel on my own although when I saw this group I was not sure either :))) Actually my visit to Paris was a small business trip, a little bit of work, a dinner with my boss and a museum visit the day after (Maison Européenne de Photographie … merci Christoph for joining me) - and two days just for myself. Heaven. Business hotels are a little crazy if you ask me and when I sat in the entrance hall there was someone jogging through the lobby every other minute or coming back from one hour of hard running. I left my running shoes at home :))) I mean who goes running after a pain chocolat, would you? But I felt a little guilty I must admit. This photo was taken after my boss had flown home and I was left alone in this huge huge city with a metro map in one hand and my travel guide in the other, the camera around my neck and the handbag around my shoulder :)))) Yes heavy … !!! I also bought presents and I got home like I had been away for seven weeks.

This men and women in my picture have a good energy I find and somehow I thought it would be an appropriate spring upload when we all gain new energy after a long winter.

Preparing the shot …

ChrisJ, ymrk, plimrn, jean11-3, BlueRaven, ciakgiak, fulvio52, avene has marked this note useful

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Aliskt (0) 2009-04-02 10:23

Wonderful Shot, nice Capture good friendship.
Ali Sialkot

ymrk (9266) 2009-04-02 10:28

Lovely daily life moments,Barbara...The good shoting in here.

Yağmur

mesutilgim (37583) 2009-04-02 10:29

Schoen guten Abend Barbara,
Ich frage mir wo und wie dieser "Session" endete ? Hoffentlich nicht im Wasser !
Eine recht bekannte Szene -nicht nur in Paris- auf aller Welt zu sehen.
Gut gesehen und festgehalten.
Viele schoene und lustige Informationen auch !
Damke schoen und
mfg
MESUT ILGIM

sayeed_rahman (2329) 2009-04-02 10:30

Barbara dear friend...Ahah..nice one..well seen..love the ones where the photographer has to look out for and anticipate the action..you executed this only truely well..maybe the main interest of the composition is too close to the centre lines..but like it anyway

CheersSayeed

dareco (17104) 2009-04-02 10:38

This really is good! You've made me smile and your timing was perfect! Very nice pov and detail. TFS

jean11-3 (2799) 2009-04-02 12:47

An interesting title Barbara which invited me to open up the thumbnail.
I like your PoV looking down on the group as they have fun creating a memento of their day.
Good contrasting textures which set the scene perfectly.
Tfs, regards Jean.

Sistercosmo (2801) 2009-04-02 13:04

Hallo liebe Barbara!
Also ich kann dir auf Anhieb einige Sachen nennen, die ich in Paris gemacht habe bzw. machen würde - aber Joggen gehört ganz sicher nicht dazu!! :-)) Also kein schlechtes Gewissen!
Ein wunderbares Foto aus dem richtigen Pariser Leben. Voller Energie, wie du schreibst. Ich finde es toll!
Ich könnte mir heute noch in den Hintern beißen, dass ich zu langsam war, als eine Japanerin den Louvre fotografierte und eine so einmalige Figur machte - Hintern raus, sehr tief gebeugt, Oberkörper gestreckt. Das war wirklich eine unheimliche Verrenkung und ich habe es nicht fest gehalten. So ist es manchmal.
Ganz liebe, späte Grüße. Ich hoffe, es geht dir gut!
Linda

Wahclellaspirit (3017) 2009-04-02 16:26

Hello Barbara,
Gay Paris oui? A fun shot of others enjoying themselves. Well caught...
Steve

plimrn (19872) 2009-04-02 20:06

Hi Barbara,
Sounds like a lovely trip; and looks like you brought home some great photos as gifts for your TE friends. The exuberant energy brightens the grays that are nicely balanced between water and cobblestone. I think I might have guessed Paris even without the note.
HLJ, Pat

nasokoun (0) 2009-04-02 22:37

very good thought, glance and result, good photo
regards
Nasos

rasto1893 (1810) 2009-04-02 23:23

Hello Barbara,
Very nice capture , a good mood in your photo, I like it ,good composition
My best Regards
Rastislav

BlueRaven (35) 2009-04-03 1:11

Guten Morgen liebe Barbara,

hahaha, das hast Du ja einmalig gut erwischt! Das WS-Foto macht das Ganze komplett - schade, daß man hier nicht zwei Bilder direkt nebeneinander einstellen kann...
Die Energie dieser jungen Leute springt regelrecht aus dem Bild, einfach perfekt für den Frühling (der jetzt hier auch langsam kommt).
Was das Laufen angeht, stimme ich dir voll und ganz zu. Ein pain chocolat wäre so ziemlich das einzige, was mich zum Laufen anspornen würde, besser wäre es sogar noch ohne das "pain"... ;o)

Vielen Dank für den Lacher am frühen Morgen (ja, 10 Uhr ist früh für mich!) und liebe Grüße,
Claudia

PS: Falls du 3sat empfangen kannst: morgen um 15:45 Uhr, glaube ich, kommt da was über Utah... Lief zwar auch schon des öfteren, aber vielleicht kennst du es ja noch nicht.

Nicou (46211) 2009-04-03 1:56

Hello Barbara,

Deux plan différent dans ta superbe image, le reflet brillant de l'eau, cet ce groupe d ejeunes lurons sur le mur qui se font un image rigolotte, superbe ensemble, bien vu.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

brevbrev14 (372) 2009-04-03 10:58

Hi BArbara, really great timing and moment captured!
a very good image of photographers at work!
Have a great sunday!
ciao!
Valeria

dvlazar (6492) 2009-04-03 19:22

Hello Barbara!
I really like the happy energy in this shot. Youve got a great angle on it too from above - so it's all very fresh and exciting to look at.
Great work!
Dave

ChrisJ (70521) 2009-04-03 20:04

Hi Barbara

A superb high pov, & the 'gang of five' make a good centre of interest, & focal point. Good sharpness & pov. The camera on the tripod in front of them, is a good secondary focal point. Tfs!

Waylim (11339) 2009-04-03 21:01

Bonjour Barbara,
Yes, this image is full of youthfulness and renew energy. It reminded me of my younger days as well, I felt like being in college again. I remember a group of us 8 to 10 people, we rented a van and go up to San Francisco or anywhere, we just take picture of ourselves in front of whatever, but it didn't really matter, it was more about us than about the place. But that is fine, we are only young once so I'm glade that I had so much fun with them, and now they all have children and life it all about them. I don't or not yet have any, so I travel and see the world while I can. Anyway, about this photo, I like the spirit and the quality is good as usual. I like the workshop as well. Have a good Saturday, you will soon wake up to a wonderful weekend.
Way

aadilj (17950) 2009-04-04 2:31

I like the way you have divided the shot and the pov that you have used Barbara, thats gives such a distinct differences in the toens and etxtures

Buin (38600) 2009-04-04 3:15

Hallo Barbara!
Ein einfach schönes Bild! Spaß, Lebensfreude und Freundschaft!
Ein Bild, das einen lächeln lässt. Etwas Besseres kann ein Foto kaum bewirken - oder ?!
Übrigens ist auch der Bildaufbau hier besonders gelungen - aber das ist eigentlich Nebensache.
Ein schönes Wochenende aus dem mäßig warmen und heiteren Südwestfalen (jetzt kommen bald wieder die Zecken ;-)
Frank

kensimage (8543) 2009-04-04 9:28

Hi Barbara--A nice contrast here between cold angular stone and warm human interaction. It's nice how the faces make a pleasing curve. Perhaps you could have saturated the color more in the people--they're a bit gray. But their smiles sure shine through! Those people are what make a city a city, not just a collection of stone buildings. Regards, Ken.

ciakgiak (11602) 2009-04-04 14:56

Hello Barbara,
what a nice shot, you had a great timing for this one, I like this image so full of energy and life.
Is finally Spring arrived? I hope so.
Have a great Sunday dear friend.
Hugs, Giorgio.

Flavia (10202) 2009-04-04 21:15

Hi Barbara,

Funny! I guess in some point of our lives we all did this with our friends. I see that the Siena is a favorite place for this yougers to have fun and take pictures.

Regards,

Flavia

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-04-05 1:26

Good morning, Barbara.
Another extremely natural looking picture from Paris. Superb as a composition as well as in terms of atmosphere, with those tiny patches of green, red and blue to provide the perfect accents amidst all that Parisian Grey. Love it! Have a wonderful sunday, still misty over here but the sun should break out anytime now. See ya later,
Fulvio.

delpeoples (7008) 2009-04-05 3:39

Hi Barbara, this is another excellent "daily life" shot from you. And very beautiful and youthful subjects too, I might add. I like the composition, the young people to the right of the frame and inclusion of the river so we know what they're doing. It is also superbly sharp. TFS & Have a great WE, Lisa.

h2nl (314) 2009-04-05 13:32

This one makes me smile. It's just one of those things you see in a city like Paris.
It makes me want to go again to my most favoutite city.
Regards, Han

avene (11242) 2009-04-06 20:52

hi Barbara,
how come these people did not ask you to take their photo? :) I always find it funny and even scary when people see us with our big cameras and immediately decide that they will ask us to take their photos, thinking that we MUST know eveything about photography and about cameras. but usually they have these tiny point-and-shoot things that I have no idea how to switch on, much less take a photo with something the size of a credit card :)) so I usually just run away and leave Kristaps to deal with the scary and small cameras :))
great fun shot, I don't mind the centered composition, I actually like it a lot, the textures of the cobblestones and water are different enough to balance out the composition. nice, very nice :)

regards,
Kristine

noborders (14201) 2009-04-10 11:59

Very amusing, I could not imagine what it was about looking at the thumb - well done, framing is great - the image could have been cropped on the right and the bottom but I'm not sure that it would have been better. Compliments, anyway !
Best,
Cath.

MarcT (21105) 2009-04-12 20:09

Hallo Barbara,
Prima gesehen und auf deinem Bild versilberd.
Schöne Grüsse
Marc

teutza (10568) 2009-08-01 12:23

hehe i like this one. the group is really cheerfull. it seems like they have a lot of joy there:) i like to make photos like those too:)
good one!
hugs
teo