On the beach Photo

Photographer’s Note

An image took the past sunday on the beach of Camogli.
Just cropped, light, colours and tilt are the original one.

Two couples on the beach, i heard them talk with a deep accent of Genova, so i can imagine that for them it was more or less a daily life situation.
It was the lunch time and as us, they were eating some focaccia (is a flat oven-baked Italian bread, which may be topped with onions, herbs or other foodstuffs, typicall of Liguria) on the beach, under the sun, talking and reading a book.

What a wonderful way to spent the lunch time!

Model: NIKON D40
Software: Ver.1.10
Exposure Time: 10/6400 sec
F-Stop: f/22.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 1600
Focal Length: 28 mm
Date Taken: 2008-02-24 14:58
Metering Mode: Pattern
File Size: 198 kb

papagolf21, macondo, jhm, pasternak, leo61, scobert, cherryripe, bostankorkulugu has marked this note useful

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papagolf21 (56421) 2008-02-27 1:46

Bonjour, Paolo,
Pouvoir déjeuner sur la plage et regarder la mer, se prêter à rêver de voyage tout en dégustant un focaccia, c'est un plaisir simple, mais bien agréable ; cadrage original, j'aime beaucoup l'arrière-plan avec ces vieilles maisons aux couleurs ensoleillées.
Amitiés.
Philippe

macondo (13117) 2008-02-27 2:08

Hello Paolo.
You have some courage to present such a tilted shot, but the grey-stone beach foreground, and the inclusion of the two couples, makes it work well. I like the fact that one couple seem to be having a disagreement and the other to be in love! And of course the colours! Very nicely done, congratulations.
Regards,
Andrew

jhm (82577) 2008-02-27 2:41

Hello Paolo,

Nice experimental picture through the tilt fronts in background.
But the couples in foreground his the real eye catcher through the expression of the faces and moving of the hands of both men.
Composition and colours are very nice.
Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,
John.

pasternak (13354) 2008-02-27 3:48

Well done, Paolo, really great framing with these two couples on the beach placed in different corners of the frame... the tilt helps frame the whole scene... there are just a bit too much pebbles to my liking, maybe some crop from the bottom would do...

Cheers
Alexander

sebinho342 (18740) 2008-02-27 4:04

Ciao Paolo, this is an excellent picture, i do love the tilt you used here and the proportions of foreground against background. Between them two couples separated by "occidental distance".
Full of color and italian spirit, beautiful
PS : very intersting match to follow the next one between inter and arsenal !

John_F_Kennedy (31427) 2008-02-27 4:06

A nice tilt - a great idea. Very nice composition, very good light, and nice colours. Well done
Best wishes,
Achim

saigon (5497) 2008-02-27 4:15

ciao PAOLO.
j'aime beaucoup ce tilt sur cette photo!
les couleurs de l'arriere plan sont exellente!
amicizia....aldo.

jonathan_hart (22576) 2008-02-27 4:27

excellent light and colours, original composition with the tilted framing which really works well
regards
jo

fabio_ts (13674) 2008-02-27 8:43

Ciao Paolo, un bel "low-pov" (mia antica passione :o) ) complimenti, la diagonale poi, è riuscitissima ed aggiunge un'ottima dinamica, bel lavoro!!

buona serata,
Fabio.

leo61 (43404) 2008-02-27 9:49

Hi Paolo!
An artistic shot with this tilt.Good composition with the gravel in the foreground and the two couples in oposite position.The colorful facades are a great background.
regards,Leo

scobert (5333) 2008-02-27 10:17

Hello Paolo,
I don't know why, but I can't seem to get the hang of this type of "tilted" composition. When it works it creates some very striking and provactative images, like the one that you created here. I like the way that the textures of the grey rocks contrast against the linear and colorful buildings in the background. The two couples talking to each other on opposite sides of the frame creates surperb composition. Excellent work!
Stan

Vames (4356) 2008-02-27 10:24

hi Paolo,nice city and beautiful colours !

cherryripe (18973) 2008-02-27 11:30

Hi Paolo
The composition here is excellent with the 2 couples nicely spaced and having the colourful buildings in the background and the stones in the foreground. Your low pov and tilt really add to the dynamics.
Regards
Nikki

bostankorkulugu (33598) 2008-02-27 14:07

will the weather be that good when i am in milan paolo?... may be we could meet one noon to talk about this and that, take some pictures and have focaccia together:) (or do we have to go to liguria to do that?)...
this is a beautiful tilted compo with all the good italian elements of life, typical architecture, mediterranean sun, talkative people, the relaxed mood... it seems like la vita e bella over there:P...

ciao... korkut

Nicou (44867) 2008-02-28 0:34

Hello,

De très belles couelur pour uen mangigique image, ce caderage en diagonale est slendidie avec le talus de cailloux et à la'arrière ces mangigiques façades, superbe.

bravo met amitiés

Nicou

Silvio1953 (41803) 2008-02-28 9:10

Ciao Paolo, bella "storta" con ottimo POV dal basso, graziose le coppie in dolce colloquio davanti alla bella palazzata di Camogli, bravo, ciao Silvio

smarcell (14327) 2008-02-28 9:42

La foto e' veramente originale.
Dal thumbnail non mi sembrava un gran che, e invece aprendola ho decisamente cambiato idea.
E' il pov di uno sdraiato sulla spiaggia, storto a causa della pigrizia di non mettersi dritto per guardare bene la scena. Hai avuto una bella idea e l'effetto finale e' perfetto
Ovviamente i sassi tutti perfettamente a fuoco sono essenziali.
Ciao Stefano

konok (2005) 2008-03-03 0:39

I like the diagonal composition! The sharpness is excellent, the colours are realistic and vivid. Nice job.
TFS
Janos

doubay (5023) 2008-03-03 12:09

Hi Paolo!
Mediterranean winter at its best! I wish I could sit on that beach with this beautiful, typical Italian architectural background. Very nice capture with a very well chosen, low and tilted POV.
Cheers
Andreas