innocence and freedom Photo

Photographer’s Note

Not sure about this little photo but the moment was magic for me. We were reaching the outskirts of the camp of Roma families who were living in the middle of the nearby fields during the festival of Hacibektas.

Lots of unruly (but lovely) kids running around, this was just a few metres from the families preparing to have their evening meal in the wild... Free and proud people, very friendly families !

(As I'm learning to convert my photos in B&W (still loving colours, though), I've prefered to post this one instead of the colour version ; I think that here it's more expressive but the colours were very golden and warm too).

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jasmis (51339) 2008-09-04 6:28

O yes. I remember such fun. Tree and rope. That was enough for kids. Toaday they must have computers, mobiles and so on.
Thanks for your journey in time.

Regards my dear friend.

MarianneS (14706) 2008-09-04 7:35

Re-bonjour Catherine,
Voilà ce qui s'appelle de l'émotion, des souvenirs qui affluent, une belle lumière que l'on devine dans ton traitement noir et blanc (les deux versions sont belles mais moi aussi j'aime la N&B).
Seul petit regret : on ne voit pas le visage de la petite fille, juste derrière des branches.
Une belle scène de la vue de tous les jours, captée en toute simplicité.
Bise. Marianne

berek (29115) 2008-09-04 8:10

Hi Catherine,
nice daily life view. I like sharpness and background. greetings.
Burak

MrCairo (4751) 2008-09-04 10:18

Pictures from my past ! Great mood. B&W plays here very well.

BR
Wojtek

KateinDenmark (1132) 2008-09-04 10:39

Hello,

I like the look on the boy's face and the simplicity of his swing. I've looked at both versions and I think this one shows his face better. On the other hand the fields in the distance are lost. I'm not sure if it would have been better with some rigorous cropping or not. You might have been able to focus the viewer, just on him. The girl without her head is also hard to figure out. I like the picture and I'm glad you posted it, but, I'm just not sure about it. Good story to go with it. BTW, Thanks for your great critiques.

Kate

lousat (16492) 2008-09-04 17:07

Salut Catherine,une photo magnifique dans une situation tres tres belle,je veu te donner mes compliments pour ta galerie de Rom,des moments excellents tu as capture',merci une autre fois pour ton different et interessant travail photographique,bonne journee',Luciano

MarcT (21105) 2008-09-04 22:04

Salut Cath,
La conversion au N&B donne un côté intemporel à l'image et permet de garder un ciel brûlé ;o))
Amitiés
Marc

Polonaise (5638) 2008-09-05 6:23

it's a spur of a moment, Cathy...
you don't think about photography at all...
You are just caught in the middle of your feelings, your inner thoughts...

You click for yourself...To keep it forever...To stay with it...
And, that's how a fotka becomes the most precious fotka of them all

......

adelune (2) 2008-09-05 6:55 [Comment]

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Silvio1953 (43458) 2008-09-06 0:25

Ciao Caterina, deliziosa composizione in bianco e nero con la bimba che gioca con la semplice altalena e l'altra a guardare, foto dal sapore d'altri tempi, brava, buon week end
Con Amicizia
Silvio

Stepan (27175) 2008-09-07 0:43

C'est le titre qui m'a fait venir... Et oui, l'ambiance est sympa, principalement grâce au N&B. Et puis, la lumière est assez spéciale : comme s'il y avait un éclairage spécifique sur l'arbre. Très sympa, comme ambiance, donc...
Stéphane

ninaL (19648) 2008-09-07 1:36

Bonjour, Catherine.
J'aime beaucoup la scène et le cadrage mais je trouve dommage que les tons du corps soit les mêmes que ceux de la terre...Je veux dire, le corps et le visage ne ressortent pas assez...
Mais la scène et sublime.
Amitiés, Grazyna.

horatiuTT (4566) 2008-09-07 2:32

Hi Catherine,
Really a nice scene,with lot of mood and feelings,the title reflects very well what we see there,on the other hand I agree
with other statements,that the bodies are not very visible.
Nice work,regards,
Horatiu