A bicycle and a house Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a still life picture of a house. Not too many colors, just a window with some blue, and a bicycle waiting for it's owner to be picked-up. The location is at Tongli, an old Chinese village with canals, and old houses which have resisted to renovation, which is obvious all around China.

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blyap20 (25) 2006-12-04 5:09

Great comp, have a very strong feeling, but dunno how to describe it ... I like it

Alex Yap

hyasar (7393) 2006-12-04 5:13

Merhaba Izzet Bey,

kadrajiniz, renkler ve kompozisyon harika olmus. Ellerinize saglik.

tebrikler,
Hakan

barrufeto_77 (25943) 2006-12-04 5:16

Hi Izzet.

A nice picture of their daily life. The simmetry is good with the doors and the windows but the detail I like the most is the bicycle.

Rgs, Oscar

meyerd (1498) 2006-12-04 5:22

Hi Izzet,
you have this sense for proportions, symmetries and small tensions, that make you a great photographer. Congratulations!

Cheers Dietrich

siolaw (25834) 2006-12-04 5:26

Hi Izzet
A good compo , perfectly framed, nice tones and textures, quite a poetical picture...
TFS
Laurent

recepyuksel (17786) 2006-12-04 5:27

Merhaba,
cibinlikli mavi pencere ve bisiklet harika, kapıların simetrisi ile tamamlanmış nefis bir görüntü, Saygılar.

Steely (895) 2006-12-04 5:28

I got a thing for windows, walls, bicycles especially of they are old
Walked on a lot of old backalleys and streets like these... and don't surprise if the stone slabs lining the streets are even much more older than the houses, they could even be artifacts

I like :)

anesugur (17018) 2006-12-04 5:29

Merhaba İzzet Bey,
Bayılıyorum bu tür fotoğraflara.
Çerçeveletip duvara asmak için ideal.
Ellerinize sağlık.
Teşekkürler. Uğur

Tezic (16927) 2006-12-04 5:30

Merhaba İzzet Bey,
Bisikletin iki kapı arasında olması, pencerenin iç kısmındaki tezat mavi kompozisyonu nefis yapan farklılıklar olmuş... Renk ve dokular harika... İyi haftalar...
Sevgiler - Coşkun

lucero (964) 2006-12-04 5:52

Hola Izzet:
Bonita y simple composición.
Tiene dos de los elementos que más me gustan en las fotos, ventanas y bicicletas...
Los colores desgastados le dan un aire antiguo a la fotografía.
Me gusta.
Un saludo: Javi

broglia (3363) 2006-12-04 5:56

Hi Izzet, no problems with the lack of colour here. Perfectly balanced composition - nice tranquil shot. Regards, Roberto

Zoupine (150) 2006-12-04 7:36

Bonjour Izzet,

L'intensité de cette photo est stupéfiante ...

Bravo !

Nathalie

nwoehnl (120) 2006-12-04 8:25

Hi Izzet, I am back at home. Very nice still life from China, where the architectural elements are well considered for a balanced framing, and the bicycle delivers a perfect add-on to balance the total. I like the well-contrasted presentation and the variety of surface textures that are contained in this shot. Alternate title could be "255 | 254".

coco (28146) 2006-12-04 9:11

Merhaba Izzet.

With people or without people this photo works well. The composition show to us perfectly this place where the photo has stopped the time.
It's simple, as the title. But is good too.

Regards.

berke (154) 2006-12-04 9:52

Merhaba,
Kompozisyon ve konu mükemmel.Basit ve etkileyici bir anlatım.Tebrikler..

Cormac (26455) 2006-12-04 10:50

I didn't know you went to China (maybe I have to pay more attention!). This is a perfectly presented scene, with the bicycle between the two doors. It's so simple, yet everything is positioned in the right place, and the result is very well balanced and pleasing. Excellent!

stefanocer (10412) 2006-12-04 11:49

Nice Chinese postcard , with many ingredients inside , seems to me a painting , well done.
Stefano.

Marche (4307) 2006-12-04 12:22

Bonjour Izzet,
Si simple et si bien composé, excellent cliché, avec juste cette fenêtre bleu, c'est une très belle photo.
Amitiés
Martine

sabyasachi1212 (19546) 2006-12-04 13:28

Hi Izzet,
This place, the whole thing - the doors and windows, the wall, the number on the doors, the pavement and the cycle has that old world look and feel to it. As if they are fighting to stay the way they are. Beautiful work.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

everlasting (10942) 2006-12-04 13:52

And exactly because there are not many colours make it so appealing. That together with the textures and the simplicity make it a strong composition.

Stepan (27175) 2006-12-04 16:32

Strong mood here. The composition works well in this brown light. Very well composed and captured.
Stéphane

lasscor (7637) 2006-12-04 17:43

Hi Izzet,
Wonderful composition, full of simplicity and softness.
Wonderful soft colors, soft light and textures.
TFS,
Corinne

jean11-3 (2799) 2006-12-04 17:49

Hello Izzet, you call this a still life and I agree with you, it is delightful.I like the muted colours and the variety of textures.Good composition. Best wishes Jean

mphotographies (1976) 2006-12-05 4:38

Hey Izzet,

Great still life photo! Desaturated effect due to the earthy tones of the surroundings. The blue window is adds a punch to the other elements such as the two doors and the bicycle. Nice!

Regards,

Jom

marknunnerley (2768) 2006-12-05 14:18

Classic set up here Izzet. If it hadn't been for the blue of the window it could almost have passed as an old sepia print. Lovely composition. Like it a lot.
br,
Mark

rertan (32) 2006-12-05 17:46

Geometriyi ve renkleri muhtesem kullaniyorsunuz hocam. Tebrikler.

stego (22482) 2006-12-06 0:44

Very nice candid capture.
I like the sense of "someone is missing or is about to appear" it gives and the carefull compo.
Regards, Jose.

berek (29041) 2006-12-06 3:41

Merhaba Izzet bey,
254 - 255 kapı noları olan eski bir yapı. birebir simetriyi kapı konumlarıyla sağlayıp pencere ile resmin ağırlığı sol tarafa kaymış. eski bisiklet bu yapıyla bir uyum içinde. çok hoşuma gitti bu resminiz. ellerinize sağlık. saygılarımla.
Burak

Philippe (11787) 2006-12-06 5:21

Bonjour, Izzet. Une scène de la vie quotidienne toute simple. Une composition basée sur les contrastes entre les murs clairs et les couleurs plus foncées des portes et surtout de la fenêtre. Le vélo est essentiel dans la composition et attise la curiosité du spectateur. Il équilibre aussi le léger décalage de la fenêtre par rapport aux deux portes.

designsoul (21394) 2006-12-06 22:46

Hi Izzet,
This is so beautiful. I don't usually feel resonance with "bicycle by a door" shots, but this one is definitely an exception. It is the colours, the age of the bike, the old road, the lovely symmetrical composition that make me really fall for it. It is very peaceful, very immaterial in its seeming timelessness...
Thanks,
sasa
PS Will come back

Curioso (9119) 2006-12-07 2:15

Amazing nice soft tones to me. It looks like a jump into the 50's. Pardon me for the reference to the past but I feel like an atmosphere of the old Istanbul you nicely shared with us last year. Sometime, I just wished we could travel back in time as easily as we do in space...

scientific (403) 2006-12-09 5:01

Merhaba İzzet Bey,
Çok hoş bir kompozisyon. Mavi pencere resme ayrı bir tad katmış. Renkler çok güzel. Ellerinize sağlık. Paylaşımınız için teşekkürler..
hülya

salvator (18943) 2006-12-20 4:55

Hi Izzet Bey,
Take this one for instance, another real beauty of peace, serenity. A beauty for composition, details and colors.
Best regards. Salvator.