traditions ("fairy tales" - II) Photo

Photographer’s Note

Nihat's grandparents (please, read below) in typical activities (they were not posing !) - the grandfather, who is often seen in the centre of town sipping tea and playing tavla, is reading an official paper here.

If you are interested in the architecture of this old house leaning and partly inside a fairy chimney (hence the title - but they don't live there anymore, just spending days sometimes as it is close to their field), I've already posted other photos of it : apart from the link mentioned below, here is another viewpoint : taken a bit earlier, when we were getting to know each other, the little boy still shy sitting in his swing.

(NB : this is the result of 3 photos taken from the same POV = sitting on the sofa where Nihat and his grandmother would be laughing so uncontrollably later on - NB : the plate of cucumbers, green prunes and watermelon had not yet been touched, I was waiting for them to join me.

So this photo took some more work : I had aimed in succession to the brightly lit courtyard, then to the persons in the open arched room, and finally to the plate in front of me. I agree that it is also a sort of unreal photo regarding the light at some places... Still I think that it will remain my last version).

pandoraTE, ChrisJ, jonathan_hart, greek, patshoo, papagolf21, cayden, adelune, didemay, salvator, axiotea, Vasa has marked this note useful

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pandoraTE (2317) 2008-07-05 2:41

Congratulations Catherine, you show our traditions and daily life more than us. May be, we are used to see such kind of scenes Taht's why we are not so much interested in shooting these. In fact, I hesitate to take photo of people for the moment. May be in future I will be able to take them.
This is so beautiful photo representing the life of an Anatolian family. Thanks and congratulations again.
Have a nice weekend.

MiguelP (14336) 2008-07-05 3:26

Hi Catherine: So it looks like you take a lot of time to take this photo. And the outcome is quite worthy, the sharpness and the colors are very well handle and you manage to show the situation in a nice composition, probably the only one possible. You have also portrait here a society, I suspect. Take care.
Miguel

ChrisJ (70443) 2008-07-05 3:59

Hi Catherine

A superb daily life scene from Turkey, with good graphism & sharpness. Tfs!

faubry (32429) 2008-07-05 4:12

Bonjour cath, ici une photo qui nous fait entrer dans une maison traditionnelle d'Anatolie,vraiment nous somme avec eux, prêts à passer à table;.. une photo très attrayante et humaine, c'est ce qui me plait avec toi.
passe un bon we
amitiés
francine

Polonaise (5638) 2008-07-05 5:23

Wherever you are... Whatever you do...
Please, don't quit...

It's the highest level of documentary photography there is...

It looks to me like there is a drop of your blood in every pictures of yours...

A one, lonely beat of your heart...

Incredible journey thru the country like no other country

.................

tehanu_f (6874) 2008-07-05 6:58

I love this shot, Catherine! The bright white light is delicious. All the other vivid colours look much more eyecatching in that light. I love the details as well and the cadrage is very good what with the arch above. This is really very good, my friend. Hugs and kisses.

jonathan_hart (22627) 2008-07-05 8:18

bon cadrage, belle compo, tout un tableau
bon traitement, rien de choquant, c'est bien une photo ;)
amicalement
jo

greek (7508) 2008-07-05 10:00

very beautiful,traditional and colourful scene, galantis

patshoo (944) 2008-07-05 10:24

Impressive daily life scene,Well composition with arrange of subject in eye sequence,Well sharpness and good combination of light/color.Meaningful and picturesque,TFS.

MarcT (21103) 2008-07-05 23:02

Salut Cath,
Belle scène d'intérieur. Tout-à-fait dans ta spécialité. Là je pense que tu touches aux limites de ton petit appareil.
Amitiés
Marc

papagolf21 (56765) 2008-07-06 0:25

Bonsoir, Catherine,
Encore une photographie très intéressante et qui va totalement dans le sens du site. Vivre, voir, comprendre, s'intéresser aux us et coutumes des habitants.
Ici, un mode d'habitat très particulier parfaitement mis en image.
Passionnant !
Amitiés.
Philippe

pcp (3368) 2008-07-06 1:37

Hi Cath,

Wonderful shot and good composition to highlight your subject with real life atmosphere.good colors and lights. well done.

TFS

Senthil

adelune (2) 2008-07-06 5:08 [Comment]

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didemay (2435) 2008-07-07 15:09

Beautiful Cath. So daily, so natural, so lively and such a reminder... a reminder of sometimes what we ignore.

salvator (18943) 2008-07-09 1:57

Bonjour Catherine,
Nicely composed with superb sharp details and great colors. The fact that they are posing or not is really not so important, what is important really is the outcome which look quite nice.
Amities. Salvator.

axiotea (16305) 2008-07-10 7:09

Salut Cath
Je trouve le résultat assez bon et il est intéressant de voir cet intérieur tout en longueur...C'est plein de détails à regarder et ton choix de cadrage vertical sied bien à cette scène en famille ;)
Amitiés depuis Goa
Marilyn

Vasa (6373) 2008-07-12 14:40

Bonsoir chere Catherine,

tu as bien travaille pendant que je dormais: voici de belles photos que je souhaite voir dans ta galerie. Celle-ci deja, une belle ambiance familiale. J'intervienne avec l'idee que l'assiette au premier plan ne devait pas etre coupee, au risque que tu coupes la voute au dessus. Ou si tu l'avais approchee a la dame. J'insiste trop sur les criteres pour une carte postale qui n'accepetnet pas les choses coupees.

Apres tout, grand merci de cette belle image. Elle est vraiment la reflexion de ta sensibilite et de ta curiosite artistique. Amicalement a toi,

Branko