Good Moment, Bad Number, a photo from Tokyo, Kanto

Photographer's Note

Photo prise à la station de Shinjuku. Ces deux amoureux sous le chiffre 13 avaient attiré mon regard. La chance a aidé un peu pour la composition.

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Picture taken at Shinjuku Station. These two lovers under the number 13 cought my eyes. The luck for the composition helped.

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Moyano (163) 2007-11-14 11:00

Well spotted!
I like how these two cut themselves from the surrounding rush. A perfect-timing composition.

Greetings.

Brendon (289) 2007-11-14 16:51

No worries, number 4 is the unlucky or bad number when it comes to Japanese superstitions.
But I must say your timing is rather spot on. The harried nature that is Shinjuku Station (with some 2,000,000 passer-by's each day) is well contrasted in the photo by the relaxed couple enjoying one anothers company. I like how you captured the sequence. Not sure what you used, but I may have chosen a different aperture/shutter speed combo to emphasize the moving traffic.
Brendon

Furachan (0) 2007-11-14 20:18

C'est tres chouette ca, Olivier. Super timing, un grand charme. J'aime bien aussi le gars (flou) qui regarde sa montre...
Ca merite beaucoup plus de commentaire, perso...
A+
Francis

dragonslayero (3592) 2007-11-19 2:08

Hello Olivier

He he, talk about being a true mix good vs. bad.
The vertical frame works wonders for this photo. Tight space, good focus on the real "stars" of the photo and something that really instantly captures the eyes of the viewer.

Odd Jarle

cobraphil8 (84) 2007-12-19 11:45

Salut Olivier,
merci tout d'abord pour tes enrichissantes critiques ;)

Ensuite je tombe sur celle-ci, je pense que tu peux dire que le 13 porte bonheur, que ce soit pour toi mais encore plus pour le veinard en-dessous du 13 :)

Le flou des autres personnes est également assez tranchant par rapport à la scène très romantique du fond.

Bien vu
a+
Philippe