Walking on waves, a photo from Lisboa, South

Photographer's Note

Rossio's square.
"Calçada Portuguesa" is the name of these granite and limestone stones manually placed on the ground, one by one, in the old, traditional fashion.
Some areas, specially in the historical center of Lisbon, have some Calçadas with some beautiful, elaborated patterns and designs.

efigesta, emanuela, alekpet, Dionysos, rick_matt, don_narayan, pitai, isa, fer, AiresSantos, quillo has marked this note useful

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efigesta (12188) 2005-10-24 5:27

Ola Isabel, bom regresso, ja sentia saudades das suas fotos, a primeira impressao que tenho ao ver esta foto, é que as pessoas estao a dar nas ondas da calçada, perfeita imagem, adorei, bjs, manuel

emanuela (1257) 2005-10-24 5:28

hi Isabel!
wow, what a great composition and result, different textures atyles and colors beautiful realization
ciao
emanuela

alekpet (4663) 2005-10-24 5:38

Ola Isabel,

I got dizzy watching this photo.
Beautiful composition with the monument and people going in different directions. And those curves really mix up my mind in judging if the land is steep or flat, or are those curves real or just a painting. I mean I know the answer to those questins and it still confuses me a lot. Human eye is fooled by some patterns and this one is a perfect example.

All the best, Aleks

GerdVDC (0) 2005-10-24 5:40

Great optical illusion with the waves. Nice that you could get up higher to capture the effect. Also great that you included some people to break the repetitive pattern, and a lovely statue on the left. Overall good work!

All the best,
Gerd

KevRyan (22956) 2005-10-24 5:52

Amazing - like one gant Bridget Riley painting - I really love these tiled pavements and squares etc in Lisbon - such a beautiful way to decorate a city - your chosen persepctive here is excellent - a really nice imaginative street shot Isabel!

best wishes Kev

Dionysos (1234) 2005-10-24 5:59

Really nice. Congratulations.
Very interesting, I remember this shapes in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Copacabana beach, is there any relation ?

ngythanh (8458) 2005-10-24 5:59

Isabel:
This is a beautiful place to photograph, and in deed you have captured a beautiful scene.
I wish there is more sharpness or people have yellow clothes so their shapes popping up ;o)

Thank you for posting this.

Thanh

rhizomes (15343) 2005-10-24 6:15

Hi Isabel,
This picture is great ! Very graphical with all these curves on the ground in B/W and the people in colors ! It gives a very nice effect !
Congratulations,
Christophe

jemaflor (135464) 2005-10-24 6:49

Hi Isabel,
Superbe effect et very good frame, well seen, i like it.

bantonbuju (51815) 2005-10-24 7:07

ola isabel, its one of those pics that i say "i'd love to have them in my portfolio"... it is such an endless beauty of this image, such geometrically "independent"; i like literally everything about it - the tiny tilt, the "bold" contrast and sharpening... everything
best wishes, jerzy

serenadanesi (944) 2005-10-24 7:36

Very nice composition and pattern. Thanks for sharing!

AmiBe (6042) 2005-10-24 10:08

Hi Isabel,
very good, nice graphical shot.
In my opinion could be improved with a closer view, without the statue on the left.
Good title, too ! ;-)
Well done

rick_matt (177) 2005-10-24 10:23

Ola Isabel, que boa foto de uma calçada a portuguesa, bom ponto de vista

mlopes (494) 2005-10-24 10:41

ehehe grande foto, ideia original e muito bem realizada.
Mario

sarju (5324) 2005-10-24 10:44

Hola Isabel
it is hard to concentrate on the photo as the waves seem to be moving
very impressive photo ... I think this is the first time that I am looking at this illusion with a real life photography
very well taken and thanks a lot for sharing it with the TE community
cheers .... sarju

gezgin37 (3788) 2005-10-24 11:56

Hi Isabel,
very nice graphical shot with a very good title. Well seen, good work...
Greetings / Selçuk

ALSOM (6616) 2005-10-24 13:13

One word: vertigo !!! Hopefully some characters help to pause & rest eyes from this photo !

Thanks,
Al.

don_narayan (2014) 2005-10-24 16:09

wow, what a great, graphical shot... I am dizzy from looking at it... but I want to look long, maybe a sailboat or messiah will appear if I stare at it for a long time :) but really, a wonderful composition, great job with the statue in there, coming in at just the right place. well done.

pitai (3985) 2005-10-24 17:30

Ola Isabel,

Uma imagem muito original do Rossio. Como peão e muito dificil reparar nos disenhos das calçadas.

A composiçao ficou optima. Muito bem enquadrada. Ate podia passar por uma foto em B&W. As pessoas dao o toque de cor e escala.

Ja agora, foi tirada de onde?...

Bom trabalho!!!!

Gabriel

isa (1986) 2005-10-24 17:44

Que extraordinário enquadramento! gosto muito dos elementos humanos, dão cor e vida à composição. Muito interessante a nota explicativa sobre esta obra de arte- a calçada Portuguesa, muito bem!
Um abraço,
Isabel

jinju (14265) 2005-10-25 3:29

Excellent optical illusion for sure! Even the shadows seem to bend on these waves. The people add interest to this highly graphical shot. Super!

fer (1478) 2005-10-25 9:01

Olá Isa,

Eu também quero um zoom desses.hehehe
Excelente!Em as ondas da calçada dão um efeito fabuloso.Estice agora a olhar para o tema...também umas com vista de passarinho qye tirei do Padrão dos descobrimentos,vou ver se um interessante para postar.
bjs
Fernando

deud (1920) 2005-10-25 9:57

amazing effect! very good visual impact. nice pov and composition. tfs

AiresSantos (56155) 2005-10-29 9:00

Olá Isabel.
Bem visto e muito bem capturado.
Sobre o efeito das ondas já foi tudo dito.
As cores e o enquadramento estão excelentes.
Bom fim de semana.
Aires

joseelias (0) 2005-11-04 12:40

Boa imagem da nossa típica calçada. O título está particularmente bem escolhido pois é a sensação que dá. Aliás até parece irreal o local onde as pessoas caminham. Infelizmente para quem está habituado a caminhar nestes locais nem sempre se apercebe da sua beleza.

jrleborgne (1554) 2005-11-04 19:32

Cette photographie donnerait le tournis si on n'était pas raccroché à la réalité par la présence de ces simples passants. La statue sur la gauche de la photo accentue encore l'impression de lourdeur du lieu. Nous nous trouvons dans une mer minérale et on a hâte d'en sortir .

quillo (11858) 2005-11-05 16:57

Hola Isabel, una foto muy buena, me gusta el enfoque y la luz. El encuadre es muy original y las personas que pasean le dan la escala al trabajo.

Felicidades y un abrazo ............. Paco

vilarino (16) 2005-11-06 10:21

A foto fala por si!
Está perfeita.Parabéns!