The Tae Kwon Do Center, a photo from New York, Northeast

Photographer's Note

This past Sunday afternoon I was in New York City where I had journeyed to give a lecture. It was on the corner of 2nd Avenue and 87th Street that I came across an multidimensional scene — a plate glass window, framed on the bottom by photographs of adult Tae Kwon Do athletes; in the window a scene of miniature athletes, and their parents lined up to oversee their children. The children were engaged in a kicking exercise. Armed with only an iPhone, I quickly snapped a series of photos, trying to catch the moment of a kick.

According to Wikipedia, Taekwondo is a Korean martial art with a heavy emphasis on kicks. Taekwondo was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by various Korean martial artists, as a blend of the indigenous Korean fighting styles of taekkyeon, gwonbeop, and subak, with influence from foreign martial arts as well.

The sidewalk on which I was walking was raised almost 2 m above the level of the Taek Won Do Center. A wrought iron banister with vertical parallel bars is reflected in the window. Using Photoshop, I lightened the tinted window slightly in order to show the interior, and illuminate the critical kick.

ikeharel, holmertz, jhm, papagolf21, danos, Graal, bukitgolfb301, mirosu has marked this note useful

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pajaran (103601) 2015-09-30 10:56

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepo pokazano, dobra ostrina i kontrast, lepe boje.
Dobra kompozicija, lepo uhvacen trenutak sa treninga.
Imajte lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje, srecno.
Paja.

Good day.
Nice view, interesting and good text ...
Nice demonstrated, good sharpness and contrast, beautiful colors.
Good composition, beautifully captured moment from training.
Have a nice and successful day, all the best, good luck.
Paja.

holmertz (93520) 2015-09-30 11:20

Hello Bülent,
This is a fine combination of "real" people and "photographed" ones, plus the big sign at the top. I don't find the proper words to describe this photo looking like a collage, but you know what I mean. You were given a fine opportunity for an original and graphically very interesting photo, which is so instructive that it hardly even needed a note. Nevertheless your note adds a lot of further information. The greenish view through the window is quite entertaining. The small kids learning this martial art are cute and I like the line of heads of parents watching and admiring their children.
Kind regards,
Gert

Gigidusud (21679) 2015-09-30 14:11

Hello dear Bulent,
Excellent capture of this Tae Kwon Do center with an excellent framing and great sharpness. A beautiful sports scene with the children in action. Well done!
Warm regards.
Gigi

papagolf21 (152603) 2015-09-30 23:30

Bonjour, cher ami Bulent,
Voilà une composition originale et fort bien cadrée pour rendre compte des sports de défense et de respect.
Félicitations pour cette réussite photographique.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Fis2 (156650) 2015-10-01 0:25

Witaj Bulent!
Interesting view,
curious place, curious interior.
Good idea, good photo.
Warm regards
Krzysztof

danos (110407) 2015-10-01 0:56

Hello Bulent,
nice the view of the interior of the Tae Kwon Do center with the young athletes to teaching the martial art under the presentation of their parents.Excellent the shot that looks like as a paparazzi shot.Well done.

Have a good month,Danos

ikeharel (106341) 2015-10-01 4:11

Years ago we did not know this kind of sport, Bulent, but seems as it is growing popularity.
Fine indoor's scene.
Ike

*** Did you see the frozen waterfall from Flam, pic. of mine?

jhm (203903) 2015-10-01 4:28

Dear Bulent,

I have completely reporting made in Ghent, (on ask of the club) about these sport, almost all Turkish young people, I knew of these sport nothing but this real a very nice intensive sport.
Your picture showing the different diciplines
Colours and sharpness make your picture attractive.
An excellent composition, and lovely presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

stego (24132) 2015-10-01 4:34

Hello dear Bulent.
I am glad to "see you" here, after I have been away another year. I see you continue posting photos that combine a fine sense of observation, often to scenes that would go unnoticed by most people, even when they are photographers, with a refined talent for composition. This a good example of that, which I admired even more because it was taken with a mobile phone. I have never tried to get "good" photos with a mobile phone; I haven't a good one, but even if I had, I don't know if I would get too enthusiastic about using it, specially because it is very unnatural and "non ergonomic" making compo looking at a screen. As a matter of fact, I have cameras in my phones for more than 12 years and I think that I don't make more than 10 or 20 snapshots a year in average.
Regards, José.

BWJ (3094) 2015-10-01 6:34

Hello Bulent,
This composition of a NYC street scene is fascinating! Your description is excellent allowing the viewer to realize the creative uniqueness of the photo. What a good job! It is amazing a cell phone camera can produce this quality. I am impressed!
Kind regards,
Betty

Nicou (193806) 2015-10-03 4:42

Hello

Très très originale comme image superbe captage avec ces jeunes qui fond du sport et les inscriptions les belle dame en fond quelle vue superbe.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

Graal (103040) 2015-10-03 8:59

Hello Bulent,
interesting photo and theme. Fine crop and composition, it's like mosaic. Good informations and photo-work.
Have a nice evening.
Aleksander

bukitgolfb301 (53894) 2015-10-04 19:40

Hi dear Bullent

Very appealing and eye-catching image at all.
Nice match with players and advertisement so well.
In Japan Karate is very common, that is why Tae Kwon Do is not so popular. Children's plyers actions seem to be very heartwarming.

All the best and have a good day! Takero

mirosu (16313) 2015-10-06 10:07

Hi Bulent,
Excellent, well composed, close-up photo with very nice colors, perfect light, very good clarity and splendid details. Also the choice of the cropping suits the shape of the subject.
Nicely done.
Greetings
Miro

serp2000 (47063) 2015-11-26 10:35

Hello, Bulent,
First of all, all the best wishes to Berni Franklin from me.
We are arriving to NYC in December.21 only.
Excellent photo, good combination of the posters and real sport training. I even know some rules of Tae Kwon Do, 'cause my son got some experience a few years ago too.
Greetings from Urals,
Serghei