Poland

Photographer's Note

I give you a suggestion for a free face lifting:
Fly to Warsawa in late afternoon (any day in winter time).
Choose a destination 2 or 3 hours far away.
Choose a car with big frontal window.
Choose a driver who does not speak even a word in your language.
Take the seat by the driver.
Be driven at 100-150 km per hour along the streets where there is snow and ice, while night falls.
Hope, hope and hope not to kill animals (or people) or to crash against a tree.
When you will reach your destination you look, at least, ten years younger (your eyes will be completely hallucinated... but it will last only few minutes).
Warning: do not repeat this experience for more than 2 or 3 times in your life, it causes serious damages to your heart.

Silvio1953, cessy, Caelea, ryno, crckt, lucasgalodoido, Bruno40, maloutim, AiresSantos ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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Silvio1953 (220697) 2007-11-08 0:38

Ciao, cambia nickname che gatti matti e Sorcini non van mica bene insieme:)
bel bianco e nero con ottima orospettiva e atmosfera da sogno, o l'hai scattata attraverso il vetro della macchina o hai il sensore più sporco di tuttaq la storia della foto digitale, comunque ottima, ciao Silvio

cessy (13647) 2007-11-10 4:42

moody landscape
very nice capture
excellent range of BW tones, I suspect the dotes are the snow falls ?

guillaumejm (0) 2007-11-10 7:46

Bonjour
Pour être allé en pologne plusieurs fois pour le travail jadis, je crois que je comprends bien ce que tu veux dire. Par contre j'avais plutot l'impression d'avoir vieill de 10 ans et non rajeunir de 10!.
J'aime bien ce N&B et ces grosses taches (photo prise autravers du parebrise?)
Cordialement
JMarc

Caelea (54) 2007-11-11 2:16

Hello Gatti,

This photo has a very nice atmosphere, and a great perspective. Well done.

r021251 (3917) 2007-11-14 3:58

Belle image de noir et blanc qui reflètebien l'ambiance.
Belle précision et beauconcept.
Super .. Réal.

Merline (0) 2007-11-14 4:14

Huh, this is nice! I like the b/w, the perspective, the mood, and the story:-) Well done!

(not, if you wanted to you could erase most of those dots with Photoshop, but then again they make the pic really natural:-)

Regards
Michèle

ryno (6863) 2007-11-17 1:47

I like the simplicity of this one - you focused on the bare essentials - sky, clouds and trees and the result is successful. I like the mood here. (There are some spots in the sky though - slightly distracting).
Good work!
Regards,
Ryno

avasudev (113) 2007-11-26 19:42

Nice BW shot. Thick white cloude in background enhances the contrast. Thanks for sharing.
Anil

pommedujardin (385) 2007-11-27 12:39

bonjour
Belle image qui reflète une belle tristesse
joli filtre que cette vitre !
Bien vu

POmmedujardin

crckt (7222) 2007-12-01 12:10

Hi Gatti,
WOW! Such a wonderful contrast you've managed to obtain in this shot. The b/w works really well. Your note is just hilarious!
Well done.
Greetings from US,
Shaeri

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2007-12-10 14:46

Olá Gatti,
uma foto bem interessante essa, a falta de nitidez e a opção pelo P&B ajudaram bem na composição. O detalhe das nuvens ficou ótimo.
Parabéns e Abraço!

Bruno40 (6662) 2007-12-12 21:39

Hello Gatti,
I like the picture in general, the compo, the mood, the light. Too bad those dots. I assume you took it from inside a car.
TFS
Jorge

RSK (36) 2007-12-14 13:26

Ha Ha,you mean you don't normally drive this slow in winter?
kidding,must have been a scary ride,but I would have thought
the outcome would be that you aged 10 yrs more,so in actual fact you must have enjoyed the fast dangerous drive Gatti?
Lots of mood in this B&W,I may have taken out the power lines though to make the image feel even more remote from civilization.
Ron

maloutim (13617) 2007-12-23 0:39

Ciao Gatti!
Mi piace molto questa foto in bianco e nero. Il punto di vista è perfetto; gli alberi elegantissimi contro le nuvole che sembrano a volte come la neve. I punti grigi mi hanno disturbato un po', pero penso che è la neve cadendo, fotografata attraverso il vetro della macchina! Una immagine preziosa.
Un saluto amichevole!
Marie Louise.

jmdias (114340) 2007-12-25 7:05

gatti

marvelous image, the shapes of these trees and the landscape around. This pov is very nice. Good option for B&W

jorge

cmkwan (91) 2007-12-26 2:21

Hi Gatti,

This is a wonderful B&W picture! The tone, composition and perspective are amazing. I though the dots on the pictures are falling snow, right?

Wish you all the best in 2008.

CM

sinanevman (149) 2008-05-29 12:25

hi gatti
very impressive shot
thanks for sharing
sinan

AiresSantos (56155) 2008-12-03 2:35

Ciao Gatti
Wonderful black and white tones in this very good picture.
I like a lot the silhouettes of trees against the white clouds
Greetings
Aires

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