Coming and going, a photo from Quebec, Central

Photographer's Note

When our group finished waching the show and exploring the enviroment for pictures at the Jacques Cartier square we decided to go to Montreal down town to enjoy the atmosphere of the grand prix there. How to reach there? By train or by foot. We decided that by foot we would have more pictures oportunity on the way as we could cross by Chinatown to go to St Catherine street. Which street to take? I had the unfortunate ideia to suggest descending the stairs behind the Hotel de Ville... Not much to see abd photograph there and many stair for Rebecca to go down with her bike... But on the way I notice the nice shadow on the stair and started playing with it, it was whem I saw this beautiful women coming in my direction and the shadow of the 2 guys that had just went down the stairs, I didn't hesitate in pressing the botton.

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belido (19934) 2007-06-14 20:04

Olá Flavia,

fiquei um tempo meio desaparecido mas aqui estou de volta. Sabe que acho suas fotos p&b muito graciosas. Confesso que às vezes na pós-produção, tento converter algumas fotos em p&b mas sei lá, não ficam legais. Você sabe trabalhar bem isso, desde a composição da foto à conversão em p&b. Parabéns!
Abraço,
Carlos

tigra (2968) 2007-06-14 20:13

Hello Flavia
Busy day of a busy woman:)
Excellent capture of the moment!
Katia

deblink (2548) 2007-06-14 20:49

Hello Flavia,
Nice choice of B&W. The shadows look great, especially on the stairs. I would have perhaps caught the whole of the lady's shadow but that is just my taste. Nice one, good POV.
Cheers,
Debbie

hoorge (1434) 2007-06-14 21:28

Flavia,

This is a fantastic shot. This is what I'm talking about. Perfect street photography. Not only that she's beautiful, the shadows and the legs from the guys are a nice touch. I love the composition. You rock, girl!

Dpbours (222) 2007-06-14 21:42

Hello Flavia,

I like the two pairs of shoes walking away and the woman walking up. That's a nice combination. But it feels like you took the point of focus too low. Feels like her hair is lacking that sharp edge I'd expect. The tiles in the background are also a bit too light to my liking, but that depends on the way you converted it to greyscale. Next to that, great compo.

Greetings, Dennis

cam (9043) 2007-06-14 23:27

Hi Flavia
Love your composition and what is implied by it.
Personnaly,I found that you open too much for this one,as I will have like the lady in a sharper focus,the head seems fuzzy.
Noneless,I like the compo. and the mood from the B&W conversion.
Charles

RADEEH (2802) 2007-06-15 2:09

Like the dynamism you have created with the two men leaving the frame and the beautiful lady entering. You have a great eye to capture this. Well composed.The shadows are playing very well in the frame. Great shot TFS

chc (1468) 2007-06-15 6:53

Hi Flavia,
Very interesting pov. I like the composition you chose here. The complete woman's shadow in the picture would have been great also.
Christophe

agbonavita (0) 2007-06-15 9:36

Olá flávia, tenho gostado muito dessa sua série de PB. Essa aqui é digna de capa de revista! Excelente foto paabéns.
Andre

alfreherrero (1000) 2007-06-15 10:06

Hola amiga.
Foto dotada de mucho realismo, dinamismo y de movimiento.
El trabajo que has hecho de B/N me parece muy bueno.
Un saludo.

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2007-06-15 15:38

Olá Flávia!
Interessante essa imagem, ö P&B é bom! Curiosa a saia da mulher, toda florida, ta cheio delas aqui no Brasil também! hehe Eu tenho umas bermudas assim também!
Parabéns e Abraço!

bibiweb (8) 2007-06-15 15:47

Bonjour Flavia,
C'est sympa de savoir que vous avez fait un meeting à Montreal le même jour que nous en Belgique... on aurait presque pu faire une video conférence afin de discuter tous ensemble! ;o)
J'aime beaucoup cette compo avec ces personnages qui semblent se quitter mutuellement. Le N&B est bien contrasté et le cadrage serré est bien vu.
Je te souhaite un bon week-end.
Brigitte

luiscar (3286) 2007-06-16 3:40

Hello Flavia, good image with good POV leaving the woman very well framed in the image, I am glad the conversion of the image to BN, believe that it gives him a good contrsate between the modern lady and ancient effect of the BN.
big work, a greeting
happy weekend.

angelsimon (2466) 2007-06-16 6:50

Hi Flavia friend. I like this work on B&W very much, it has a great composition given by this high special POV. This beautiful girl going upstairs gives a lot of dynamism to the picture. And those strog shadows works really well on the photo. Congratulations and best regards.
I have decided to add you to my favorites, so I will never lost your way.
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Pd: I know your english is perfect, and I would like to ask you a pair of questions i do not understand: what is the meaning of DOF and TFS? thanks.

sarju (5324) 2007-06-18 17:06

HOla Flavia
I like the creativity in this photo very much.
maybe I would have liked to see a bit of a lower POV that would have got more of the going legs and less of the stairs ... but than this angle has its own appeal.
good take ... tchau ... sarju

pboehringer (770) 2007-08-08 6:53

Oi Flavia, estas fazendo falta aqui em TE. Ate ja pensei em escrever uma mail para ver como vai.
Gostaria de ver outras fotos neste nivel. Nao somente a composicao humana esta excelente mas tb a arte grafica com a linha a esquerda guiando o olhar para dentro da imagem. As linhas horizontais da escada fazem o olho dar uma breca no momento certo para apreciar a beleza desta "business woman".
Abracao, Peter

mpdre (1611) 2007-08-18 5:53

Bonjour Flavia! En regardant ta gallerie je me rencontre que tu vas a des endroits qui sont tres familiers pour moi (etant de Montreal aussi). J'aime cette photo parce qu'elle est originale. Particulierement l'angle pour la prise. Le N&B est une bonne idee. L'expression de la fille (qui est belle) est neutre: elle semble affairee, pensive, allant a son travail probablement. Il y a aussi deux passants aux pas determines qu'on ne voit pas. L'ensemble cree une impression (tout a fait subjective): metro, boulot, dodo! Tres bien fait!!!
Andre