bluechameleon
let it rain
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 3 February 2009 in Documentary & Street and Portfolio.
This is my contribution, and third image for the street photography challenge from The Electroblog. The first 3 days in February we celebrate the joy of street photography in black and white. Thanks for the great challenge Damon, it's been great!
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Marcah from United States
In case the roof leaks ":o) Excellent work. Love the story here.
3 Feb 2009 5:05am
@Marcah: You know it! Thank you :)
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, California, United States
This has an almost abstract quality. Very well composed.
3 Feb 2009 5:12am
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
Funny. They'll soon be in the rain again. Great shot.
3 Feb 2009 5:24am
Shirin Moosavi from Tehran, Iran
Is it raining over therewhere he's standing!
Beautiful capture :)
3 Feb 2009 5:46am
LeenaM from Joensuu, Finland
this is a photo, which made me smiling and admiring in same time.
You are so talented!
3 Feb 2009 5:50am
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Exceptional composition. It would be perfect to print, frame, and hang.
3 Feb 2009 5:59am
Mathilde from Paris, France
Un sujet étonnant pour un graphisme attrayant! J'aime beaucoup cette géographie de l'insolite!
3 Feb 2009 6:19am
Sien from Valkenswaard, Netherlands
Like a A scene of magical composition Sharon
wonderful street scene..
Grz Sien
3 Feb 2009 6:36am
Elaine- from Canada
he's even holding up his umby under the walkway.. i don't like those construction walkways, no where to run to baby, no where to hide ... neat shot my friend
3 Feb 2009 7:09am
beanow from Poland
This picture has many values: he is funny, mysterious, original, creative, well done... Great work!
3 Feb 2009 7:31am
Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom
Great shot. I've got a thing for people with umbrellas in photos.
3 Feb 2009 7:43am
k@ from France
How creative and original : love that deep shadow and its opposite in white (as a negative version of the umbrella). Love the way you see our world, sisters, and brothers, my dear !
3 Feb 2009 8:37am
zOOm from Paris, France
This is extraordinary ! Every day there's a story, a real mood... a way to shoot at people so uncommon and unusual... you succeed in something quite scarce Sharon : bring life to your photographies with a personal and emotionnal stare.
3 Feb 2009 8:39am
djedfre from schaumburg, United States
a very enigmatic conclusion to the challenge - full of mystique! nicely captured!
3 Feb 2009 8:45am
gelfoto from Madrid, Spain
The game of resistances is perfect. The silhouette is everything a success. I like the Black and white one in this photography.
Greetings
3 Feb 2009 8:45am
Addey Kehinde from London, United Kingdom
"Let it rain", sorry, currently in London, we're singing "Let it Snow". I like the mood of this image. The B&W adds to it to make it even more interesting. Nice...
3 Feb 2009 10:51am
vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada
Very good shot! I like the attempt to create something a bit nicer than the usual construction walkway...
3 Feb 2009 1:14pm
Tracey from White Hall, United States
Excellent! I am curious about your technique...not technical, but physical. Do you station yourself in one spot or do you move around and look for scenes that make a good composition? I am curious about street photography because of living in a rural area. It seems very intimidating to me!
3 Feb 2009 1:16pm
10Fraction from Rennes, France
wonderfull!Very graphical, and I love the silhoutte with the umbrella
3 Feb 2009 1:18pm
browneyes from Kanagawa, Japan
Wow. Really great composition! Love this sooo much! Excellent includes the title!
3 Feb 2009 1:27pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
What can I say? Such an amazing catch of such unusual moment! My favourite.:-)
3 Feb 2009 1:41pm
Cheryl from Texas, United States
like an illusion! he almost looks like a shadow. the lines and compositon in this is exceptional, well seen and taken!!
3 Feb 2009 1:51pm
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
a great capture ! excellent composition with this silhouette between these lines.
3 Feb 2009 2:11pm
Andrew from North Carolina, United States
Nice series and another great representation of real life. I like the silhouetted form of a person, it’s surreal.
3 Feb 2009 4:16pm
Luca Bobbiesi from Milano, Italy
It must rains real fast for open an umbrella in a close location. Great find
3 Feb 2009 4:17pm
EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
This is a real gem, Sharon. Wonderfully captured, as always
3 Feb 2009 4:28pm
Diane Schuller from Hythe, Canada
I really like this. It's great street photography and so fortunate to capture the umbrella-clad person in there. Really appealing.
3 Feb 2009 5:14pm
JoeB from Brampton, Canada
AH, there's the dark shadowy figure standing out behind the white walkway, is that another condo project?
3 Feb 2009 5:25pm
Cricket from Huntsville, United States
Almost spooky. The picture depicts him standing stall and walking silent.
Great capture.
3 Feb 2009 5:39pm
Michael Paulison from United States
I like this very much. I like how I can't tell if that's an actual person or a flat silhouette. It reminds me of a Magritte painting.
3 Feb 2009 7:01pm
ullfoll from Terrassa, Spain
The high contrast and the man with umbrella give and strong effect to image. Very nice shot.
3 Feb 2009 7:29pm
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Excellent composition, in the best radition of b/w classic. The black umbrella and the white inverse "umbrellas". The play with patterns, lines and b/w is very good.
3 Feb 2009 7:34pm
Liang from San Francisco, United States
i like it, catching someone in the shadows walking with an umbrella. i wish i had the skills to produce such mysterious shots like these, you did well!
3 Feb 2009 7:59pm
micke bergling from Sweden
Congratulations to weeks photo prize (vfxy) Nice B & W.... well done
3 Feb 2009 8:09pm
@micke bergling: Micke, thanks so much for letting me know. I've not had a chance to get on line since early this morning (work, work, work). I'm in shock to say the least! Totally unexpected :D
Ilan from Israel
Awesome photo. Two things here - One - the symmetry in the composition - Flawless. The black and white contrast here is superb.
Second - The situation itself. How strange is that, walk with umbrella inside a building!
3 Feb 2009 9:28pm
Polydactyle from Montreal, Canada
This one is just amazing! Compo, contrast, graphic elements. Perfect!
3 Feb 2009 10:02pm
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
How well observed! It is so true that we always keep the umbrellas open when walking under the roof. Like Marcah sad "Just in case it rains":) Love the high contrast here.
3 Feb 2009 10:12pm
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
Outstanding contrast, here, BC ... the figure carrying the umbrella almost looks one-dimensional - like, perhaps, it has been painted on the rear wall of the construction walkway ... very strong graphic appeal ... as always, you see things most people would pass by ... ron
3 Feb 2009 11:16pm
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Nice shot. Couldn't have been better if you staged it.
3 Feb 2009 11:30pm
Lunamania from Oakland, United States
Wow, this feels almost surreal! Nice capture.
4 Feb 2009 3:51am
Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada
A poetic image for sure! Love the simplicity of form, and the non-sequitur of an umbrella in a covered area, finally I love the shadow/ephemeral nature of the figure with the umbrella - I almost wonder if he's just painted on the wall. Great closer for this series!
4 Feb 2009 4:14am
@Damon Schreiber: Thanks so much Damon, and thank you again for such a great (and fun) theme. I, and so many others have enjoyed ourselves completely. Oh...he's real, I stood on the street for a good 30 minutes in the freezing cold waiting for something like this to happen. I was about to give up and then there he was :)
NarB from Bruxelles, Belgium
Creative and original, perfect compo, I like very much.
4 Feb 2009 8:59am
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Cool shot, not sure if thats a paper figure or real person... but I like the look of it, nicely framed and great atmosphere.
5 Feb 2009 3:12am
B.Held from Santa Fe, United States
a very alluring image . . . beautiful work ;-)
28 Aug 2009 8:42pm
Nikon D70
1/45 second
F/4.8
ISO 200
70 mm