Opening the path, a photo from Tamil Nadu, South

Photographer's Note

There was a shortcut path to the train station from our hotel. I decided to take it to avoid the usual touristic area. That was noon, very warm weather, life slowed down (??) the rickshaw was in 'business-break' ... I was surprised to see how this hand seemed to open a curtain for an invitation to discover life in this area.

Thanks,
Alain -

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Furachan (0) 2007-05-04 6:49

Bonjour Alain, de retour aujourd'ui de Saigon je tombe sur cette belle photo de ta visite en Inde l'annee derniere. J'aime ce bras qui semble definir le cadre - parfois une main, un pied meme peut en dire plus qu'un portrait dans les regles. Couleurs top, bine sur...
Amicalement,
Francis

jcdurka1 (1950) 2007-05-04 6:50

Les veines de la main attirent immédiatement le regard et associent la force et l'effort au contenu de l'image.
Paradoxalement ce message contraste avec l'attitude, la force tranquille sommeille. C'est bien vu, l'image est sans commentaire.
Amicalement,
Jean-Claude

faubry (35447) 2007-05-04 7:27

bonjour alin, une main qui n a pas besoin de mots pour comprendre les durs travaux.... etonnante composition, ton style
bravo
amicalement
francine

vapours (8264) 2007-05-04 7:38

Im surprised you could hang onto such quality for so long before uploading it. Some beautiful colour here, lovely bokeh, and a nice crisp clean shot in general. Personally the arm to me looks like something from a dead body, far from inviting!

vagabondtravels (6511) 2007-05-04 7:40

Hi Alain

Great colors. Very sharp with good detail. Nice dof which really sets the scene. Great capture of daily life. Well done.
Ben

eleparc (24063) 2007-05-04 13:20

belle harmonie calme dans cette image, harmonie de couleurs, de quasi vide humain, et belle composition!

Eric

designsoul (17843) 2007-05-04 17:29

Salut Alain, wonderful work, the details, that fine hand, the blue stoned-ring on his finger, the graceful, veined arm in a to me unusual position. Colours, composition are both exquisite. Nice to see your work again,
sasa

markoci (3933) 2007-05-05 1:03

funny how you can look at the thumbnail and tell immediately it was taken in india... those colours.. a good catch, a nice compo, and that hand is beautiful, love the ring.. fine bokeh, my only criticism is to have had a lower pov so that the other rickshaw and the woman would be positioned more to the middle level, thus making the bottom left less empty...

AnimeshRay (9089) 2007-05-05 19:25

Very nice composition...your typical touch, with nearly abstract foreground in sharp focus and a mirage-like dreamy bokeh of more human elements. Excellent inner eye.

Luko (14000) 2007-05-07 12:20

Tu as dévoilé le secret de fabrication de la photo... et ça, il ne faut jamais le faire. tu coupais le côté droit juste avant le bord du tissu bleu et le mystère restait intact : un membre surgi de nulle part venait marteler la tête d'un endormi.

Ici on on voit le making of, le truc du magicien : c'est pipeau on se dit... un chien dans la coin déserté, aurait bien fait rester le spectateur.. Mais non... il s'en va et ne te laisse que du vert clair.

PeterC (2242) 2007-05-08 2:12

Alain,
Lovely image and i really like the symbolism of him opening the path to you. Very well seen and the colours are so gorgeously Indian!

Cheers
Peter

vts_ch (2624) 2007-08-08 6:18

yi,
Encore et encore des images comme celle-ci, me régale, miam miam miam.

Vince