Life is an Illusion..., a photo from Tamil Nadu, South

Photographer's Note

“One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

ManuMay, Silvio1953, sevy, pboehringer, PaulVDV, jhm, alainh, vinicio, stego, pratyeka ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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daddo (28728) 2008-10-01 4:13

Namaste Senthil. Brilliant shot to accompany your title, quote and central idea. It is a mesmerizing picture, an illusionist's creation.I suppose that if he is blind,it would add many more dimensions to your theme. Excellent work Senthil. Maya is all around. Regards. Klaudio.

dumbo (4541) 2008-10-01 5:19

Hello,
A great daily life photo with good composition and excellent sharpness. I like that strange looking floor and of course that man playing with the cars.
Well captured!

Regards,
Eino

colinbrenchley (6431) 2008-10-01 5:29

Senthil
Great shot and well photographed. Although I don,t think that I could live with a picture hung on my wall as the image has can disorientate you if you look at it to long!
REgards Colin

thea0211 (1365) 2008-10-01 7:56

hi senthil,
the repetition of the specific tiles makes for a very tricky sight.
very well seen!
dora

papon (1487) 2008-10-01 9:30

Hi Senthil!!
Good capture....The background of the shot well depict the title. Composition and sharpness is very good.
Thanks for sharing.

All the best!!
Sunandan.

Burberry1 (6041) 2008-10-01 9:32

A great unique scene-colorful, vivid and absorbing.
I like the POV, quality and great graphical pattern on the floor.
A great work!
Agnieszka

scalerman (26900) 2008-10-01 9:56

Senthil: yes, very Escher-esque, but the sunglasses and the toy cars complete the exposition of absurdity here. congrats, c

Morac (27725) 2008-10-01 11:10

Hello Senthil
Good capture...the man must have misunderstood with corner of tiles.
Composition and sharpness is very good.
Regards
Marc

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2008-10-01 15:05

Hi Senthil.

Epssssss...excellent background!!! The hypnotic effect is lovely!

Rgs, OScar

zeca (19762) 2008-10-01 22:09

Hello Senthil!
Great capture! The graphism, the contrast, the colours, the amazing subject, everything is nice here! The floor looks like 3-D! Well done!
Regards,
Zeca

kevinos (7517) 2008-10-02 1:07

Your subject is held in a dazzling array of patterns, Senthil, which creates a sense of excitement. It, together with your note is a perplexing but interesting image. regards Kevin

everlasting (17682) 2008-10-02 3:20

he rises from the graphic floor senthil. Fine details in this abstract capture

vbourrut (32482) 2008-10-02 3:57

That's an interesting composition with that very special floor ! nice eye you have

filidor (56) 2008-10-02 5:12

Yeah! You are right. Fantastic melange of patterns!

sevy (58) 2008-10-03 1:33

Hello,

The power of evocation of this photo is very strong. There is quite a message that everybody can interprate by himself based on his own experience.
Moreover with the pattern of the pavement, the photo is graphical and quite abstract without any reference. We are only seeing this scene.

Yves.

Silvio1953 (205685) 2008-10-03 6:26

Hi Sentil, great composition with splendid graphic, very well done, ciao Silvio

noborders (1010) 2008-10-04 13:29

This famous floor... The man seems to float on it... Funny that he is touching this toy in plastic : did your turbulent and cute nephews agree ?
:)))
Amusing !
Best regards,
Cath.

Gustaw (21670) 2008-10-05 9:52

Hi, my friend!
And next good and interesting photo in your colection. I like your idea. Good quality. Nice and oryginal composition. Well done.
Marek

SteveH (7970) 2008-10-06 3:08

Hi Senthil, this is an intriguing shot, you never could have imagined it witout seeing it. cheers, Steve

pboehringer (770) 2008-10-06 9:38

Senthil,
a shot with a certain out-earthly mood. The composition with the person sitting in the right upper corner and his toy entering the left lower corner is absolutely at its best. The colorful floor adds a lot to the image.
The title is somewhat debatetable. I do not agree at all with it, but I'm not as versatile in words as Waldo Emerson. Actually he isn't saying that life is an illusion, but he is talking about one of the illusions that we live with during our entire life and I agree 100% with his words.
Nevertheless, a great shot with a title and note that puts us to think about life, its meaning ... or maybe lack of meaning ... !
Peter

touristdidi (8583) 2008-10-07 13:14 [Comment]

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PaulVDV (54833) 2008-10-08 11:15

Hello Senthil,
Indeed that floor looks like 3-D. The graphical pattern is very beautiful. I like the composition very much.
Best regards, Paul

leo61 (0) 2008-10-08 11:20

Hi Senthil!
Great title and a fantastic shot.
The floor looks like a Painting of the famous artist VIVTOR VASERLY.Great POV and good crop.
Regards,leo

jhm (202989) 2008-10-10 2:56

Hello Senthil,

I like the floor with the different levels, exactly or the floor making different figuration.
A well balanced composition and beautiful natural area.
The illusions is a real eye catcher on this image.TFS.

Best regards,
John.

bantonbuju (51815) 2008-10-10 23:21

unusual...
one would expect to see yet another classical photo from india where someone is contemplating in silence his life... here - we have a symbiosis of the contemplating man and a contemporary toy driving him down to earth...
lovely work...
best, j.

batalay (41261) 2008-10-11 23:46

Hello Senthil,

The image, with the remarkable floor pattern, a veritable MC Escher mathematical tiling, that looks so three-dimensional. You've chosen a very good angle, and the religious man is very good to have in the photo, providing scale, perspective and a modicum of human presence.

Warm regards,

Bulent

toto (0) 2008-10-19 22:25

Bonjours,
belle photo de cet homme assi sur ce sol composer de petits losanges, il regarde ce jeu, mais l' illusion de l' infinité de ces cubes est très bonne d' ou votre titre je supose.
Bien vu, bien capté.

Amitiés Thomas

alainh (33209) 2008-10-23 22:13

hello Senthil
a pleasure to discover your gallery, full of life and colours. an excellent idea and realisation around lines, forms, and colours
friendly
alain

aadilj (18102) 2008-11-11 2:09

wonderful graphism and a superb capture here senthil. I love the way you have played with the floor graphics. truly amazing work

setsun (77) 2008-11-27 9:00 [Comment]

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vinicio (23423) 2009-01-31 15:05

Wonderful place with its Escher like floor and beautiful scene well captured, this man with the toy in his hand is great, well seen and done, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

faubry (35447) 2009-02-21 3:39

namaste Senthil, wonderful vertical composition with good contrast colors between black and white ground!
have a ggod day
thanks a lot for your message
francine

stego (24132) 2009-03-06 12:27

Hi Senthil,
I have looked at this wonder a number of times, so it's time I write something about. It's quite striking visually, for the colours and the dazzling pattern of the floor and the clever compo, which puts the toy and the man in the diagonal. Then there is everything that it evokes or makes us think about. The title is very well chosen - what may be the perception of reality of that blind man placed in an environment that "cries out loud to our eyes"?
Very inspired indeed!
Regards, José.

bhaskar_saxena (0) 2009-05-03 1:38 [Comment]

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pratyeka (281) 2011-05-08 11:41

Great geometry. The expression of the guy, the elimination of other subjects and the variation of colours over the frame are perfect!