Do I love you?, a photo from Berlin, East

Photographer's Note

Unfortunately it is not clear yet if men and women fit to each other. Humanity is still waiting this question to be finally answered by American scientists or some other higher authority.

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Captured at the Leipziger Straße in Berlin.

Paolo, azaf1, AyseGurel, quillo, aimiliospet, isabela_sor, hispic, chrkont, kdialyna, Leilani, stelli, bostankorkulugu, kagemusha, gokanlam, steliosk, fayeulle, Leconte ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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kiks (12805) 2008-03-01 14:51

Hi Andreas, intriging and very original photo. Congratulations for spotting this daily life scene and transforming it in this great grafical composition.
TFS
KIKs

martburn (533) 2008-03-01 14:57

Hello

This is my kind of picture. Bless you for seeing it and taking it

Martin

broglia (3604) 2008-03-01 15:03

Very well seen Andreas, the footprints and tracks make a great backdrop for this couple. I like the way you've positioned them too - walking out of the frame. You were lucky they wore black - anything else would not have been so good.

Good job, Roberto

Paolo (41258) 2008-03-01 15:04

Hi Andreas, fantastic view, with that couple walking on that wonderful street full of tracks on the snow, as a giant patterns carpet!
fantastic POV and excellent quality too.
thanks, ciao

mimagica (645) 2008-03-01 15:05

Hi Andreas,
this shot is very amazing.
Congratulations
Regards
michelangelo

worldcitizen (16048) 2008-03-01 15:10

Hello Andreas,
This is an amazing capture! The thumbnail looks like modern art, and looking at the actual photo I love the graphism created by all of the black footprints in the white snow. The couple are perfectly placed, and they jump out almost in a surreal way against the ground, which really looks like a backdrop. Really original and interesting!

daddo (28748) 2008-03-01 15:11

Hi Andreas.A striking creation, artistic and whimsical. The figures in black have a strong presence and their hand in hand posture is a powerful statement, or question (in your case.)The footsteps in the snow can have a poetic side, since they could represent the thousand of others who are asking similar questions. Unusual and thoughtful work. regards. Klaudio.

fotobram (386) 2008-03-01 15:48

What a beautiful background , these patterns in the snow.
Great work.

gns (525) 2008-03-01 15:55

really original. thanks for sharing

AyseGurel (574) 2008-03-01 16:02

Hello;
very nice POV..footprints of many couples..and one sample of them in this shot..impressive capture.
good night
ayse

quillo (11858) 2008-03-01 16:04

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Hello Andreas, excellent framing .... simple and effective, elegant and attractive, original and creative.

Congratulations for your good idea.

A greeting: happy weekend.

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dvlazar (6662) 2008-03-01 16:23

Andreas - very nice - its a piece of art!
Those patterns are so interesting in the snow - and the couple well framed down low.
Very nice work
Dave

devimeuxbe (58557) 2008-03-01 16:26

Hi Andreas
I like this beautifull perspective. The steps on the snow are very nice. The vertical cropping is excellent
Bertrand

jmdias (115046) 2008-03-01 16:30

andreas

What I can say about this image ? it is a masterpiece. Wonderful light, pov, subject, colors, lines... The drawings in the ground are so poetic like an old decorating. Fantastic image, well done. congratulations !

hugs
Jorge

cak (4931) 2008-03-01 17:21

interesting snowy background and cute composition .thank u

euryan (8442) 2008-03-01 20:56

Graphically this is a very interesting photograph. The people are placed very nicely at the bottom of the frame. I like the bicycle tracks that twist through the frame too. The title is good because it causes us to take a closer look at this couple. They are holding hands but are walking fairly far apart. Their black clothes are very fitting as well.
Regards,
Ryan

Kenggaroo (849) 2008-03-01 21:31

Excellent work, Andreas
Good composition and very good colour combination. A couples in a great position on those footprints background can tell many different love stories.
Great.
kenggaroo

Glint (6171) 2008-03-01 23:12

hello Andreas,
well spotted. I love these kind of short that have a human element but are also graphical.You have used your photographer's eye to good effect and produced an appealing picutre.Pity that Valentine's day has passed as itwould have made a good posting then.
regards
Bev

isabela_sor (47748) 2008-03-01 23:15 [Comment]

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azaf1 (15931) 2008-03-02 0:27

Andrea kalispera
Apla enas pinakas zografikis me apithani optiki kai sinthesi
Nasai kala kai na omorfaineis ton kosmo giro sou
Argiris

hispic (9658) 2008-03-02 1:01

Hi Andreas,
The pattern drawn with black ruts and footprints on the white snow canvas. Captured it with exquisite framing. Clothes made black also give the image unity and the stability.
Splendid work.
Best wishes, Hisashi

hatti52 (12786) 2008-03-02 1:18

Hi Andreas,
wonderful shot with excellent POV,graphical effects..
Congratulations
Regards

smarcell (19965) 2008-03-02 1:36

What a nice composition. The footsteps on the snow make a Pollock like pattern, and a perfect background for this picture.
I like the way you composed it, vertically, with the two figures in the bottom.
Excellent
Stefano

adelune (0) 2008-03-02 1:40 [Comment]

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chrkont (4005) 2008-03-02 3:11

Γεια σου Αντρέα
Η κελλιτεχνική σου ματιά είναι υπέροχη. Αυτό που συχνά μας δείχνει άσχημο το έκανες ένα πανέμορφο background για μια τρυφερή σκηνή. Το φως τις εικόνας είναι πολύ καλά ισορροπημένο. TFS.
Χαιρετώ
Χρήστος

kdialyna (3148) 2008-03-02 4:05

Εδώ Αντρέα πραγματικά η δημιουργική φαντασία σου με εντυπωσίασε.
Εξαιρετικό στιγμιότυπο φωτογραφημένο την τέλεια στιγμή.
Απίθανη η εκμετάλλευση του περίγυρου που με την κατάλληλη επεξεργασία έδωσε το τέλειο background στο θέμα σου.
Πολύ καλή επιλογή η "αφ' υψηλού" λήψη με την οποία πέτυχες την απομόνωση του ζευγαριού δίνοντας έτσι ακόμα μεγαλύτερη συναισθηματική ένταση.
Χαιρετώ
Κώστας

romanaa (8430) 2008-03-02 4:50

Hi Andreas,
fantastic composition, patterns of footprints and lines of the bicycles of the people who had passed, the gesture is speaking a story - walking hand in hand but not really close to each other. Bravo
Regards
Romana

Leilani (1385) 2008-03-02 7:04

What a fantastic image. It took me a second to realise you hadn't done pp work on the background. I really get impressed with shots where there is delayed recognition. Very well done. I think the title is apt too as they are holding hands...but so far apart! Brilliant capture. Rgds, Leilani

TopGeo (38220) 2008-03-02 9:00

Geia soy Andrea!
Skeutika na sou po kai tolmo na sto ekmistireytho oti: (to zeygari eprepe stin eikona i na itan me tis plates, i na itan piso, kai auto gia ta mpenei sto plano tis ikonas oxi na bgaine) alla to skeftika kalitera etsi einai pio sosto! dioti ta bimata akolouthoun emas kai oxi to antitheto.
Aristi loipon kai akros kalitexniki!
Giorgos

mesutilgim (0) 2008-03-02 9:05

Hallo lieber Andreas !
"Yes I do" . Wie sagen die Hamburger so schoen : "Das Leben ist kurz und beschissen wie ein Huehnerleiter" " Oder befleckt sie hier.
Tolles Blickwinkel und tolles graphisches Effekt. Was kann man da noch sagen ?
Gut gemacht mein lieberv Freund, besser koennte's nicht sein.
Herzlichen Glueckwunsch !
Mfg
MESUT ILGIM

stelli (3009) 2008-03-02 11:00

Great composition and framing! Beautiful note!! Thank you for sharing! ΦΙΛΙΚΑ Στέλλα

toto (0) 2008-03-03 0:43

Belle photo de ce couple d' amoureux qui marchent sur les traces des autres.
Beller prise sous un très bon POV qui insiste bien sur ces traces dans tous les sens. Les vue de haut sont souvant quand elle sont bien prises des photos magnifiques.

Amitiés Thomas
Je reviens

sebinho342 (19329) 2008-03-03 13:35

Hi Andreas, this is a marvelous picture, really a great one.
Perfect POV and zoom, i love how you framed it.
All my congratulations, this is perfect for me

tehanu_f (6896) 2008-03-04 13:21

As for the question in the title, I don't know who loves who, who I love or who loves me, but I know I've fallen in love with this shot (despite the man's bald patch). I also know some people who will envy this graphics like me.

As for the question in your note, don't bother scientists. I know the answer: no. But still, it's kind of bitter sweet fun to struggle to be compatible. Look at the couple in your own shot. They are walking in the footprints of their counterparts and they are not even aware that the prints are irregular, messy and seem to be going nowhere. Isn't it ironic? )))

bostankorkulugu (42866) 2008-03-04 21:57

oh, you know i am jelaous of this one, dont you?... high pov, lines and patterns, unhappy people dressed in black... what else do i want?... i see a big black "M" here at a glance, may be because i am in Milan >:PPP... cheers mlk...

korkut

(i knew kos was gonna be in your "never-to-go" list:)...)

nes7 (735) 2008-03-06 13:41

Different and beautiful... Congratulations...

Cretense (68709) 2008-03-11 8:24

Geia sou Andrea!

Pragmatika entyposiaki lipsi, artia texnika alla kyrios kallitexnika, fovero timing kai kadro! Eilikrina den xero ti na sxoliaso! Sygxaritiria!

Iraklis

rigoletto (34279) 2008-03-14 8:54

God's POV over hopeless lovers...
Unhappy faces, pathetic body languages. They look like hand in hand because of a duty or obligation...
And thousands of such hopeless couples seem to have left their tracks on the same place. A sad place for sure...
Having usually seen such POVs from the docs of TE (like devimeuxbe and bostankorkulugu), I was developing a theory, that such scornful high POVs over people (which minimize people with a crushing God's POV) were becasue of the hidden grandiosity of the doctor genre. But you spoiled my theory.

Copy paste this link to your browser in order to see another God's POV which spoils my theory about the link between photographic styles and the hidden grandiosities of doctors.

http://www.trekearth.com/viewphotos.php?l=3&p=743453

ps: I guess the little goddess should have become mature enough to bear an international flight to Asia Minor.

Chereto,
Deniz

ninaL (21348) 2008-03-14 8:54

Hi, Andreas.
A masterpiece !!!
Genious POV makes this shot...
This simple scene becames timeless and impressive.
Rarely backround with footprints in the snow...
Beautiful.
Best regards. Grazyna.

kagemusha (1288) 2008-03-14 14:33

Hi Andreas,
your photo remind me the movie "dolls" directed by Takeshi Kitano. but here the footsteps and snow increased the impression (i wish women wore a red shawl)
regards
mali

ifanik (21679) 2008-03-15 12:10

Kalispera Andrea
Para poly omorfh synthesi
Yperoxo thema me omorfo kalitexniko fonto
Poly kalh doyleia
Xairetw
Nikos
Ayrio**

safa (66) 2008-03-16 0:12

I love your picture, great texture and wonderful composition of B&W background and colored couples. I like the sense of your picture.
thanks
Zahra

gokanlam (6605) 2008-03-16 1:58

Hi Andreas,
They look desperate in black clothes.. it creates a nice contrast on the white of the snow.. But in the sense of the picture, sad faces, contrast steps, the space between them make you give this name to the image.. i like your perspective and the place of the couple in the composition..
Congratulations,
ReLa

Merline (0) 2008-03-16 3:44

This is the best I've seen today, although it's been posted a little while ago. My compliments, it is a tremendous POV, the image looks almost with no depth of field which enhances dramatically the graphism here...interpellating and also giving space to the imagination. All those steps in the snow...of so many people, in love or not. I think that the concentrated looks on their faces are because this is very slippery ground:-) I don't feel that people who do not love each other walk hand in hand. Very creative and interesting work ! I put it in my favs theme.

TFS
Michèle

steliosk (4802) 2008-03-27 5:44

An kai de mporw na katalabw an einai live h affisa auto, mou aresei h idea.
Se sygxairw gia th syllhpsh.

Xairetw
Stelios

gbeli (1970) 2008-03-29 11:06

Geia sou Andrea
Auti h fotografia einai iperoxi.
Pragmatika eksipni idea kai omorfi lipsi.
Sinxaritiria
Xereto

brevbrev14 (140) 2008-09-07 3:35

Hi Andreas, this is really a GREAT image!
wonderful the high POV, the effect on the snow is just amazing
the composition superb
congrats!
ciao!
Valeria

fayeulle (27827) 2008-10-16 22:03

Hi Andreas
Really a stunning shot by the subject, the composition and the choice of the POV. Really well done
TSF
JP

Geopapas (24) 2008-11-08 0:09

pragmatika anarotieme merikes forew pos bori merikoi anthropoi na vlepoyn pragmata pou alloi aplos ta theoroun asimanta.
mia simantiki stigmi
sigharitiria

rgds
Georg

dipti (114) 2008-11-08 1:42