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Solitary bag lady of Solo city.


carl_valiquet

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Many times I come across this woman

who seems to be carrying her whole world with her.

She walks with pride, her head held high.

I passed her on my bicycle and waited till she walked into the area that I had pre-focused the 75 Elmarit. Film: Ilford Delta 100.

I wished she would have walked more to the center of the frame but hey!

such is street photography.

C*

 

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Many times I come across this woman

 

 

I wished she would have walked more to the center of the frame but hey!

 

such is street photography.

 

C*

 

 

 

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I agree. Her head shape is obstructed by the background...and too much empty space in the foreground!

 

Great effort

 

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Carl,

very good in spite of problems in composition. In think that this woman has already gone a long way the empty foreground can also be seen as a symbol of the same. As she approaches a brighter area in front her load becomes more contrasty. I think it is a very touching picture.

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If an image touches the viewer

If that same image is well composed

Than I think it becomes a lasting image.

To quote Henri Cartier-Bresson: “Of course it’s all luck.”

 

Thank you Iduna, Frank and Alan. I appreciate your comments.

C*

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An image delivering powerful reportage - I wouldn't worry about the composition too much - as with all good images, the picture tells the story with its own vocabulary and supreme eloquence

 

Thank you Robert for your encouraging comment.

Have a nice day.

C*

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  • 7 months later...

Maybe you were a PJ in the old days of printed magazines.

There would be room for writing in the lower left corner.

 

:)

 

Serious, I think it is perfect the way is. The composition emphasizes her loneliness, the long way that she was bravely walking in her life so far and gives a sense of her straight direction.

 

To me this is a very touching picture.

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btw i miss the automatic gallery, that was part of the starting window in the old forum at the beginnig of almost every visit here.

 

This is the second reason, why I haven't (yet?) renewed my premium membership.

The first being that I suggested months ago to have under the function "view new content" and there "filter by forum" the following possibility:

 

to be able to chose the sub-fora I would like to follow (which works now fine)

 

go to view all new content AND

 

return to: following my choice of forums AT A CLICK.

 

Now this choice I have meticulously made IS LOST when going to "view all" and later returning to the "Other".

 

I admit, the brave lady in the photograph and her load put this "wish" into the right proportion.

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