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Great image! Love the angle. congrats on a great photo...LJ

Nice perspective of man and building. It makes him look really tall. I also like his expression.

lol ... Mr. Rabit, straight out of Updike's novels. well done.

Great shot! Ya lo creo. Enhorabuena, Juan Carlos

De acuerdo, muy buena. Esta muy bien situado entre los edificios y todas las inclinaciones coinciden. (aunque a los edificios no les queda alternativa :-))

Muchas gracias Alberto y Cristian; no crean que fue tan sencillo, tuve que echar mano de mis habilidades de convencimiento para lograr que esos testarudos edificios del fondo se inclinaran un poco. Los muy taimados no querí¡® hacerlo, asi que les hice una oferta que no podrian rehusar. Saludos,

Una toma interesante,sin duda Juan Carlos,tipicas del reportaje metropolitano.Un abrazo

En el momento justo! La cabeza del hombre bien recortada contra el cielo esta perfecta. Pero lo que mas me llama la atencion es esa mano... impresionante. Saludos!

Impecable imagen ....lo dice todo y en el preciso momento.

Bravo

Es una foto impactante. Me gusta una barbaridad la manera que has tenido de distribuir los espacios... nada se choca con nada y queda perfectamente recortada cada silueta sin estorbos que interrumpan las lineas. Por otro lado esta el personaje que compite con los rascacielos y ademas ese gesto y esa mano hacen la foto. Es una obra de arte urbana.

De acuerdo con el anterior comentario...perfecta distribucion de espacios.

After commend on my interior, I payed a visit back on your portfolio. This picture I realy like, the lines in the cloth are in rhyme with the line of the buildings and the restshape between the straigt buildings are nice in contrast of the man`s shape, captured between the buildings, nice.

i like the perspective-that's a very sharp angle; were you shooting from a subway exit? i also like the expression you've caught: reminds me of the protagonist of bellow's mr. sammler's planet http://www.saulbellow.org/NovelOverviews/Sammler.html.

i think a small piece of a building behind the man's back is a nice detail.

i'd really like to see it in B/W. have you tried and decided on color? and a ted more shadow detail, may be?

in any case - a good shot.

Excelent photograph with a very interesting perspective.

jo

He reminds me of William S. Burroughs.

 

Should Roger Waters have seen this picture at the rigth moment it would have been a Pink Floyd cover! Wonderful.

Mauro

Thank you very much Mauro, double times; first for your visit and comment, and second for your appreciation of this image as a possible album cover. Being a fan of Pink Floyd, it really comes as a great compliment.

I've always thought about this picture to be slightly surreal......like something written by Lewis Carroll.

 

the hand tells the story and is payed off with the warning sign in the background - great capture!!!

Thank you John, I really appreciate you visiting and commenting on this one, as it is one of my personal favorites. I'm really glad you like it. Cheers

Awesome perspective. I've not seen this perspective before and wonder "How did you get this?" Stealth. Love it.

Thank you Amy, this actually took me a while and several intents to get right.

 

I saw the man walking on the other side of the street where I was shooting some buildings, and felt the urge to photograph him, so I followed him for a while trying to get a nice shot. Walking behind him, in front and by his side. And it was exactly at this crossing that I kneeled as if I where to tie my shoelaces, that I was able to capture him like I wanted. The funny thing is that he was so self absorbed by his thoughts that he never noticed me following or taking photos of him.

 

I was so happy with the result, that I had to show it to him, which I did.......he smiled, and told me he looked like a true New Yorker. And that was it, nothing more he said., and walk away he did.

 

What a great story! And how funny, his reaction (and wonderful that you showed it to him).

Best,

Amy

Indeed......that is why this is one of my all time favorites. When the camera actually lets you meet and get closer to people, something really special will happen. Cheers!

Hi Juan,

 

My first thought when I saw this apart from the instant appeal was "a building is passing a man".

 

Regards Peter