vicki_kelch 0 Posted November 17, 2002 Nice slice of life image--I especially like the refections,including the face in back window. Link to comment
daniele_malleo 0 Posted December 13, 2002 very "harry potter"!!! I would crop it tighter... Link to comment
arond a. 0 Posted August 8, 2004 Fantastic. Crop nothing. There's no better car an owl could appear riding in that this. I can't say I've ever seen anything like, so high marks for originality. Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted November 11, 2004 Very Good! eyes of both 'passengers' are excellent Link to comment
ali baydas 0 Posted August 8, 2005 great candide photograph. I'd prefer to see more of the face. congratulations! Link to comment
blowingsky 0 Posted June 13, 2006 Comes at you full speed and totally unexpected. Love the back window too. I feel like I've been dropped into a rather involved story, right in the middle, and will get briefed once I hop in the car and we are underway. Link to comment
anthonyd 0 Posted February 7, 2007 I saw this in the EYES folder of the NO WORDS forum and just loved it! I don't think I would have come up with the right words but I think that PETER discribed the feeling one gets very well! -Anthony Link to comment
billtootell 0 Posted March 21, 2007 I think Peter expressed my reaction pretty well. This picture grabbed my attention and made me want to know more about what's going on here. Link to comment
billysyk 0 Posted December 9, 2007 I just rated this 7/7 and I still wonder how can someone get the attention of an owl sitting in a black old car...yet at the very left of the photo the eye of the beholder makes the shot even more "extreme" as frame excellent street photo Link to comment
pmj 6 Posted January 1, 2008 Please note the following: This image has been selected for discussion. It is not necessarily the "best" picture the Elves have seen this week, nor is it a contest. Discussion of photo.net policy, including the choice of Photograph of the Week should not take place here, but in the Site Feedback forum. The About Photograph of the Week page tells you more about this feature of photo.net. Before writing a contribution to this thread, please consider our reason for having this forum: to help people learn about photography. Visitors have browsed the gallery, found a few striking images and want to know things like why is it a good picture, why does it work? Or, indeed, why doesn't it work, or how could it be improved? Try to answer such questions with your contribution. Link to comment
AJHingel 127 Posted January 1, 2008 The years starts well. A Pow from one of my favorite photographers on Photonet. Toshio Tamaki is a master in B/W who clearly has understood that the scenes he sees in especially cities deserve to be presented in B/W because B/W add a new dimensions to reality. This photo immediately catches the viewers eye. It is a photo you would not click away from within seconds. It invites for more profound observation. Signs of a very good photo. What we see is first of all strange. The owl, the two hands that look like bird claws (the driver's hand and the hand on the window) the eye of the face of the man holding the bird. We are not in reality. We are looking at a contemporary scene from a count of Jean de La Fontaine. In terms of composition I cannot see anything that could be improved. The angle of the car; the direct look towards the viewer of the bird; the blurred background; the sharpness and contrast of the central items of the scene are all just beautifully mastered. For me this is a photo that is at the level of some of the historical high art photos. It could be in a series of Abbott works and few would denounce an intruder !! I'm looking forward reading other views because I'm blind for flaws in this first POW of the year. Congratulation to Toshio Tamaki for this POW which is fully deserved and invite I hope many to visit his portfolio. Link to comment
ken_thalheimer 3,739 Posted January 1, 2008 It's certainly different & eye catching. The B&W tones are excellent. I do find it a bit busy & the eye constantly wandering away from the owl Link to comment
franklin_h1 7 Posted January 1, 2008 I've admired Toshio's photos here for some time now, hard to find better b&w work imo. My eye does wander the photo, but only to take in all the wonderful detail. Unusual opportunity captured with expert quality. Congratulations Toshio Link to comment
eduardocarrasco 0 Posted January 1, 2008 very interesting and good capture of the moment Link to comment
claudia_kell 0 Posted January 1, 2008 Toshio, Since I know you & I'm familiar with your work it struck me that this watchful owl, so quiet & wise, reminds me of you. I always feel you in your photographs, silently observing & so beautifully capturing the essence of what you see. I wonder how many people have passed by the same things without noticing the richness around them. Link to comment
erikadams 0 Posted January 2, 2008 There has to be a great story behind this one - antique car, apparently with chauffer, man who takes his owl everywhere with him. It would be nice to see more of the man's face on the left, but this was probably a photo "on the sly," and the photographer wanted to protect the man's identity. There is quite a bit to look at in this picture, but I wouldn't call it busy. To me, a busy photo is one that has extraneous objects that detract from the subject. Everything in this photo seems to be necessary to the story, whatever the story may be, and the owl provides a strong subject. I think it's fine that the eye wanders away from the owl - otherwise one wouldn't pick up the elements of the story. I would second the recommendation for a look at Toshio's portfolio - well worth the visit. Link to comment
graham_taylor3 0 Posted January 3, 2008 This photo does not so much tell a story as starts one and then leaves questions to be thought through by the viewer. Wanting to know more surely is one key response to a good photo and therefore this is one. Link to comment
dave_barron 0 Posted January 5, 2008 I am intrested in buying this image/file for my personal use. Is it for sale and how much woudl you want for it in US dollars. barronportraits@verizon.net Thank youDave B Link to comment
pnital 36 Posted January 6, 2008 The situation is funny, with that unusual passenger in the old shiny car. I like the diagonal way the car is placed, the B/W rendition., The human eye on the back vs. the eyes of the owl...I did not meet Toshio work before , and liked his portfolio. Congratulations Toshio. Link to comment
KenPapai 37 Posted January 6, 2008 I've walked down Boylston Street and taken bad photos. This is an excellent photo of a very bizarre scene. Out of context it's a good photo -- it becomes bizarre if it's a relatively modern picture (say shot within the last couple of years). An owl, presumably real? (gloves on the passenger), a strange old, large car, and some hidden person, with a modern looking jacket on. Strangeness all around. I don't particularly like this picture all that much -- it's just an oddity, where the photog luckily crossed paths with this odd scene and had his always present camera ready to go. Link to comment
kristina_kraft 0 Posted January 6, 2008 This is extravagant scene. Is the person real or is it a slide from film? It reminds me of Harry Potter theme. I like everything on the picture: the composition, an old timer, the owl (she is looking to an observer wisely). I like the owl because she don't want to fly away. She is wise, truly. Half of the driver's face speaks in some weird and unusual body language. Maybe his message is some never-ending-story covered with misterious veil. To me, this photo is raising the feeling of expectation. I expect this unseen misterious person from the back of the car, whose hand reaches the frame of the window, keeping the owl in front. Is this person a famous one? Is it some extravagant star? W"ow, I love that person because he/she is giving me the feeling of excitement and expectation!! I give to Mr. Tamaki 7/7! Link to comment
iancoxleigh 0 Posted January 6, 2008 I agree with Ken almost word for word. I find the image very visually interesting and kind of cryptic. I am left wondering about how this scene came to be and when it happened. But, it doesn't go beyond that and I don't feel any particular engagement with the image. I do particularly like that the photographer has burned the top right-hand corner. Having the area through the car and through the front windshield of the car be the brightest portion of the image gives the image a much stronger sense of depth than I think would have been the case. Link to comment
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