The White Umbrella

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Seek and ye shall find. I had to scan the scene for a few moments to find the umbrella, and there it was exiting the doorway. I like how the white umbrella carries such emotional weight, conveying such individualism and balancing out the merged crowd of shadows waiting for the bus.

This is an eye-catching street scene...The black silhouettes against the grey day and one lone white umbrella adding a very personal touch..very well done..My best...Marjorie

;-)) The white umbrella.....in all that black and gray .... nicely composed surrounding.This little white umbrella is ballancing the black and gray whole. very clever Laurent ! good DOF, and very well observed!

with or without the umbrella this is absolutely great stuff. It deserves to be printed large. These kind of quality photo's are few and far between. There is nothing, and I repeat nothing, that you possibly could have done better here. It's one of the best photo's I've seen in a long time.

fine work, great control of the machine, it is easy to see that you know what you was doing, All the best..

Bravo maestro..

White as the Marble Arch !.... View LARGER is indeed a must. Very sharp. Superb composition. Congrats, Loic

with a fantastic mood and I like it very much, thank you, Giuseppe

Can't say much more than what's written by the others here. Really nice work Laurent!

So nice to see you all leaving a comment here ... I thank you very much for the feedback.

 

This is what happens when the sun starts to have a little fun, AND I can take the time to fiddle properly with all the settings to get a proper exposure.

 

A hard raining day that was ( But hardly surprising for London ). I was actually trying to cover myself as I forgot to take an umbrella ( That should actually be surprising for a londoner ) and ened up in this location which is the back side of a big shop on Oxford Street ( Hence the very long window ).

 

And while waiting for the rain to stop, the sun came out somewhere, and just started to hit the buildings on the other side of the street, which not only created a nice lighting, but especially created a really interesting reflection in the window display. And for once, I was able to really get the right exposure.

 

What we can;t see here, but is really intereting on a large print, is that we can see the rain falling. And for the "lucky" part of the shot, I saw the white umbreall but later when the woman using it was walking under it. But it is only when I check the few shots I took that afternoon, that I discovered this one, with the "horizontal Umbrella". And it laso happened to be the better exposed version of all.

 

And just to finish, this is probably the only full framed non cropped photo in my whole portfolio ...

Please accept my standing ovation.

Love this one! First glance it looked like a bus stop in the middle of the road. The play of the light and shadows works well, what is the subject, the light or the shadow? Great job here. All the best!

This is a very good photo here. I like the contrast between the group of people and the "lonely umbrella"... it can remind us that people are sometimes together because of the nature impact ...and also the contrary (white umbrella)..;-)

 

BRAVO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aside from the creative statement which is very good in itself, technically this photograph is prefectly realized. The balance you have achieved is extraordinary.

Love the toning here. Fine work.

One of the greatest prospectives I've ever saw.

 

Regards.