Separate Worlds

Un-posed... Your comments are appreciated.

Great shot!

Very good shot and enstantane. Perfect details and depth. Well done. Regards..

fine street pic Bulent... I think a bit more lateral space (both sides) may serve the picture better, may help the viewer, and without distracting from what you shot, the everyday story you tell so very well here. How often we fall in love/lust with the face in the crowd, the pretty girl we won't ever see again. This is a funny version of the theme. Here she's rather dismissive of the poor Romeo. She may have noticed him for a moment, but now he no longer exists and sadly we sense even if his intentions are good he'll probably go on being snubbed and misunderstood. Rather than seducing the babes he may be frightening them, what, with the hardcore cool demeanor, the stylish shades, arms crossed as if disdainful or challenging... Whatever mojo he's working with ain't gonna get him any, and I venture he would benefit from a few pointers from a couple of old connoisseurs. But since I wasn't there I expect you helped the young man, explained how things work: a few steps here, a couple of moves there... I know you know how things work Bulent... ;-)...

 

Separate worlds indeed!

 

Be well, Carlos

Perfect title for this scene, Bulent. The poses, expressions and attitudes are unique. Excellent capture! Congrats!

Ha! Poor fellow, she has no time for him, maybe they are married. Great candid capture.

 

Warm regards, Pamela

Many thanks to you all for visiting and commenting on this photo; these comments encourage me to learn more, faster...

The scene is from a street activity involving six sculptors (three from Turkey, one each from The Netherlands, Greece and Serbia) working on wood figures at the city center. (I will be submitting a folder-full of photos soon as a summary of the event).

The young lady was one of the Turkish sculptors, the boy was a passer by...

Carlos,

I appreciate your suggestion for more space around the figures (especially behind the boy, I guess). My original crop left enough space around. However, two more faces were present there and I thought their presence might steal a disproportionate amount of attention from the central figures. Now I feel that I should have found a better way than a simple crop. I will try and upload a revised one later.

The latter part of your thoughtful narrative is remarkable and it describes almost exactly my feelings about the scene... The only exception is the final section on me, helping Mr. Romeo ;)

I think, I still need doing some homework to understand how things work!

Pamela,

>she has no time for him.

Exactly!

>maybe they are married.

:-)

Kind regards to you all...

Hello Bulent. Great street. I see a woman, who looks a little bugged by that fellow. On the other hand, he might think, his gaze won't be recognized by his glasses. :) I don't know the whole scene, but I would have cropped out the shoulder behind her to intensify "that gaze"...Just my interpretation. Regards Hasan

I have now revised the original and tried to give the two more space (which was suggested by my friend Carlos before). Some cloning is also done.

Thanks for the comment and the suggestion. Much appreciated.

Isn't this fun! I love Carlos' extrapolation. In the same vein, I agree the young man's chances are next to none. He is 'toast'! The big plus is having both their faces fully shown. The best most of us can do is to have at least one in profile. Since opinions are free, the only way I see to 'improve' your final version is to crop out about half the space above their heads. Helps to keep the eye from wandering out of the frame. A fine street shot in any case. Best, LM.

Well seen, well crafted, intense compo..

separate worlds or not. Boys will still be boys.

Great shot ... lovely.

And he knows he has no chances, yet he still looks at her, 'cause, yes, boys are always boys.

Bulent, I think the second version is definitely better; would you mind posting also the uncropped one?

Thank you all very much for your valuable comments, interpretations and suggestions.

The girl is an artist (a sculptor, in fact) performing at a local festival by working at one of the busiest parts of the city. She was being interviewed by a journalist while I took this. She was under a tent and it was midday with harsh sunlight. I had a fixed focal length lens mounted and watchers were not allowed to get closer. My exposure could only work in B&W and that is what I did.

Lorenza, a quickly converted & unedited (except for resizing) version of the raw file is attached. I always shoot raw and I believe it really pays in situations like this.

Sorry, I have forgotten to submit that.

Well, Bulent, you did a great job, it was really underexposed. Yes, raw is vital for this and other kind of things. Also the crop (2nd version) is ok, given the situation.

View to a view to a viewer... like a triangle where the third is missing. Good BW tomes here.

Regards Axel