The last year's snow fell

Fantastic shot, composition and pov.

Thank you very much for the comments!

 

Svetlana

 

i tried too rate 7 on esthetics, but this stupid rule for children did not allowed to me.

Thank you for the attention to my photos!

I am very glad that you like its.

I wish you a Happy New Year!

 

Svetlana

 

!!!!!

I like this one a lot! From the pattern of the tracks to the supressed tonal range, I can almost feel the slush seeping into my shoes. The person walking is placed very well.

How did you arrive at this crop? At first, I didn't care for the tension created by the tilt of the light pole and the fence directly behind it, but then I took notice of the pedestrian. The same tilt makes it appear as if she/he is leaning into a blustery winter wind and presto......tension resolved.......perfection! The only distraction is the dark spot on the roof in the foreground, however it doesn't take from the story. Well seen and captured!

excellent composition and very well done.

Very nice capture!

 

Best regards

awesome!

reminds me Henri Cartier-Bresson

Great work,   composition and post processing are fantastic.  The tire treads in the snow made a fantastic form, and you took great advantage of that for a wonderful image. It's one of those images you could stare at for hours, with more things lurking around every time. Cheers,

This is a fascinating composition.  Beautiful work.

Wow!

BR / Volker

Excellent photograph Svetlana!

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I think this is a wonderful selection, almost a puzzle. The whites could be a little whiter, but as-is it projects a grey mood, which is fitting. I especially love the angle at which it was taken. The "ghost car" is fantastic, as well as the strange bird walk footprints. Well captured.

Very cool pic. The movement, the atmosphere, the humanity, the weather! Has many elements to keep the eye wandering, draws me in, makes me look around. Very rewarding visual experience. There's a narrative afoot that is open-ended, not specific, but there seems to be a story here, one which I prefer to experience without filling in the narrative blanks. Just feel the story as it unfolds. Nice perspective, a bit offbeat, clever, but not too clever, engaging image. The geometry is a strong factor but, too me, plays a supporting role and doesn't dominate the scene, which I like. It's not geometric in a graphic sort of way, but certainly has a geometry to it. Tangents and squares and circles, oh my. This is one I both thoroughly enjoy and respect. It does the trick for me.

I love this type of mixed angular and circular composition and its snow traces, and I have tried similar things on a number of occasions in winter, but only rarely as successful as this in terms of subject matter and an intriguing quality. A fine image. One follows the human footprints between the various strong subject points and tries to relate them to the person, but with no avail. Excellent. The only thing that bothers me in this image with very few intermediate greys is that the snow has not been given the whiteness it deserves, unless the photographer's decision was to give the image a dreary ambiance. The image might gain something if the snow was exposed or printed lighter (to better show the footprint traces, the rest are fine), not so much as to make it too stark in terms of featureless whites and blacks, but more so than here. But bravo on a well seen photograph.

I like this image alot. While there is so much activity here, the use and vision of black and white and the natural order in the ways elements are portrayed, it's not busy; rather, you lead my eye around the frame, then towards the middle. This requires a good eye for composition, and simply for seeing creatively, so congrats on a fine photo!

This is at once photo realism and abstract art. It is what you get a few hours after the romantic snow blankets the earth and transforms mundane everyday things into snow maidens and such. That snow turns into muddy slush. The slush gets walked on and driven over. It freezes and becomes slippery besides becoming ugly. This is the scene that Svetlana is photographing. She makes what is a dark dismal day into a work of art. It is not pretty-pretty art, the sort Mr and Mrs Romney would hang on their walls. It is found art. The wanderings of people and cars create incidental geometric patterns that are pleasing to the eye. This is a photograph that takes chances. And wins.

I like this picture. This image has a lot going for it. For starters the birds-eye view is immediately eye catching. If it were just capturing a day-in the-life of this city it would be successful but it goes deeper. The composition is an interesting arrangement of shape and line that is like ordered chaos. The snow is at once an abstracting element and a unifying one. The lone figure adds a touch of humanity and scale. A delightful street scene all around.

In good tradition, it's not the strongest image in the portofolio of Svetlana, I think. Nonetheless a very, very nice photo. I much like these series of photos from an elevated point of view, they have something mathematical and abstract, as well as the exact opposite (not abstract at all); this one has the added 'swirling' as eye-catcher. Original concept, well executed - I'm coming dangerously close to the dreaded empty-sounding praise, but well, lovely series of photos.

Also, a portofolio well deserving of this attention; it's very diverse and in my view high quality work. Well worth the visit.

All of the accolades used above are certainly applicable, "nice perspective, offbeat, clever composition and abstract"; and I really do like this image. The scene is infectious with a desire to muse over all of the elements... but that's when I note issues that capture and hold my attention to the point that I am then distracted.

The smudged car right next to a car that is relatively clear doesn't fit. Perhaps this is empty pavement where a car was sitting earlier and then left? I don't know, but it's bothersome. And, perhaps what first caught my attention and keeps pulling my eye back like a strong magnet, are the illogical circular tracks. Whether I try to explain them with arriving vehicles or departing vehicles, they make no sense. Have they been altered for artistic presentation? Regardless, they are a strong element in the photo and work well to pull the viewer into the frame, unless you over-analyze ;-).

Overall, a whimsical shot that is well presented.... Mike

For me this is an image about contrasts and contradictions. The first thing my eyes rest on is the swirling curves of the tyre tracks and meandering foot prints in the snow. But then I see that they are contained by the more conservative straight lines of the parking bay, the fences, the building and the bench. The rather haphazard (maybe even arrogant?) parking position of the car at the centre is in direct contrast with the formally parked cars at the top.
There is a feeling of transience here too. The people and cars that were here that are now gone - elsewhere. Even the central car doesn't look as if it will stay long (this is also in contrast to the static cars at the top). All these lines, this evidence of people, is leading in and/or out of the frame to some other place.

"And, perhaps what first caught my attention and keeps pulling my eye back like a strong magnet, are the illogical circular tracks. Whether I try to explain them with arriving vehicles or departing vehicles, they make no sense." - ML M

This is another reason I find this image interesting. It's a sort of puzzle, a mystery. Why is the car parked so haphazardly. Where has the driver gone (I am assuming LH drive) that they are happy to leave the car like that. Why is there a smudge of bare ground where a car used to be yet no smudges for the other tyre tracks. And more..... It makes for a nice puzzle. Not that it couldn't be worked out but I like the mystery.

Svetlana: My sincere congratulations on your image's being selected for the Photograph of the Week. This accolade is well deserved. (And I also congratulate the Elves for selecting from a different genre.)

In my opinion, to summarize the photograph's strong elements, it is one of dramatic contrasts: between tonal levels, between angles and curves, and between nature and human-made objects. It also speaks to the alienation that cities can create and how a lone human being deals with it. In this particular instance, we cannot discern the expression on the human subject's face, but the head's facing down indicates how harsh the environment may be.

My best,

michael