Cyclists

I was about to shut down my 'puter, but then I checked my list that brought me here. Now I can go to bed knowing all's well. Thanks for presenting this convincing classic!

Awake and dissecting here again...

It's fair to explain what gives the thrills here. Let's start with the pale, cloudles sky and gentle light. Those vertical pins of the fence vs zepra stripes on asphalt, and position of the scooter in opposite direction to the nearest sign. Then we have the nice gentle pastel color fitting so finely to the atmosphere of surroundings... imagine a classic red vespa there instead, harmony ruined.

Superb, all I manage to say, Laurent. ...and worthy Favorite for later cherishing.

Dee-lightful! Although there is nothing really fantastic here, the over-riding sentiment is one of fantasy. You have taken a scene that - except for the color of the motor scooter - is banal and to most not worthy of a second glance  and turned it into a pastel valentine to childlike wonder. These last three pictures are among your best work, each as delicately fashioned and as a precisely detailed as a miniature masterwork.

Laurent, admirable composition and colors. Though the image appears to be simple, it is not so, because it has your masterly touch.

The work with detail and composition is very strong and attractive. Beautiful colours and use of light! Best regards.

Thanks so much for the kind comments. As you can tell from the side notes, this series has been made with the Mamiya C220 square format film camera using Kodak Portra 120 film. I'd been wanting to go back to analog for quite a while but kept looking at my old cameras that stayed on a shelf at my place.  For this series I used 5 rolls of film, which as you know amount to 60 pictures in the 120 format, and was quite pleased with most of them (at least to my own standards). It's such pleasure to take all the time needed to compose, focus, measure light, DOF all manually and go to the next exposure. The slower pace middle format cameras make you adopt allows you to carefully compose your images and try not to waste film.  These are rough scans without any cropping or further PS adjustments, except for contrast.

The pastels soften and slow down the world a bit.  Subtlety is one of your many photographic gifts.

what a pretty sight...

Another beauty. Sheer perfection. Flat and dimensional worlds meeting. Where was I when you posted these???