Grand Arch of La Défense - 2nd version

Je n'ai pas vu la précédente version mais celle-ci est remarquable !

David, Yes B&W works well for this shot. The blurred bird & the man walking out of the frame as well as the diagonal line he appears to be walking on all creat a kind of tension. (the blurry mass above the stairs takes a few seconds to identify & more a more stable feeling would be produced if the person was at the bottom of the stairs & ENTERING the frame) Looks like serendipity (the bird) helped you produce a shot with tension. Unlike a plain, uncluttered background, the lines behind the man's head creat a distortion of it, also adding to the tension. Your camera position produces the perspective of a much wider lens, another testimonial for the much ignored 50mm. Good eye! Best, LM.

Nice picture, David. I prefer this version but I would crop a little from the right so to exclude the darker stripe in the URC (as in the colour version). Then I have only a small regret left - I would like it better if the man's head is not exactly on this joint on the wall. Blago

 

Je suis d'accord avec Blagoy. En tout cas cette version est bien la meilleure

Effervescence -A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form.

 

Wondfully playful, dramatically graphic, monoscape! The man's head "in the crosshairs" helps MAKE this picture MORE than perfect! I love pictures like this - no real photoshop phonyness! The decisive moment. Man and bird captured in the same square - a blink and either would be in another plane. The steps and wall are alive! Trully effervescing! And NO CLICHE! Exciting to look at! Excellent work!

this is a classic picture, many people had done theirs, i had, too, yours is very nice. though, in order to be perfect 7/7 i think the right upper part shouldnt be that dark, and maybe the bird and the person should be moved a litlle bit to the right, but theses are "ifs". Your picture is very nice.

Thanks very much for all your comments.

 

I'm still undecided about the dark stripe in the top right. I'll print two versions, with or without, and finally decide what I prefer.

I prefer the "colors" in this one, as well as the vertical lines. I like the other print for its lack of the dark section at the upper right. With that cropped out it has a feeling that the stairs continue forever... and I think the darkness of it takes away from the two figures.