NYC Rain

The gritty and stark tonal treatment works particularly well to isolate the figure of the man against the reflection in the street. I love that we have this guy with the umbrella running straight at us out of the frame combines with such a wonderful long view down the city block. The angle of the umbrella makes it the perfect foil to the vertical posture of the man. The rings in the puddle are a great touch. All in all a hard shot to get off. A classic.

Hey, it's great to see Ray recognized here. This image is really a treasure; as someone said, it feels like a classic of the NY street genre, even the first time you view it.

 

Umbrellas have such a presence, and this one is so three-dimensional and textured, like a big black jellyfish.

 

I love this image and that's why a print of it is on my wall! Congratulations, Ray.

So simple yet so meaningful

Has that Bresson look. MOtion, scene, time, and light all fit together perfectly

An obviously strong photograph, obviously with a heavy influence of HCB, but this time a mix of Gare St Lazare and a Giacometti street crossing scene perhaps. But there are problems. The composition is rushed, a little untidy--see the half umbrella on the left, which draws my attention away from the rain drops and the jump. The fore ground shadow, lamentably, is cut off at the waist. The car, too, is somewhat distracting. On the technical side, unimportant in my opinion but counts, the scan suffers from over-sharpening.

 

Sure I know I am nitpicking, but that is the intent of this forum if I understand it right. Besides, if a comparison is made with photos by HCB then I would like to be fair to the master.

Without the partial umbrella on the left, the car would get too much attention. Without the car the partial umbrella.. The ballance is fine. Both with their tone-accents do even enforce the strenght of this B&W. The two objects even are enforcing the suggestion of speed of the subject, the "line" he was/is taking and the fact that making manoevres with such a huge umbrella isn't quite easy and that he was choosing his fast and straight way very well! Congrats Ray, for one does need some luck and by your reacting you did deserve it! Pleasant complete shot!!

Great capture,love the classic feel it has,well done

Beautiful!

Great documentary photograph. Hope you didn't get too wet.

By the way, where is this taken? I was thinking second and 86th, but the sign doesn't look right, unless this was taken a long time ago. The cars look early eightyish, so maybe. Right in my neighborhood if it is.

wwooowww ii... like this pic.., and i luv ur camera

i think this is the great pic.,and the great a moment

 

salam mualaikum ( berry febrian )

Umbrella are the chelsea tractors of the pavement keep them off the pavement and hopefully the wind will blow them off.Take too much space too much patience never liked them.I prefer the rain.This pic explains that more than i could possible put into words

Very nice. The bit of umbrella left of the photo is a bit out of place, but that's street photography.

it tells me something, some story that I want to hear from

the guy inside of umbrella.

remind me a Cartier Bresson style, it is a timeless photo, as a minor observation I guess that perhaps it's too centered. Anyway I should recognize that if it is a full frame caption you had not enough time to be careful with framing. Added valued then.

This certainly deserves the title of best photo of the week. It is a lovely image almost typical of those great American classic black and white street shots that people pin up on their walls at home. This image speaks a thousand words and is such a pleasing image to the eye. The key subject matter has been beautifully captured here. Great shot.

I love anonymous umbrella men. What's different about this one is that he's facing the camera. Generally, there identity is hidden by the fact that their backs are to the camera. Stays with the style but adds something new.

Believe it or not, but really just because I had forgotten to, I have just now read everyone's comments. To anyone who gets to this page

again,

Thank You very

much, it's interesting to see how people responded.

 

This photograph was taken on a September day in 1988 after just coming out of a movie theatre. I walked down the

street a little bit, and all of a sudden there was this guy coming right at me.. It was just a very quick response, not much time at all to plan

the shot, and I

think this immediacy is reflected in the picture. It is a full frame image with no cropping. As to the tones of the print, this was at a time

when I was still using a

meterless Leica, and the negative is rather thin. At least in the darkroom it was a rather difficult print to make, because

there was a very narrow window for exposure and development to pull a good print. I don't recall for sure, but the onscreen

version here must have been from a negative scan.

 

I went back to this corner in 2004, and at that time anyway, the coffee shop you see in the background was still there...

one of my favourites - great capture/ composition, vintage tones. well done!

great work..good idea..very emotional