Traveller near Gare de l'Est

Alone among a crowd...

There seem to be some digital artifacts (on the top half mostly): circular banding on the clouds, mackie lines around the two men and some patches like solarization in the middle (too much postprocesing?).

I like the composition of the upper part, but the bottom seems too busy, the street lamp draws too much attention. An almost square crop look better to me (the lamp goes to the bottom edge and seems less important)

The sky does not look entirely natural here, was it 'transplanted'? There is a disparity between the lighting of the foreground and the sky.

Nice subject, but I look something strange in the sky. by th e way Nice shot!

OK, Ok, folks, may be I postprocessed this picture with a little to heavy hand ;-) And certainly, I did'nt well finished my work so it was easier to see it. I upload a new version wich correct little things. But I can tell you that is the real sky - just filtered with Kodak digital SHO. I also confess to have lightened the lampadaires... In fact, Il like to try to create a special atmosphere with quite ordinary pictures ! Thanks for your comments !

d'une partie d'un escalier ࠧauche de la gare

isn't it?

Right Jean, left of Gare de l'Est...

Splendid shot.

I know how difficult it is to whip out your camera there and get what you want. Nice composition.

I like the black and white as it extract the mood from the atmosphere!

Great angle and composition, here. Nice BW tone, as well. Dramatic clouds, excellent.

It's a great shot - congrats, but as said before the postprocessing is still to be recognized (if this is the newer version.)

focus

Superbe ambiance,tres belle composition.Dommage qu'on voit un peu trop le raccord avec le ciel

Great mood and composition. Kind regards.

You catched realy good sight. Well done!

Curvy and dizzying. Unusual, strong and interesting composition. Great sky! It really completes the photo.

Excellent composition!!!

Bonne composition, mais elle serait encore meilleure, a mon avis, sans la grille et la lampe au premier plan.

Framing - Maybe the bottom is too busy, but the stair is very very powerful in leading my sight to the top of the image: the traveller, so clear and important against the sky.

Postprocessing - Deep postpr. is possible and usual with film photography so (I wonder) why one should avoid it in digital?

 

p.s.: superb reportage de Paris!!!!!!