Bruges, Zonnekemeers under the rain (2)

Another black and white from a previous submited colour version.

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Classic Bruges (Brugge)! Great composition, excellent lighting, well done!

Je prefere la version en couleurs, c'etait moins triste (La pluie n'est pas toujours triste!). Le coin gauche est peut-etre un peu trop sombre.

Thank you for your comments. Frank, I believe you are a Belgian, can you say me the meaning of zonnekeemers ? "Zonne", is it the "sun" ?

Zon(ne) is sun indeed; the other part of the word either is in the local dialect or is a topographic noun, I guess...

Thank you very much. Regards, Henri.

Excellent tonal quality. The framing with tree and lane is nice, the wet surface of the pavement is shown in a skilled manner. If I had to nit anything, it would be the very centered position of the house corner. Perhaps a step to the right and a panning to the left would have created a slightly more asymmetric composition.

 

Cheers

 

Carsten

Un bello encuadre, la luz del B/W. correcta encuadre superior, excelente imagen, un cordial saludo Henri

Henri, I've really enjoyed your B&W images; I think you're on to something. This is an excellent image and one of my favorites. - Sean

I like the tonal quality very much - beautiful. I see what carsten is saying about the centredness of it but it did not strike me so I am happy with it as it is.

I like your BW in the rain.

I think this photo could be better if you crop 1/3 on the left and if you try to include some people.

go on friend!!!

Good perspective and tonal qualities.

Thank you all for your comments and ratings.

Karsten and Gian Luca, the same answer for you two. My first idea was to do a simple photo of the right lane with the first house positionned on the left of the frame. My second idea was to wait for the passing of a biker (there is many bikers in Belgium, like in Holland). As it was rather early in the morning, during my wait I decided to do a photo without biker and a second one of the left lane, in order to make a panoramic view. After that, a biker arrived. I had setted the aperture time on 1/3 second, in order to get a slight moving effect on the biker. But 1/3 second was a too long time and the biker appears like a dark and fuzzy spot without form.

Claude, oui, le coin gauche est un peu sombre mais cela me convient, c'est sombre aussi dans la realite.

Great use of a wide angle! I really like it! The composition is wonderful with that tree on the left, and the wide open, bright street on the right. These small towns in Europe are so charming!!

Henri - will you take a look at my most recent image (a shot of some spices at a street market) and help us with the French? Thanks!! :-D

Henri, j'aime vraiment bien cette image. L'ambiance cadre bien avec ce plat pays qu'est la Flandre, avec ses ciels lourds, ses maisons souvent peu hautes et peintes en blanc. La lumi貥 diffuse cadre tr賠bien avec cette ambiance. Le cadrage panoramique augmente encore cette oppression du ciel sur les maisons. Du beau travail !

Amiti鳬 Fernand

Merci Fernand, ton commentaire exprime parfaitement ce que j'ai voulu rendre dans cette photo.

Thank you for all your kind comments, and do not forget to take a look on my Bruges folder.