Coffee time....( please see large)

Another street scene near the square, coffee time it is... thanks

Thanks

Cell phone , coffee, and cigeratte ...good start to another day ..well done !

I like it

Beautiful and attractive stret scene ,Pnina.Well captured and I am happty that use are taken it in B&W.I am wondering my self that what is she watching , and I am sure that it is the question that any visitor of this image will be ask him/herself and it is a powerful spot of the image that it make viewer wonder about it.

and what's your opinion if it was taken in horizontal angel to chase what she is looking , but I think that the sylinders(I wish that I used nice word for ehat is in my mind in english but Im not sure) were bother for horizontal angel,so you have framed well.

 

Best wishes

The exposure is very well balanced and so the composition but I also like a lot the contrast and tone in this superb B/W image, wishing you all of the best

All of you for a nice feedback.

 

Afshin, in front of her is only a road and cars, she was just busy talking in her cell phone....

I so enjoy these everyday moments captured! Nice choice of B&W and a great story! Regards, Doug.

Very nice shot Pnina. The attitude and the expression work very well, as well as the translation of urban busy life though the situation and elements. I think Afshin suggestion of a classic 6 by 8 landscape crop might be worth trying in that configuration. Yet, The scaffolding creates a nice mood here I think and reinforces our impression that we're looking through it to catch a glimpse of the moment.

like the comp and your work in bw

A glimpse of authentic street- life - live....including the little chat. Great momentum and b/w elaboration. regards, El

Fantastic! Great B&W.

 

Alberto

Excellent capture, dear Pnina. Her pose, expression and attitude are great. Very good light and contrast. Good b/w image!

 

Afshin and Laurent, the original photo RAW file was in a landscape format, but all the L side was scafoldings and street cars that were a distraction to the main subject, the square format gave back the "stage" to the girl....

 

Thanks for your offer.

... very good image ...

Nice shot!

In Italy is always...Coffee time!...but our style in coffee time is...very different:...more, more calm and...elegant! Ha,ha,ha!!!....Ciaomau!

and classy b/w. Imho the square format works well, though I would have cropped it a bit more tight (just to exclude the blurred scaffold on the left). Thank you, Giuseppe

even during a break we can't just be, we have to do. great perspective.

A very nice street image with expression.. I like it very much Pnina...personnaly I am not sure that cropping a bit left would help (due to the diagonal part top L) and I would leave it as is....

Like this one,you did a very good snapshot here,kind regards,Radu.

Giuseppe and Laurent L.

Thanks for your point of view and your offers.My reasoning for cropping it like this is that I think it works better compositionwise, because the blurred side is like an "answer" to the pole the girl is seating behind, it is "framing" as well the L diagonal, and creating a square in a square.....i appreciate your thoughts about how you see it or what you think can be done differently.Thank you.

Caffeine, nicotine, and radiation to the brain..... the perfect urban cocktail to keep the stress levels soaring and the lifeline short. You have managed to convey much with this photo.

I love the side lighting, both for the wonderful tones generated and the l way the light traces the women's legs and makes her stand out from the background.

 

Cropping the left would throw off the balance of the composition. It is interesting to note how different each persons approach can be to cropping. For myself the image stands well as is.

If I were to crop at all, I would crop on the right at the inside edge of the sign in the window. This would bring the right hand scaffold support into a better balance with the other scaffold elements. Since I cannot read Hebrew I may well be missing that the sign may contain information integral to the message of the image.

First I'm glad to see you back and I hope you have enjoyed the festival !

 

Thanks for your nice and constructive evaluation, and I think that your crop suggestion is a valid one, I tried it and it works even though it changed the aspect ratio. I have left it so because of two reasons, I wanted to show that it is an enterance to a store, and the writing on the R side, says that it is protected with cameras 24 hours a day ( really should have explained that....),....In Israel it has a meaning.....even though it is protected from theft, but the whole street place was bizarre for a morning coffee,....

Great street capture Pnina. You framed her well inside the scaffolding and it is a funny scene to me; drinking coffee, smoking a cigarette, and talking on the phone with a cylinder of lipstick on the ground ready to be applied before returning to work. Its funny to me also that she is sitting under the scaffolding - I hope there are no workers above with materials they could drop.

Nice b&w conversion.

 

Kirk