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Series on parking attendants: Making ends meet.

Rs & Cs will be apreciated.

Hi Antonio, yip, pity about the focus, but having seen one of these bush fires, I think it was quite something to have taken the photo. Are those power cables cutting across the photo? Best, asdeb

Hi Ian. Great way to start, and welcome to PN, it gives me great pleasure, and I learn day by day.

FY is 100% right. What a beaver catch! Not the least with the mud make-up slapped on.

Spiraling crime and unemployment waves have turned car attending

into a meagre income, but serious line of work.

One can almost feel the heat. Like the total composition. Best, asdeb

R's and C's are greatly appreciated.

I wish the 3/3 rater would speak up and explain his/her rating for this very special composition.

R's & C's will be appreciated.

Will go with Steve Augle. This is a very a good news photo: strong images.

to take photo's like these - for different reasons. Best, asdeb

The horse rider at Rhodes memorial gazes over Cape Town where the

stadium for World Cup 2010 (earmarked for a semi-final) is yet to

get out of the starting blocks.

i realise it is an old over-worked issue, but how come that there is still someone lurking in the dust who can give this stunning photo a 3/4 rating?

... sal tien outjies nie kommentaar op die besondere foto wil lewer nie?

Well reasoned and thoughtful comments. Tnx!

Well spotted: context, colours.

Welcome to p.n.!

 

I can't tell you much about photography, but something about p.n. Do not worry too much about the 3/3 ratings. Keep going, post your best work, and wait for the p.n. people who matter to comment on your photos. Best, asdeb

African artist Tom Majebe's view of the next World Cup

I thought this was all due tot ps, but shot in the near dark, makes it special.

agree with bea. lekker shot and good journalistic background too.

Ross Campbell has said it all about this picture (and perhaps also in terms of the ongoing photography/photoshop debate):

 

"... it's most likely the work of someone who knows how to DESIGN A ELECTRONIC PICTURE on a computer, rather than capture a moment of life. So that doesn?t make it original in the sense of it being a real photo, but it does in the sense that i have never seen many PICTURES/PHOTOS like this before."

 

so there we have it: photography "captures of moment of live" (directly, i would add). it is the photographer's grasp/capture of his/her version/perception of that particular moment in time. with photoshop one makes/creates something else, and in that sense it is also a version of (the photoshopper's) reality. but, then, as in the case of 16th-17th century painters, one would expect a "digital picture" such as this one, to adhere to common natural and other "laws'/conventions", and not only be "pretty" or "awesome" (unless, i suppose it is meant to be a surrealistic digital picture). none of the great european masters would have painted this scene with all its flaws running against the laws of nature (e.g a calm sea with blowing sails and not as much as a drop of water splashing against the keel; degree of tilt; short shadow etc. -- see other comments above). and this is the main reason why it should not be on the cover of a (serious) book meant for education/infotainment. or do we want to tell the readers that ships sail ON the water, and not IN the water?

 

so what do we have in the end?: a pretty amazing pretty digital picture. asdeb

 

This is indeed truly Africa. Just please say: "Yes. The tree, the animal, the sunset are also true, and not yet another photoshop compilation." Best, asdeb

My Sunday night favourite. Great composition: black frame, black trees, bikes complement each other against autum leaves. Best, asdeb

Rs & Cs will be appreciated [Panasonic FX01 - background removed

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Rs & Cs will be appreciated. [Panasonic FX01]