wonderful story here, looks like a medieval painting with all the rich people feasting and slipping treats to their dogs whilst the peasants sit outside gnawing on crumbs. Lovely detail. Well deserved blue!
This is quite brilliant, very beautiful image with all sorts of story lines merging together. Very subtle in many ways, and I'm pleased to see it ribbon.
nice job...I didn't see what others did in terms oh "haves" and "have nots". Rather I see a man who looks pretty well dressed, counting out his change
then there is a blonde with a derisive look at the dog near the tables; I thought that is what your title referred to, tho there may have been a double entendre
Greta photo, and a deserving blue. The only minor flaw, which obviously you couldn't do anything about, is the woman at the far right whose face is mostly obscured by the wall. Congratulations.
I see I was not the only one who found this shot to be best of the lot. An absolutely well deserved Blue ribbon. Here was my comment and I see many others saw the same qualities in your entry as I did.
"Wonderful shot. I see it's taken in Italy somewhere. It reminds me of a modern day version of the scenes one often sees depicted in the wall murals and paintings of Classical Rome. Images of lavish feasts with plenty of wine flowing and trays groaning under the weight of all the food. And somewhere in those images there's always the figure of some pauper or poor man to show the contrasts and contradictions of life. This is what this image evokes in me.
From a technical point of view I find the lighting and tones superb.
So many different things happening in this scene. All the elements are in the right place. The guy sitting outside of the luxury zone counting his pennies perhaps wishing that he could join the extravagant people on the terrace for a drink or something to eat. That white dog being patted also adds something special to the composition and is also a recurring image in the classical wall murals and paintings right down to it's particular pose.
Well done, lovely composition. A winner for me and I say that even though I have an entry in this challenge as well.
I give you full score 10. This is the only 10 I gave in this challenge by the way"
A classic tableau, to use an obvious word. I love the dog even as it serves to compound the serious meaning of this photo. What would Mazzini say? The redenzione is still to be accomplished. 10, no question.
Two seperate worlds - but everyone in each world seems happy ... it's a beautiful photo .. the tonal quality of the grays and the light are lovely.. the textures are wonderful .. I really like the dog and how it is the center of attention - well captured/well photographed slice of life!
Your post processing really pushes this shot into the top. Not only the vignette but the tones between the two areas. The dog, the people at the tables, and the man on the bench. First 10 vote from me. Nice work, very nice.
This is my top pick. I just like how everyone is having fun, and here is this guy, on the outside, counting his money as if checking that he has enough to get in. This tells a nice story.
Absolutely perfect for this challenge and an awesome photograph on its own right. So many stories here. The main story of the gentleman on the bench, aside from the others, in a B&W tone different than the rest (nice touch, that.) The light on him, whether actual or slightly enchanced, is very nice. Then there's the rest of the story at the top of the steps. Congratulations on a wonderful find and taking full advantage of it.
This is a winner. My favorite in the challenge. My only 10.
You captured a great moment. You captured so much in this shot. It really speaks to the viewer like a photograph is intended too. Great eye! You did a really good job with the PP. You were borderline of doing too much but I think it came out brilliant. I love it. There is something wrong if this doesnt place in the top 3. Although I think it should be 1st. I cant even tell you how much I love the composition. Brilliant, just brilliant.
This works fairly well for me, I see the context between the individual counting change and the people eating. At the same time since the man look well dressed the counting of change doesn't seem to necessarily coincide with the dining area, but more of a coincidence. Still I like the idea here and the toning/lighting is terrific. Highly rated.
You know, this challenge is full of a ton of pictures of people just thinking they can snap anything on the street, convert to B&W and enter it. Only a few try to tell a story. This is absolutely one of them. I thought I had seen the winner already, but I changed my mind. Auto 10 and a fav.
Wonderful shot. I see it's taken in Italy somewhere. It reminds me of a modern day version of the scenes one often sees depicted in the wall murals and paintings of Classical Rome. Images of lavish feasts with plenty of wine flowing and trays groaning under the weight of all the food. And somewhere in those images there's always the figure of some pauper or poor man to show the contrasts and contradictions of life. This is what this image evokes in me.
From a technical point of view I find the lighting and tones superb.
So many different things happening in this scene. All the elements are in the right place. The guy sitting outside of the luxury zone counting his pennies perhaps wishing that he could join the extravagant people on the terrace for a drink or something to eat. That white dog being patted also adds something special to the composition and is also a recurring image in the classical wall murals and paintings right down to it's particular pose.
Well done, lovely composition. A winner for me and I say that even though I have an entry in this challenge as well.
I give you full score 10. This is the only 10 I gave in this challenge by the way.
Love the woman petting the dog. Like the guy on the bench, too. But with them together in one photo it's hard to know where to focus my attention. Maybe better cropped into two separate photos? Hard to say. Still, you did a good job on this.
Wow, very nicely done, very emotive, love the comparison going on here, also the dog adds a ton to the shot for me, everyone seems so happy there on the left, and it looks like the guy on the right is trying to scrounge together the money. You nailed the essence of "street photography" to me here. 9 from me.
Just came back to bump this one up, my one and only 10 for the challenge. This tells a great story, it is representative of all that, IMHO, street photography should be. I hope to see it on the front page.
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