urban zoo II

Posted by Giovanni (Milan, Italy) on 23 October 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

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From DJ's blog (http://visionlogic.aminus3.com):

NEW AM3 PHOTO THEME -- S E L F -- P O R T R A I T S -- D A Y -- OCTOBER 29TH, 2008!!!!

IN THE SPIRIT OF GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER HERE ON AM3, I THINK IT IS HIGH TIME FOR AN AUTUMN / SPRING AIRING OF OUR PERSONS!!! MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY POSTED BEAUTIFULLY EXPRESSIVE AND WONDERFULLY CREATIVE SHOTS OF YOURSELVES-- NOW, IF YOU ARE WILLING AND ABLE, WE AS A COLLECTIVE FAMILY HERE ON AM3 INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO PARTICIPATE ONCE AGAIN ON A SITE-WIDE (PERSONALLY HOSTED BLOG SITES MEMBERS & AFFILIATES ARE WELCOME TOO!!) SELF PORTRAIT 'SHOWING' ON THE 29TH OF OCTOBER!!!

NOW FOR THE RULES: THERE ARE NONE!!! :D

HOWEVER, I WILL MENTION THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE A FEW SUB-THEMES FOR THOSE THAT WANT SOME INSPIRATION OR DIRECTION -- FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WANT TO BE FREE TO DO WHATEVER STRIKES YOUR FANCY, TAKE IT AWAY!! AND SHOW US YOUR LIBERALLY CREATIVE SELVES!!!

SUB-THEMES:

1. PROPOSED BY ISAO: MY REFLECTION IN A MISTY MIRROR!!!
2. HALLOWEEN SELF PORTRAITS -- FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE SHY OR ENJOY A BIT OF MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE ALA COSTUME 'MASQUERADE'
3. CLASSICAL SELF PORTRAIT -- FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T DRESS UP IN FANCY COSTUME (SUCH AS MYSELF!!) ;)
4. CREATIVE FREESTYLE -- FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T WANT TO BE HELD BACK BY CREATIVE DIRECTION OR SUGGESTION!!!

SO THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!!! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST DROP ME A LINE!!! dj.tigersprout [AT] gmail [DOT] com SPREAD THE WORD!!!!

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Comments (28)

Vink from Grasse - French riviera, France

Je préféres celle-ci à celle d'hier. Sans doute pour l'ambiance du n&b et l'apparition de cette ombre furtive ! J'attens qu'elle apparaisse sur VFXY et je la met en favori !
En général j'aime bien ce genre de cliché avec une facade en arrière plan ! comme celle-ci : http://vink.aminus3.com/portfolio/90.html

Ciao
Vink

23 Oct 2008 7:31am

Veronelle from Lens, France

wouaaaaa, impressive b&w composition

23 Oct 2008 8:27am

Florence from Paris, France

Je suis d'accord avec Vink ! Le noir et blanc lui confère toute sa puissance... Bel effet de flou... un fantôme en ville ! :-)

23 Oct 2008 10:43am

FLOOG from United Kingdom

An exceptionally well composed and captured photograph. The feeling of motion works so well. Very cool

23 Oct 2008 11:31am

fredo from France

Trés joli flou ,excellent cadrage !

23 Oct 2008 12:41pm

Daryl from Amagasaki, Japan

This is really effective; great combination of detail and motion blur.

23 Oct 2008 2:22pm

hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong

Interesting find and great capture!! The blur is just right!

23 Oct 2008 2:35pm

amos from Jerusalem, Israel

This is a great capture. Why no EXIF data though?

23 Oct 2008 2:43pm

@amos: Good question. Probably the EXIF data were lost somewhere during the postprocessing...

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

excellent image , both foreground and background are fantastic

23 Oct 2008 4:55pm

MaryP from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

This is a fine image, good tonal range and love the movement in the figure. I think ,maybe, i like the colour version best. Can'nt make my mind up.

23 Oct 2008 5:26pm

JJ from Jersey City, United States

I loved the similar shot with the lady in color and never would have thought I would have liked a shot of this graffiti in B&W, but with the motion blur this is stunning, love it

23 Oct 2008 5:57pm

Pradeep from Chennai, India

Beautifully executed, very effective shot. Works great in b&w :)

23 Oct 2008 6:32pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

This is a better shot than the previous one.

23 Oct 2008 7:23pm

Jeffster from Long Island, United States

Nice. This scene seems to work well both in b&w and in color.

23 Oct 2008 8:29pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Excellent b&w.

23 Oct 2008 10:39pm

vu@granby Gilles Martineau from Granby, Québec, Canada

The pedestrian does not seem bothered by this roaring tiger!

23 Oct 2008 11:32pm

Toomaj from Tehran, Iran

an impressive shot taken in right moment, framing and color are effecctive too.

24 Oct 2008 12:06am

willow from Chelsea, United States

I miss the color from yesterday, but I love the motion. Did you paint that mural just so you could get great shots like these? I'm just kidding, but doesn't it sound like something a dedicated photographer might do?

24 Oct 2008 2:02am

alex from Munich, Germany

Great shot, nice b/w tones.

24 Oct 2008 7:05am

Framed and Shot from Houston, United States

Nice - and great to see the one i color and this one together - Hard to tell which one we prefer, but they are quite different! Colors or b&w makes such a difference!

24 Oct 2008 7:29pm