monday afternoon
by mariuca

Comment by BJokerud:
I would've made a vignette of some sort around the lit woman in front there, and make this photograph about her, because she is very interesting. That or included the girl with the pink jacket and the girl with the yellow jacket in more places because I just get the feeling that this is a busy afternoon rather than a photograph with multiple exposures. But it's a nice picture tho. 6

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by mariuca

Comment by bspurgeon:
Excellent tension. His pulling is exaggerated by the tilt. Wonderful moment.

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by mariuca

Comment by Cuttooth:
the story behind this shot is the draw for me. him ready to move onto the next chapter, her, not being ready to let go. the composition and contrast between light and dark anchors this thought. her, being connected to the portion of the stairs that match her outfit and him, matching the darker wood part of the stairs. it's interesting that the line artwork she is looking at and the line between shag and wood on the stairs line up perfectly, and she is held securely within that space.

la serenissima
by mariuca

Comment by Neat:
oh WOW excellent, I have one almost the same, i love the way you PP it.

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Comment by vawendy:
I love a photo that tells a story -- and this one is all about the story. The one thing that really makes me wonder is the rotation. It looks like you chose to align it so that the tops of the pictures were horizontal -- but it's making it feel tilted (which is ok), but the tilt is keeping him in the frame. I'm thinking if you did a more conventional crop -- with a straight horizon using the floor, or the vertical of the stairs (which look about the same), I think you'd feel even more of a pull from him, and get even more of a sense of movement, force, entropy, whatever you want to call it.

what-is-art_0046.032912
by mariuca

Comment by posthumous:
fascinating

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by mariuca

Comment by posthumous:
I agree with Paul, but oddly enough I didn't see the "photograph" until you processed it this way. Now it's clear. Seeing the reflection of the legs in the hardwood and the clear connection between stairs and coat makes all the difference.

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by mariuca

Comment by Melethia:
The staircase jacket... you just can't make this stuff up! I love their shared dissimilar vision.

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by mariuca

Comment by Bear_Music:
Totally agree, Paul.

monday afternoon
by mariuca

Comment by giantmike:
Excellent vantage point for this. That is what I wanted to get for the challenge.