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02/03/2012 07:44:37 PM |
What wonderful things one finds with a little patience, just browsing through old challenges or travelling by train.
I remember this story from Tiziano Terzani, a journalist for Der Spiegel. He was travelling on a russian train, in the middle of the steppe, when a massive armed conflict exploded between two gangs of criminals. The huge fellow Russian passengers he shared compartment with basically picked him up and carried him to an empty wagon which they barred. They spent the long night between vodka and bread, laughing without understanding each other, or perhaps not. The train didn't slow down a bit, piercing the frozen void of the night. Because a train's job is to carry life, not to stop for it.
Not quite sure why I write this, trains do carry lot of life, but they also freeze the course of things, give time to look back and forward.
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03/18/2009 04:04:21 PM |
| I would have never guessed a train. I thought it a diner of some sort, but a train? With those curtains and pictures hanging on the wall? WAY cool! |
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03/18/2009 01:30:19 PM |
| You should learn how to crop man! |
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03/18/2009 09:47:16 AM |
Got a 7 from me because I like the rather barren story that seems to be taking place (or not). Lot of interest for me... Heck, I travelled the length and breadth of China on hard-seat trains, for days on end. I know the feeling and like it too.
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03/18/2009 07:06:42 AM |
| Wow. You know, a train adds even more interest to this shot. Ignore the score - this is an amazing image, though under-appreciated by the DPC masses. Its not a sunset. Keep the colors - they add to the chaos and the real life feeling. Maximally underrated, you honestly deserved better. Maybe if some of the voters stopped and looked and actualy thought about it for a while, they would see the beauty... |
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03/18/2009 03:51:48 AM |
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03/17/2009 11:42:00 PM |
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03/17/2009 10:44:14 PM |
| Cool shot. I like the depth of the photo. |
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03/17/2009 09:39:38 PM |
| I like the perspective, everything looks old and gives a mafia style, i just don't like the cellphone and those beers and i think the colors could be stronger! Good luck! |
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03/17/2009 04:25:27 PM |
| Interesting commentary piece. Nicely framed and captured. 7 |
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03/17/2009 04:01:11 PM |
| Great characters here and nicely composed so that they don't clash with each other. |
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03/17/2009 03:00:06 AM |
| Intriguing, full of interest. To see so many people in a room not interacting at all is just wild! |
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03/16/2009 11:39:01 PM |
| I like that all four people have distinct and interesting poses. Like the grain as well. |
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03/16/2009 09:40:35 PM |
| Different. Not sure I like the OOF bottle in the foreground. |
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03/16/2009 06:49:47 PM |
| unusual slice-of-life shot but it does work, esp with the characters in the bg. 8 |
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03/16/2009 02:14:00 PM |
| Good shot. Nice expressions. |
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03/15/2009 10:51:20 PM |
| Interesting choice for your gem of a photo. |
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03/15/2009 10:05:45 PM |
| I am not quite sure what I like about this shot, but I somehow like it. I think you post processing treatment somehow fits the overall scene very nicely. Nice one actually, 7 |
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03/15/2009 09:38:32 PM |
| The staggered subjects do make you look in a zig zag motion. |
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03/15/2009 05:43:43 PM |
| What's the guy in front doing? Intriguing shot. |
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03/15/2009 04:07:04 PM |
| I think life definitely explains this image well. |
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03/15/2009 12:02:08 PM |
| Very nice documentary photo. love the light from the laptop on the foreground person. |
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03/15/2009 10:13:59 AM |
| sorry but just two from me... Im trying to find there something interesting but its too noisy and if it wasnt at least if it was in bw |
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03/15/2009 07:15:17 AM |
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03/14/2009 05:28:36 PM |
| A cool candid shot showing everyday life. |
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03/14/2009 04:06:40 PM |
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03/14/2009 10:05:00 AM |
| Very interesting real life study. Makes me wonder what the situation is there and how all the characters fit into it. Nice processing. |
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03/14/2009 09:57:28 AM |
| Color doesn't work here. Sepia would do quite well and dodge the distraction of the jaundiced colors. |
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03/14/2009 09:14:16 AM |
| looks like a glimpse at small town living, would be intersted in knowing where this is |
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03/14/2009 05:50:51 AM |
| Nice view of a restaurant. Beer looks great here. |
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03/13/2009 10:31:56 PM |
| Is it a diner? Or an old railroad car? No one seems interested in the camera... |
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03/13/2009 07:32:40 PM |
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03/13/2009 06:09:27 PM |
| I like this scene, each person has their own story going on. THe guy in the white shirt looks like he is stealing something. Even the photographer, I think is trying to keep a low profile to get this image. |
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03/13/2009 04:30:52 PM |
| very grainy, colors look good |
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03/13/2009 01:44:33 PM |
| The OOF bottle in the foreground is rather distracting. |
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03/13/2009 12:07:05 PM |
| I absolutely love this. It is so 'slice of life' so extraordinary in its ordinariness, so perfectly composed, timed, focused...10 |
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03/13/2009 12:02:39 PM |
| How was the beer? This is quite a slice of life. |
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03/13/2009 11:42:25 AM |
| You've certainly caught the feeling of this group. |
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03/13/2009 03:35:40 AM |
| You're spot on with the zig zag. I like this image, it's like reading a book with 4 different chapters but a common theme :) |
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03/13/2009 01:11:03 AM |
| A slice of life but comes across life a "fly on the wall" shot |
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03/12/2009 07:40:03 PM |
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03/12/2009 07:38:35 PM |
| To snapshotish for me but still has lots of interest. |
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03/12/2009 06:16:01 PM |
I would love to try that Sibirskaya Korona :)
Wonder where this wonderful restaurant is located.)))
It looks very interesting. |
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03/12/2009 05:41:39 PM |
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03/12/2009 12:36:21 PM |
| I like that you can see everybody's heads, nobody is blocking anybody else. I also like that nobody is looking directly in the camera, they're all distracting themselves with something else. |
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03/12/2009 10:26:19 AM |
| Nice snapshot, reminds me of some old vintage pictures I've seen in photography books. |
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03/12/2009 06:22:00 AM |
| Interesting - I dont understand the title, maybe its just me |
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03/12/2009 02:34:52 AM |
| nice but looks a bit washed out |
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03/11/2009 11:35:20 PM |
| interesting image, a little too noisy |
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03/11/2009 11:21:04 PM |
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03/11/2009 10:09:00 PM |
Is this a converted railway car?
I love the expressions and I'm realllly curious about what he's finding so interesting on his laptop. My eye keeps exploring, finding something new on each pass. |
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03/11/2009 09:33:57 PM |
| I don't really get what's going on but I like the shot! 7 |
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03/11/2009 08:18:13 PM |
| i think this could have been executed better |
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03/11/2009 07:02:59 PM |
| Interesting shot as a candid. |
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03/11/2009 06:36:42 PM |
| Not sure what the guy in red is doing, but I like teh "snapshot" look and the compsition. Based on the glow on his face I though he may be looking at his phone, but that is on the table. A laptop maybe? The whole thing is a mystery. Which I think is good. |
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03/11/2009 01:52:20 PM |
| lots going on here to look at |
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03/11/2009 12:52:07 PM |
"I do NOT have a DPC problem. I can quit anytime I want to. I just don't want to."
Larry's friends tried to enroll him in a 12 step program, but eventually realized it was hopeless. |
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03/11/2009 05:40:09 AM |
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03/11/2009 02:49:03 AM |
| You know...I like this photograph. So much depth and interest. I find myself wondering what each of this men are contemplating. The WB is quite off, and noise is prominent, but the essence is spot on for me. |
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03/11/2009 01:21:37 AM |
| Not sure what's happening here, nor what the point of the photo is? Sorry, just being honest! |
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