Artists at Las Ramblas, Barcelona, a photo from Barcelona, Catalonia

Photographer's Note

Another discontinuity in the travelogue of my last Summer holidays. Let's jump to Barcelona!

I guess the city doesn't need any introduction, being the second largest city of Spain and the capital of the deservedly proud Catalonia. The place where this photo was taken, Las Ramblas, also known as La Rambla and Les Rambles, is also probably known by anyone who ever interested in knowing about the city. It's a bustling, mostly pedestrianised, wide street about 1.2 Km (0.8 mi) long where one can spend a whole day strolling without a minute of boredom.

Maybe you know any of the artists... I am not talking only about the ones in the drawings and certainly not about myself. Do you really need a clue? :D

In the WS's I present what was going on on the right part. I can't decide if I prefer the wider crop of the WS1 or the tighter one of WS2. What do you think?

Location (latitude, longitude): 41.3812,2.17323. View in Live Search.

shevchenko, berek, Docarmo, sunamoon, lucasgalodoido, Jardim, zeca, riclopes, ktanska, paura, Tue, danos, papagolf21, JCG, vinicio, edytungkal, Felip, jwmunro, Atousa has marked this note useful

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Aviller (3866) 2009-03-02 17:20

Good idea to capture another photographer like this. The colors of the trees really look magnificent. Perhaps I might have cropped out the artist on the right. I feel like her back is a bit of a distraction. Other than that the shot is great though.

shevchenko (20560) 2009-03-02 18:20

Hello Jose,
Good pov to show a street of art galleries, many painters here to make portraits for tourists, lively shoot, well done.
Ally

mukesh (446) 2009-03-02 19:06

Hi Jose
Although #1 catches the ambience, the backdrop is a bit too clutterd. I wonder why didn't you take artist's POV in your
WS pictures. Could have been interesting to see the model's
expression
The main picture is a pretty neat street shot... with those
portraits and artists. I love the inclusion of that photographer. He is lending story to your picture.

Mukesh

berek (50518) 2009-03-02 20:14

Hi Jose,
I love and miss Barcelona . this is beautiful Las Rambles daily life view. greetings.
Burak

Docarmo (9767) 2009-03-02 20:23

Olб Josй,
Excelente trabalho, um registro notбvel de uma cena onde nгo faltam artistas, nгo sу retratados, mas tambйm em aзгo, a partir do que estб atrбs da lente que nos permite ver a imagem. A luminosidade estб уtima, muito bem captada na sombra, apesar da claridade do sol ao fundo, diga-se de passagem, com cores muito bem transmitidas. Com relaзгo aos WS, gosto mais do #1, exatamente por mostrar mais detalhes do lugar.
Abraзo,
MCV

jimkilgallon (0) 2009-03-02 20:24

Ola Jose
Excellent market life shot, excellent colours while the photographer adds interest. Certainly a fantastic city is Barca. I am also thinking of getting the Sigma 10-20mm, what are your thoughts on this lens?
Regards
Jim

Graal (103040) 2009-03-02 23:25

Hi Jose,
an interesting place and scenes, good 3 images. Well photojob and reportage. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

tober (8797) 2009-03-03 2:37

Hello Jose, that's a very inviting photo, which makes me consider to make Barcelona one of my first destinations in the coming months. Your photo is full of energy, full of beauty and full of vivid colours of this beautiful city. Best regards, Tolga

wolf38 (30) 2009-03-03 7:14

Hello Jose. An everyday life photo. This photo shows the atmosphere of the city very beautifully. A good shot. Worth seeing. Best regards, Wolfgang.

sunamoon (10) 2009-03-03 9:30

Hola Jose,

Buen retrato de todo la ambiente de artistas de las Ramblas,
el encuadre es inmejorable, buenos colores,
y definiciуn optima, me gusta mucho la foto! Felicidades!

Un saludo,
Elena

Greg1949 (9011) 2009-03-03 10:22

Jose, it has been more than a quarter of a century since I strolled here, but it just as beautiful as I remember it. The cameras and the dress of the tourists are a bit different but your shot shows it to be as relaxed and peaceful as I remember. Great capture.

Greg

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2009-03-03 11:38

Olб Josй,
bem interessante essa fotografia e o trabalho dos artistas de rua, achei as cores de sua captura уtimas e oportuna a inclusгo do fotуgrafo tambйm, todos trabalhando nй!
Parabйns e Abraзo

zumoduvas (2069) 2009-03-03 13:21

Hola Jose.

Interesante imagen llena de animacion en las Ramblas Barcelonesas en bonita composition.

Parabens.
JOse Luis.

Jardim (3243) 2009-03-03 13:56

Olб Josй,

Eu estive em Barcelona hб uns anos e gostei muito.A histуria que tenho das "Ramblas" й que pedi uma бgua numa das muitas esplanadas mas quando vi a conta cheguei a pensar que tinha pedido uma garrafa de vinho ;).

A tua foto mostra bem a actividade artistica e cultural que podemos encontrar nesta avenida.Foi bom recordar.

JJ

zeca (19762) 2009-03-03 16:23

Olб Josй!
Eis uma bela composiзгo acerca dos artistas, da pintura e da fotografia. A foto retrata um de nуs, muito bem posicionado de modo a abrir todo o leque de detalhes que ele prуprio procura capturar. O baixo contraste permitiu bom equilнbrio de luz e a foto estб muito agradбvel. Bom trabalho, xarб!
Abraзo,
Zeca

Giorgio (11279) 2009-03-03 23:27

- Superb artistic ambience, I presume that in every country they find this type of place, I know it in Paris and elsewhere, good idea the photographer, anyway, bravo, it's successful!
Greetings.
giorgio

riclopes (35577) 2009-03-04 1:34

Bom dia Josй, o tipo que estб a fotografar deve ser certamente alguйm do TE e nos desenhos reconheзo o Brad P. e G. Paltrow. Boa foto de pessoнnhas numa das mais famosas passadeiras do mundo. Isto parece apinhado como jб й de esperar e ainda bem que isolaste o tipo a fotografar pois й ele o elemento que dб dinвmica а foto e agarra toda a composiзгo sem nos perdermos na multidгo. Й tambйm agradбvel ver as cores das бrvores e cйu lб para trбs. Nos WSs prefiro a versгo cortada - os brancos incomodam um pouco no WS2. Curioso que atй na parte de trбs dos WSs existe sempre uma pessoa а vista em todos os espaзinhos que sobram.
um abraзo,
ricardo

ktanska (45018) 2009-03-04 3:31

Hi Jose,
Just wonderful view. You have managed to capture the soul of the Ramblas on this shot. And that's a difficult thing to do, so much happening around. Those drawings of street artists catch attention well, while there's lots of artists and pedestrians around. And the photographer gives something to relate to.
Kari

paura (25802) 2009-03-04 4:57

J. Pires,
Vocк conseguiu uma profundidade de campo bastante interessante aqui, nesse difнcil mas muito bom ponto de tomada. Beleza de trabalho, amigo.

Abraзo

Paulo

emilbo (22616) 2009-03-04 7:35

Olа Jose!
J'aime bien ces scиnes de rue oщ les artistes font le portrait des gens, une scиne comme on peut voir et qui ressemble а chez-nous dans le vieux Quйbec. Bonne composition et superbes couleurs. Je ne serai pas а Santo Domingo mais а Sosua au Nord de l'оle, Je prйfиre а cause du paysage de montagnes. Je te reviens en avril avec de nouvelles photos.
Amicalement,
Emilius

Tue (93296) 2009-03-04 7:36

Hey Josй,
This photo has a very nice atmosphere and gives a great impression of the daily life of this place. I like the pleasant, soft sunlight and the attractive colours a lot too. Excellent composition and I like to see all the portraits in the foreground. Thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

danos (110407) 2009-03-04 10:50

Olб Jose,
nice this daily snapshot of the worldwide known 'Las Ramblas' in Barcelona.I like all these open air artists with the man on the left, to try to 'catch' the decisive moment of the painter's work.I like this reportage shot.Well done.

Regards,danos

Nessie (918) 2009-03-04 11:13

Hello Jose!

That' s a very artistic picture! ;-)
Full of beautiful colours and great composition!
Very interesting capture!

Best Regards,
Nessie

papagolf21 (152607) 2009-03-04 11:31

Bonsoir, cher Jose,
Cela йvoque la place Montmartre prиs du Sacrй-Coeur а Paris, oщ se rйunit une petite communautй cфtoyant les peintres, les touristes, et autres artistes.
L'ambiance est parfaitement restituйe а travers les images. Quant а l'atelier, j'ai une prйfйrence pour l'atelier numйro 1 (le cadrage est plus fort).
Amitiйs.
Philippe

danyy (0) 2009-03-04 23:53

Hello Jose,
le post processing a bien travaillй sur les couleurs ici, dйjа bien poussйes par l'emploi du polarisant.
Une photo vivante qui montre d'autres artistes au travail.
Bets regards.
Daniel.

batalay (41261) 2009-03-05 5:58

Hello dear Josй,

This is a much better than any shot I took on las Ramblas on August 3. But I would have avoided the photographer! Seriously, I am flattered that you included me in the image. I see that I needed a haircut very badly, and I did get one shortly after I went back on the ship. You were kind to leave out the "boot" that I was wearing, that I was hobbling with, because of the injury to my ankle. It's a great shot, showing so many facets of this lovely street, a true slice of life in Barcelona. Meeting you and your family was one of the highlights of the cruise. I am inspired to go back and post some images from Las Ramblas myself, specially with your son in the image. I am adding a ws to one of your wss.

Warmest regards,

Bulent

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JCG (35153) 2009-03-05 12:19

Bonsoir Josй,

Une photo qui me rappelle l'effervescence de la place du Tertre а Paris. Je remarque qu'il y a des modиles cйlиbres qui sont passйs par lа !!! Une belle et intйressante photo avec de jolis contrastes entre le haut de la photo et cette perspective d'artistes. Bravo Josй et merci pour les photos complйmentaires.

Avec toutes mes amitiйs et une trиs bonne soirйe,

Jean-Charles

vinicio (23423) 2009-03-06 13:27

I love BCN as many people, a lot of pleasant memories of it. This image is full of the nice tourist feel visiting the city, well done Jose, compliments.
Have a nice WE
Ciao
Vinicio

Didi (61589) 2009-03-07 9:03

Bonjour Josй
Une ambiance similaire а la place du Tertre а Paris mais avec un environnement architectural plus moderne.
Un endroit intйressant pour se faire un portrait.
Amitiйs

zeynepe (0) 2009-03-07 10:56

hmmm as if I know the photographer from somewhere :) OK I'll be honest I saw the WS of Bulent Bey at first.I am really impressed by the street painters.
I have good memories of Las Ramblas maybe that's why I choose this shot.
Congrats Jose and enjoy your WE,
Zeynep

edytungkal (4551) 2009-03-07 18:25

Of course this one is the best and i like all of the pictures (incl the ws) This indeed a spontaneous and original street shot and the final result is very well. That paintings together with the guys and specially the photographer are a very nice combination. An attractive shot Jose, thanks for sharing and have a great sunday...

daniel

Felip (3907) 2009-03-08 9:04

Ola Jose,
Conozco muy bien este paseo (a fin de cuentas es mi ciudad!), pero nunca se me ha ocurrido hacer algo similar, los pintores callejeros no me atraen demasiado. En tu imagen, el hecho de incluir a un fotografo en acciуn, aparte de ser un bonito "guiсo" a los amigos de TE, le da dinamismo a la foto. Buen trabajo

Saludos

Felip

jwmunro (286) 2009-03-09 15:02

Hello Jose -

Too tell you the truth I like the main post much better. The WS scenes shows us the behind the scenes view, but they are much too cluttered as a wide view and distract from your subject. (Just my opinion for what it's worth.) The main scene has a lot of life to it with the photographer in the FG, the artists work displayed, and the general feel of the crowd and place. I have visited these venues throughout Europe and find them a wonderful place to capture images. One of my favorites, not necessarily an art show, was the Saturday market in Arles in the south of France. So many scenes of food, flowers, art, and vendors. Besides the visual delights the smells were wonderful. That Saturday was one of the main highlights of my our 14 days in Provence. Well done! Technicals are spot on and the contrast controlled.

Thank you for sharing.

John

Atousa (7131) 2009-03-10 8:58

Salam Jose,

I really needed a clue :) .. a very interesting shot that let us see all those different artists at the same time ..great pov n details.. very nice inclusion of the empty blue sky in contrast with the crowded street ..interesting ws photos too..I prefer the 2nd n also the 3rd with a bit crop from the top of the shot..tfs
Best regards, A