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Photographer's Note

This picture was taken on McGill street in Montreal an is of the beautiful and popular sculpture of Raymond Masson.

The illuminated crowd was the theme choosen "A crowd has gathered, facing a light, an illumination brought about by a fire, an event, an ideology - or an ideal. The strong light casts shadows, and as the light moves toward the back and diminishes, the mood degenerates; rowdiness, disorder and violence occur, showing the fragile nature of man. Illumination, hope, involvement, hilarity, irritation, fear, illness, violence, murder and death - the flow of man's emotion through space."

john_c, orme, Emile, jhm, ChrisJ, papagolf21, bakes888, sarju, bazal has marked this note useful

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pbernardon (593) 2007-04-14 21:55

Bonjour Pierre,

Belle photo de cette belle sculpture, la photo en lien est йgalement super sympa.

Merci de nous faire partager ces beaux instantanйs

Pascal.

Emile (20352) 2007-04-15 2:06

Hola Pierre.
Excellent sculpture and you captured it very well with good details, good light and sharpness. Each face has a great expression.
Well done. TFS.
Regards.

orme (7219) 2007-04-15 4:19

Excellent clarity in this one, Pierre. I feel as if I could reach out and touch them.
My favourite figure is the boy being comforted by his mother, although they all have great expressions.
The colours contrast perfectly.

john_c (24666) 2007-04-15 11:31

Hi Pierre,
This is quite a moving exhibit. The lighting is superb, as is the clarity and detail. Each of the individual sculpted figures seems to have a distinct personality and role to play in the scene, well documented by your note. The black background adds to the mood. This scene stirs the emotions in a rather indefinable but slightly disturbing way. Very fine work...Demain.
John

placombe (7715) 2007-04-15 12:58

Salut Pierre
Cette sculpture ivoire ressort merveilleusement bien sur fond noir et j'aime bien celui qui pointe du doigt de faзon trиs convaincante. Bon dimanche
Pierre

jhm (211738) 2007-04-15 14:46

Hi Pierre,

Happy that you the excellent note writed so we see the images totally other, my compliments to the designer but also to the photographer for the sharpness and the clarity, from the presentation. Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice day,
John.

Cormac (26565) 2007-04-16 10:58

I remember this remarkable statue from when I lived in Montreal (I went to McGill many years ago). I like the collection of faces and characters, and the way things are exaggerated without becoming cartoonish. Thanks for the memories by showing this!

jjbach (9326) 2007-04-17 18:39

Hi Pierre,
Excellent shot with great lighting and really stunning sharpness. Nice title too!!

Regards John

jemaflor (148248) 2007-04-20 6:11

Salut Pierre,
bon titre tout d'abord et excellent prйsentation de ces sculptures, les dйtails sont bien rendus grace а la parfaite mise au point, on apprйcie la texture satinйe de l'oeuvre,le fond noir fait ressortir encore plus les personnages c'est bien pris.

papagolf21 (152607) 2007-04-21 3:58

Bonsoir, mon ami Pierre,
Excellent sujet. Cet ensemble de sculptures est reprйsentatif de notre monde !
Fйlicitations pour avoir su rendre cet ensemble avec beaucoup de maestria.
Amitiйs.
Philippe

ChrisJ (172436) 2007-04-21 4:01

Bonsoir Pierre

Good lighting contrasts with excellent shsrpness. I like the soft yellow, ivory like colour of this impressive, contemporary sculpture. Nice graphism. Merci pour le partage!

Jeppe (18654) 2007-04-21 16:07

Hi Pierre
Very excellent capture of that fine artwork - The mix of light and reflections gives life to the crowd of people - wonder if you changed the background to black - anyway a good job
Thanks for sharing.
Jeppe

cam (9043) 2007-04-21 19:21

Bonjour Pierre
Merci,car tu montres ce qui est ma sculpture prйfйrй de Montrйal,mais je me demandes comment tu as obtenu ce fond noir,car il n'est pas naturel.De toute faзon,c'est le fond qu'il lui fallait car il assure un bon contraste.
Par contre,il y a aussi la partie arriиre qui n'est pas visible et qui ajoute beaucoup а l'histoire.
Une belle rйalisation.

Charles

bakes888 (18499) 2007-04-22 1:46

Hi Pierre. Well captured. The black BG means no distractions and the light catches every detail and shows the texture perfectly. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

sarju (5324) 2007-04-29 19:47

Stunning details
Very fine and tight crop ...
This is almost like a black and white photo.
amities ... Sarju
PS: It is interesting to see the DOF that you got even with the f/2.8

bazal (7900) 2007-05-26 4:47

Bonjour, Pierre.
Une composition trиs simple pour nous faire dйcouvrir cette sculpture йtait trиs probablement la meilleure solution, et tu y parviens parfaitement! J'aime le cadrage serrй autour de la "scene", et le jeu de la lumiиre sur le matйriau.
Merci du partage!