Leave me alone, a photo from Tamil Nadu, South

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Sometimes everybody wants something from you.

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summersun (4978) 2005-04-26 5:23

funny shot ! I like this hand on the right trying to sell you bracelets, haa haha. I like the colors and all the attention you get from everyone here.
Vanessa

clodreno (0) 2005-04-26 5:23

here is a great shot Maciek.. Love everything in it.. The colors , the pose, the people, the background.. i already knew it...
Very nice.

arnabchat (7233) 2005-04-26 5:26

very good composition. colorful and real.

anandselvi (1728) 2005-04-26 5:34

very good composition.colorful and real.
very nice.
anand

AmiBe (6042) 2005-04-26 5:37

Hi Maciej,
ha ha ha funny picture !
Original compo, nice colors, well done !

RandomCameraGuy (3071) 2005-04-26 5:38

Hahahahahahaha!!!! This is an instant favourite! it has your usual excellent composition and colours, matched with a great sense of humour.

Love the story being told here. The hand coming into frame, as if to temp you into buying even while taking a photo is my favourite part of this multi-layered image.

Wow!

af

baptistc27 (102) 2005-04-26 5:40

fantastic composition..this pic proves that there is no rule in composition...its like a mixed combination of many pictures coming together...fantastic clours and actions of the figures make this pic a winner..the stripped and flat floor forms a good base...iam now lost for words...even the cropping is kept natural...way to go...looking forward for more..keep it up!!!

cyril (2748) 2005-04-26 5:50

Hi Maciej,
lovely colours for this shot.
And you're right, sometimes it seems that you can make all the people happy by buying something :-)

CYril

Luan (12971) 2005-04-26 6:10

A great composition Maciej, so many things to look at, colors, people, and your notes is very representative and match very well with the picture.
Excellent.
Luan

ash_parikh (2266) 2005-04-26 6:11

Beautiful shot, the colours, the composition and the expressions are all fantastic here. Nice sharp shot and very good details.

greg64g (11193) 2005-04-26 6:19

Hello Maciej

Wonderful pictures, i love all this colors, there is many subject, but the composition doens't look full.
I like it a lot.
cheers
greg

Zepi (22848) 2005-04-26 6:49

Hello Maciej ,
Trиs belle scиne, l’ambiance а l’air trиs dйtendue !
J’aime bien cette main avec tous ces collier qui rentre juste dans la composition !

Trиs bon cadrage !
Bien jouй !
Amicalement
Sйbastien

Elise_d (1943) 2005-04-26 7:23

A very strong composition Maciej. I love the way we feel surrounded by those people and the temple lines in the background are adding to this intrusive effect. Beautiful work.

tongapup (0) 2005-04-26 8:39

Great, just great. This is one of my faves, for sure. The diverse expressions and gestures are almost surreal. Especially good is the guy in the middle, who looks nearly pasted on. It's a hilarious shot and also says something very true at the same time.

Did you use a fill flash here?

rowanb (864) 2005-04-26 8:40

bold composition. i feel like there are four seperate elements - the woman and boy, the man in the middle, the person selling the bracelets on the right, and the wall in the background. on their own , not so interesting, but together , form an interesting relationship with the surrounding elements and the picture as a whole. i love the way you've framed it, just the hand on the right is so intriguing.

i hope that made sense. not sure if it did =) i think this is one of your best. it just looks like one of those moments you wouldn't expect to see. keep up the good work.

gringofil (0) 2005-04-26 10:07

Great shot, Maciek. Really nice. Moments like this happen in an instant and you've got to catch them...and you're getting better and better at pressing the shutter button when such a situation arises. All the elements seem to fall together nicely and everyone does seem like they want you to buy whatever they have. Great shot, nothing to nit pick.

nerve (10231) 2005-04-26 10:11

This is a great shot.A smart composition with beautiful colours.. its very well caught as well.. and the title and even this little note makes a real contribution to this image imo.
good stuf.

KevRyan (22956) 2005-04-26 10:31

It goes in my favourites too Maciej - it's a great image for the four different approaches 'full on mock despair', 'just a moment sir', 'longing hopeful traditional' and 'these trinkets for your wife' - all in one pic - fantastic! ...and a nice way of using that well known background -isn't there a theme for it yet!? Be interesting to see all the pics together.

best wishes

Kev

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jeanfrancois (1260) 2005-04-26 15:04

Man, you are a genius.
Brahmins, necklaces, bindis, dhotis, anger, passion, love, exasperation, religion, faith, greed, stupidity, intelligence, human kind, love.... You got it all.

robiuk (10807) 2005-04-26 17:41

Hi Maciej,
Compositionaly very strong, but I like the most what's shown on their faces and that is closeness to you as a photographer - closeness in each individual and different way - that's what I like here - an interaction.
Strange how sometimes the photographer becomes more interesting than their subject and in those cases that's what makes a photo.
You managed that here in a very pleasant way.
TFS and have a great week,
Robi

cmartos (242) 2005-04-26 18:15

Outstanding. I mean so many elements in the frame, all working so strongly, and the whole is still very well balanced. Love everything here, background, the different attitudes, and overall that hand on the right. A great catch, bold compo, love it.

Intruder (3099) 2005-04-27 0:15

hello Maciej, nice to see your photos again. i particularly like this one, maybe the colors, the background, the face expressions, but all these combined make it a great shot. very well done

keribar (43841) 2005-04-27 1:33

A Great picture Maciej, really reminds me of compositions of David Alan Harvey, streets of Havana. This is exactly what I am after( If I can ! ) in travel pictures. Hurrah !

Izzet

avis2avis (4264) 2005-04-27 6:03

Guess all foreign tourists to India will identify with the feeling here. Great shot Maciej. :)

kinginexile (2598) 2005-04-27 17:17

Hi, Maciej
the idea behind your pix is well-brought up, it's definitely a fun one, with many elements making it very lively, and of course, it's a "live" shot, only wish you caught a glance from the kid. His movement off-balancing the compo certainly brings out the shuffles involved in such scenes.

I also think that the idea of the "tourist" towering superiorly (unwantingly, but we do, really) above the vending locals, who look up to his/her affluence, is a good one, and food for thought as well. Your title actually shows we are in a position to choose or demand, wether we utter it or not, inversely to them vendors, whose demands are so often bemusingly interpretated by tourists as "noisy pleas".

I think what is really nice with your pix, is the theater aspect (there is even a curtain), where we are all on stage, playing our roles (they really seem to play one, a la Comedia del'Arte), without text, so to speak.

(I edited my critique because i appreciate your shot much better today, and wrote a little too fast yesterday)

eleparc (24063) 2005-04-28 2:33

i like this post maciek! it is somewhat different from what we normally and usually see. i like the way you composed it with almost three scenes in one. great vivid colors too!
you seemed to be the center of all attentions here!
Eric

mrbialy (2568) 2005-04-28 6:42

Very good photo. So many happen here, like sensational movie. If I taken picture like this I said: '' I'm best of the best ''. Backgrond, colors, light, sharpnes, capture, composition...etc,etc, everything is great. I like this note, very simple but telling. You have a eye like devil.What can I say more...

mlopes (494) 2005-05-10 15:37

Your are posting some hilarious shots... or maybe it's just my mood today. I keep seeing the old lady knocking with her finger in the poor boys head and saying "don't you forget..."

Nice framing, good crop and colours.

Mario

moxon (78) 2005-05-11 2:33