De Espaldas a Paris, a photo from Ile-de-France, North

Photographer's Note

I was in a small restaurant in the Barrio Latino in Paris, France when I took this picture of myself (I seem to like that) ....you can see the shape on Notre Dame's facade in the left side of the picture. I worked it some in PS to add some texture and more constrast.

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Kenggaroo (849) 2006-12-12 23:12

Good evening scene, Patricia
The grainy look and hard contrast make the picture interesting. I imagine of an exciting colorful Paris street night scene in the experimental french movie.
The composition of yourself at the right cornor made your self-portrait much interesting and lively.
Bon soir,
kenggaroo

Manamo (3710) 2006-12-12 23:17

Hello Patricia,
so you post pictures of yourself huh? That means you are ready to receive critiques on yourself;). Your eyes are kind of intriguing and goes along very well with the theme of the picture, which is a bit mysterious becase the details are virtually absent. Of course we see Notre-Dame, peoples, lights, but the eyes only have two places to really rest:your face...and the rest. I like this picture for the soul that it has.
Good evening,
Marc

robertosalguero (292) 2006-12-12 23:43

Hello Patricia. I would say the most important part of the picture are the dark eyes on the bottom corner. Truly an excellent composition with good use of low light to accentuate the mood. The lights and the city on the back serve well as backdrop to the magic impossed by your face and eyes. Nice work, and very artistic.

Roberto

hickthom (358) 2006-12-12 23:59

Tres beau portrait spontane. Il est vrai que la balance entre ce qui est eclaire et noir est juste bonne. Le cote festif de l'exterieur avec toutes les illuminations est calme par la part calme et intime du portrait.

Un seul regret... Le grain, j'aurais prefere quelque chose de plus net.

Sinon, felicitations...

nostromo47 (803) 2006-12-13 2:55

Hola Patricia,

imagino que la foto te la hiciste a ti misma sin poder ver la composici... Pues la verdad es que la composici te qued� excelente, aunque seguro que tuviste que intentarlo var僘s veces hasta lograr el resultado deseado... ;)

Tambi駭 has hecho un muy buen trabajo de post-producci, por sus contrastes y texturas me recuerda mucho a una de las primeras fotos que sub� a TE.

En definitiva, una foto de gran grafismo que funciona perfectamente. Felicidades!!

Un cordial saludo.

Zepi (22848) 2006-12-13 2:55

Hello Patricia,
Mmmmmmmmmh, j誕dore ce genre d段mage percutante, c弾st plein de vie, parfaitement cadr� !
Le noir et blanc tr鑚 contrast�, ce gros grain en plus�.
J誕ccroche vraiment !
Super travail
A bient
S饕astien

nicoz (1979) 2006-12-14 10:02

Hi Patricia,
Clever shot! I like the way you're stuck in the bottom corner. It may be a bit to contrasty and ther might be slightly too much grain/noise to my tatse (although I like grain/noise), but it's only my POV.
Cool shot, your face is quite hypnotic!
Nicolas

ryno (6869) 2007-01-03 5:03

Hi Patricia, this is a great shot - very romantic and atmospheric and evocative of Parisian delights. I particularly like the grainy effect here. A well-planned and executed photo - and a great souvenir of Paris with yourself in it! Regards,
Ryno