watch out !, a photo from Geneva, West

Photographer's Note

We went to the old town, Geneva, and there was some event organized by the local schools there, a parents-children-school gathering with some spectacles performed by the students. They hired also some artists for acrobatics, jugling and musics.

Funny you see, despite the efforts made by this artist, juggling with fire torches, but no adults saw him. only kids still enchanted by his performance (and an amatir photographer hehehe..). maybe as adult, we are not easy to be fascinated again ?

I did selective colors here with PS, only to emphasize how this colorful artist was detached, separated with his surrounding. (the original I put in WS)

Slana, athos99, Tue, weswang, singuanti, ChrisJ, jafadabret, Quentin, alvaraalto has marked this note useful

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Slana (393) 2006-03-23 14:03

Hi Cessy
This is a superb photo! Great idea to make the background B&W. Well captured fire. Bravo. And thanks for sharing.

Lana

nostromo47 (803) 2006-03-23 15:02

Muy interesante composici llena de movimiento :)

athos99 (6894) 2006-03-23 16:24

Salut Cessy
Ce Couleur / noir blanc est superbe, et passe tr鑚 bien.
J'aime l'attitude de c jongleur et du spectateur du fond, il a un c� "famille Adams".
La composition est aussi tr鑚 bien faite.

coco (30439) 2006-03-23 16:26

Hi Cessy.
Nice and also attractive work.
You has combined in a nice way the black and way and the colour.
Well done.

Tue (93504) 2006-03-23 16:47

Hej Cessy,
Great photo of this artist at a very good moment. The choice for a B&W background was also very good. Well done and thanks for sharing!
Hilsner,
Lars

weswang (18247) 2006-03-23 20:54

Hi Cessy, A nice action shot to show the guy juggling with the fire. Nice partial B&W process to focus on the young man in the front. Nice capture of the actions and the expression of the juggler.

singuanti (15250) 2006-03-23 22:31

Hi Cessy. You know one of these days I'm going to remember to try this. It doesn't work for every shot as it has to be a special situation that would allow for it like the detached nature of the juggler. Excellent shot Cessy.

jasmis (58653) 2006-03-24 3:35

Dynamic, full of expression. Perfect shot. Regards.

alekpet (4663) 2006-03-24 4:18

Hi Cessy.

That is a great photo.
Framing is great, caturing burning flames all over, the concentration on his face immence.
Desaturation certainly bring more focus to the performer.

take care, Aleks

ChrisJ (172436) 2006-03-24 4:44

Hi cessy

A good daily life scene & an excellent decision to partially desaturate. Good pov & decisive moment. Bagus sekali!

jafadabret (56501) 2006-03-24 13:54

Cessy, j'aime le regard de cet artiste fix� sur son travail. Pour le mettre en 騅idence tu n'as pas h駸it� � le laisser seul en couleur. Bien vu !
Jacques

MvS (4163) 2006-03-26 6:07

Nice PP work you done here. I guess this kind of danger comes with the job...
Well done,
Magnus

munki (1305) 2006-03-29 6:49

Hi Cessy,

Great street action shot! I like the sharpeness and expression of the juggler and the black and white background.
congratulations!
Marcos

Quentin (5280) 2006-04-04 1:17

Salut Cessy
Tr鑚 joli la d駸aturation partielle, c'est tr鑚 bien r饌lis�!
J'aime aussi l'expression du jongleur, on voit bien toute la
concentration n馗essaire. Bien vu!
Quentin

john_c (24666) 2006-04-06 12:38

Hi Cessy,
What an amazing scene you have captured. This is dramatically presented in the portrait format, and the flame really snares the eye. I like the largely B&W motif, with the focussed colour on the performer. Very fine work, Cessy. This is a keeper.
John

Kenny10pin (19301) 2006-04-07 10:39

great shot, I like the b/w shot, the colous aded are also very nice, great work overall, well done

alvaraalto (42842) 2006-04-08 16:04

Hi Cessy,
Excellent choice to use partly Black and White here. It accentuate all that fire in this beautiful picture.
Groet Rob

elBud (2237) 2007-02-22 12:44 [Comment]