Pictures of The Sound of Silence

Photographer	Avi {K:67755}
Project	#16 Poetry in Pictures	Camera Model	Canon 400D
Categories	Street	Film Format
Portfolio	Street/Candids	Lens	Canon
Uploaded	10/12/2007	Film / Memory Type	Digital
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Views	1223	Shutter
Favorites	2	Aperture	f/
Critiques	90	Rating	Critique Only Image
Location	City - State - Country - United States
About	I've come to talk with you again. Because a vision, softly creeping, left it's seeds while I was sleeping. (as suggested by my dear friend, Anupam)

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Dave Stacey

{K:138303} 10/12/2007

I like your perspective here, Avi, and the dof is perfect, to have the pedestrian just slightly out of focus.
Dave.

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Thanks very much, Dave !!

L L {K:11447} 10/12/2007

Avi perspective wise is great although the extra pavement seems to get the focus out from your subject. I cropped just to show the difference I feel in a plain frame seems more effective!!!
That’s my opinion doesn’t mean is the better one:)
Cheers,
Harry

aLi Naghizadeh {K:19447} 10/12/2007

Wonderful work by you dear Avi .. I love the composition and the depth of field here... it's awesome..
My best..
aLi

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

To tell you the truth, even I had cropped it like this once, before submitting the image. But then, I thought that maybe the extra pavement is kind of emphasizing the feeling of the single figure being alone in the place. That's why I kept it. But hey, thanks for this !!..

THIS is what I need !!!.. :)

Double Cheers !

Avi

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

One more think I would really like to learn from you - that is how to see a composition from a painter's perspective. Since I know that you have been an artist for quite some time, and I myself have some small experience there as well.

This, I feel, helps in photography in a BIG way.

Thanks, again !

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Thanks, my dear Ali !!

Phillip Minnis {K:13535} 10/12/2007

Hi Avi.

I've just been looking through the recent images in your portfolio. The longer you've been on this site, the more you work has improved. It is a pleasure to watch this progress. Keep it up, mate! You're doing well!

Cheers

Phil

L L {K:11447} 10/12/2007

This particular doesn't cut my eye of a painting
But some of your portfolio seems right for that,
What I will do later next week I will go trough and mark with a comment "Painting" What you think?
Cheers,
Harry
PS I feel the crop is necessary on this one but still it's a mater of taste :)

soumya {K:11096} 10/12/2007

bhalo perspective. mood well captured.

Fabrice Gourbilleau

{K:58376} 10/12/2007

Excellent Avi. This should deserve an award with such a mood in the way you captured it.
Congrats

Aniko Heart {K:25957} 10/12/2007

Dear Avi!

The textures in the foreground pavement lead the eye to the solitary figure. I like your crop. The tones and DOF are excellent.

Great work again, my friend!

All the Loving Best to you!
Aniko :)

Davor Briski {K:2342} 10/12/2007

Great mood !
regards
db

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Easily the most uplifting comment for me for SOME time now. And I can feel the sincereity with which you said it.

Thanks you ! Thanks you ! THANK YOU, Phil !!

Cheers !

Your friend.

txules .

{K:49653} 10/12/2007

yes, (amazing critic don't you think?) :)
jd

Phillip Minnis {K:13535} 10/12/2007

Avi, I meant it.

I hardly ever comment these days...I don't have the time, and I'm not as devoted to the site as I used to be.

When I saw this image, and looked through your other recent uploads, the progress was very obvious! I could not help but write and tell you. :)

Take care!

Phil

Alessandro Capelli {K:34632} 10/12/2007

Great shot dear Avi!
I like the point of view and the perspective!
Great BW..and great title!
Ale

Larry Fosse {K:66252} 10/12/2007

Excellent diagonal perspective & POV ...well done Avi

Paolo Corradini

{K:58258} 10/12/2007

unusual point of view so impressive
really well captured my friend!
;)

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

I have noticed the fact that your interactions on UF has really thinned down a LOT these days. That is why I felt SO SPECIAL when I saw this comment from you.

I know whom I can count on !! :)

Cheers, mate !

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

That would be great Harry; but actually I meant something else. I was asking, what are the small things that you would urge me to note while making a composition. What are those little nuances, the small details, add this, leave out that.. you know what I mean, which gives it a perfect sense of accomplishment for an artist's mind.

Hope I am not botehring you too much. :)

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Thanks re !!

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Thank you SO MUCH dear Fab !!!

(wish you were the Editor !!... LOL..)

Have a great weekend !
Cheers !

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Thanks so much Aniko !!!

Hugs,
Avi

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Thanks dear Davor !!

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Sometimes a nod means a thousand words, my friend !!!! :)

Cheers and have a good weekend (if your patients let you have it !! LOL !!)

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Thanks very much, dear Ale !!

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Thanks Larry !!!

Marian Man {K:73860} 10/12/2007

wow!!! fine tones and great DOF in this one dear Avi!!!
excellent composition - and mood...
I like it a lot
all the best
MArian

Subhrajit Basu {K:3158} 10/12/2007

bhalo hoyechhe Avi, really, just wanted to add that since u've chosen a good pov, try it with some dynamic subject. this particular goes very well too, laid back, but some more action, children playing, old lady in contrast (u get the drift?) may look interesting too... i will try it some day may be.

Hussam AL_ Khoder {K:75405} 10/12/2007

Good idea and nice angle!
Well done,

Avi

{K:67755} 10/12/2007

Thanks so much, Paolo !!

Avi

{K:67755} 10/13/2007

Thanks, dear Marian !!

Avi

{K:67755} 10/13/2007

Yes, I get the idea. Hmmm.. it might work .. but it will be a different picture. The sense of loneliness and melancholy will go, but that's ok.

Thanks, Subhra !

Avi

{K:67755} 10/13/2007

Many thanks, Hussam !!

Aniko Heart {K:25957} 10/13/2007

Credit where credit's due Dear Avi!

You're welcome!

Hugs~
Aniko :)

vanessa shakesheff {K:66126} 10/13/2007

Like the dof here ...good candid street shot...nessa

Avi

{K:67755} 10/13/2007

Thanks very much, Nessa !!

Mohammad Porooshani {K:20705} 10/13/2007

Dear Avi,
Such a great work here, really simple but very deep for me.
You know, I always love your shots, I don't know why, but they all have some kindness that I think it has a deep rot in your personality, I'm sure no eyes can see what the soul can't see itself, so, this softness, this tenderness has something to do with your soul. Such a sensitive soul can feel comfort in this view you post here, no matter how is the composition, color tone or any other technical stuff, the mind is beauty.
Keep up these good works, I will always love to see your valuable works,
Very well done.
Mohammad Porooshani

Avi

{K:67755} 10/13/2007

Dear Mohammad,

First of all, welcome back. Did I miss you ? Ohhhh YESS !!!.. I will hope that I will see some of your excellent work in UF now.

As for my work, I guess you DO know me a little. So you can connect with my thought process. I am SO HAPPY to find that the depth, the intensity of my thoughts, which I try to portray through my photos is understood very well by such a dear friend. You really made my day, yaar !!

Salaam, and a big hug !
Avi

Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen {K:55797} 10/14/2007

Excellent title for this moody, quiet photo, Avi- it could work as a CD-cover for the old Simon&Garfunkel:-)
Take care
Annemette

PK- Photos {K:13287} 10/14/2007

like your perspective and the background out of focus
Ciao, Pia

Avi

{K:67755} 10/14/2007

Ha ha .. now when you say so, I think it is possible, indeed !! :)

Thanks, dear Anne !

Avi

{K:67755} 10/14/2007

Thanks Pia !!! :)

Anupam Dasgupta {K:1345} 10/14/2007

bhalo laglo...."because a vision softly creeping, left its seeds...."

Avi

{K:67755} 10/14/2007

Ohhh.. ki bolechhish re !!!.. Fatafati.. ami eta use korbo ei chhobi-r 'About' e ?? Permission chaichhi...

Joao Sousa {K:1796} 10/14/2007

Great shot, nice perspective in this black and white.

Doyle D. Chastain

{K:100828} 10/14/2007

I love this Avi!!! Excellent!!!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

Srna Stankovic

{K:142206} 10/14/2007

Marvelous my dear Avi !!!
You know I do love it !!!
Hugsssssssssssssssss
Srna

Doyle D. Chastain

{K:100828} 10/14/2007

Incidentally . . . I agree with Minnis . . . your work is getting SO much better . . . and your crop choice was perfect!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

Doyle D. Chastain

{K:100828} 10/14/2007

FAV! ...and I don't say that often!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

Avi

{K:67755} 10/15/2007

Thanks a lot, dear Joao !!

Avi

{K:67755} 10/15/2007

Thanks for all those wonderful words.. which cloud am I on ?? lemme see.... mmm, WHY, it's 9 !!!!!! :) :)

Cheers !

Avi

{K:67755} 10/15/2007

Thanks very very much, my dear Srna !!!

Hugss back !!
Avi

Anupam Dasgupta {K:1345} 10/15/2007

dhurr..permission-er abar ki aache...jodi chaitei hoy tahole simon&gurfunkel-er kaache chao

Avi

{K:67755} 10/15/2007

Onader to aar haater kachhe pachhi na, tai tor permission niyei diye dilam .. :)

Momento Eterno (Carmen Spitznagel) {K:1099} 10/16/2007

i can hear it. well composed,
i love the mood,
regards
carmen

Nick Karagiaouroglou

{K:126841} 10/16/2007

Featured Critique
E*x*c*e*l*l*e*n*t! Perfect control of focus for creating the scene, that might have been different in reality but reveals its essence on the image! The concentration of focus on the foreground and the gradual dissolving of the depth takes much of the importance of the walking person! It is only a person, who knows who, walking on the *street* - the scene itself! I've seen many street images but just a few of them manage to draw its special kind of isolation as well as this images does!

Hat off again!

Nick

Avi

{K:67755} 10/16/2007

Thanks Carmen. It is an honour for me to receive a critique from you !!!

Cheers !

Avi

{K:67755} 10/16/2007

Thanks Nick.. you make me feel special... everytime.. :)

Cheers, mate !

Gianes Ma {K:25899} 10/17/2007

Beautiful and very fascinating scene.
...And the b/w tones create a lot of atmosphere also.
Congratulations Avi!
G.

Nick Karagiaouroglou

{K:126841} 10/17/2007

If I do that, Avi, it's only the result of your images!

Cheers and keep it up!

Nick

a. gianfranco baccelli {K:20822} 10/17/2007

Well done! Beautiful compo and great b&w tones.

Avi

{K:67755} 10/17/2007

Thanks SO MUCH, dear Gianes !!!!

Avi

{K:67755} 10/17/2007

And now. let me have the honour of congratulating my very special friend, whose comments have been nothing short of pristine, on my work, as well as others.

I really and truly respect the time you take to see, evaluate and then write a critique (much contrary to what I do .. LOL !!)

Congrats and Cheers, Nick !!!!

Avi

{K:67755} 10/17/2007

Thanks very much, my dear Alberto !!!

Nick Karagiaouroglou

{K:126841} 10/18/2007

You are very welcome, Avi! And I thank you for the extra "gratification"!

Cheers again - and where's my scotch? ;-)

Nick

Roberto Arcari Farinetti

{K:192044} 10/18/2007

i remeber this..
great!
roby

H P {K:1372} 10/18/2007

very very nice picture. strong relation to simon & garfunkel song.

regards.

Avi

{K:67755} 10/19/2007

This is the same place Roby, but not the same shot.

Thanks,
Avi

Avi

{K:67755} 10/19/2007

Thanks !!

Cheers !

absynthius . {K:19001} 10/19/2007

Great perspective, and very moody one Avi. I like the energy of it, as everything moves into one direction, really great!
regards,
V.

Noemi Jurado {K:8694} 10/19/2007

Congratulations on the award Avi! Very well captured.

L L {K:11447} 10/19/2007

Hi Avi, No offense seems any time I leave a critic on a popular photographer notice a surge of a sympathetic sometime to extreme praise that’s one main reason
Photography here depends on commentary friends and not the actual!Tired of this high balloon air, rather stay a way my self from giving critics!!!!
Cheers,
Harry

Avi

{K:67755} 10/19/2007

Thanks Visar !!!

Avi

{K:67755} 10/19/2007

ha ha .. there's no award, Noemi. Nick got a featured critique for his comment on this shot.

Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend !

Avi

{K:67755} 10/19/2007

Don't mind Harry.. just BE yourself. At least to me. We have promised each otehr that - right ??

Have a great weekend ! :)

L L {K:11447} 10/19/2007

It's just not right, Avi, I have always given best possible advise for the benefit of the photographer, I know my works... and I learn trough with less ignorance, of course I'm human but it doesn't make sense when the majority of the photographers here praising no matter what it is...even good photographers uploading crops and there no single advice or correction. It seems odd for someone to step out and say something, any way sorry again for posting my concern….
Cheers,
Harry

Noemi Jurado {K:8694} 10/19/2007

Ding-Dong! Sorry Avi :) Still to have YOUR image posted on the main page, How cool is that!! Congrats :) Same goes for Nick!

Avi

{K:67755} 10/20/2007

Harry, it is not possible for us to change the world. But think abouth this: if you could make a difference to even one man, isn't that worth the effort ??

Best to you my friend,
always,
Avi

Avi

{K:67755} 10/20/2007

ha ha.. have a great weekend !!

L L {K:11447} 10/20/2007

Agree, Avi, thank you! I just had to get this out:
Cheers,
Harry

PS:See my next post you might like it :)

Branimir Fagarazzi {K:38367} 10/23/2007

Excellent work

mahassa bahri {K:10958} 10/23/2007

wonderful Avi,
love the exposure and the B/W chosen here,
very poetic,
all the best, mahassa

Avi

{K:67755} 10/24/2007

Thanks very much, Fago !!

Julie Salles {K:22597} 3/27/2008

Oh yes Avi, I agree with you 100%. This is fantastic.

shafagh kalhor {K:2042} 10/17/2008

Excellent
nostalgic and soft
I like it

Ali Khodadadi {K:117} 10/17/2008

Romantic

;)

Malules Fernandez

{K:34905} 10/17/2008

CONGRATULATIONS!
by this well-deserved award. It is a good work, Avi.

Hugs,
Malules

Judson Borges {K:4008} 12/20/2008

Great perspective!! You changed a simple street scene in a excelent picture doing a master use of your lenses.
My best regards, Judson.

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