In the Blue Corner Photo

Photographer’s Note

Bundi is often described as the undiscovered jewel of Rajasthan.

Surrounded on three sides by the thickly forested Aravilli Hills, this walled town has retained much of its historic character.

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During my visit in India, I had the priviledge to meet for the first time and spend ten days with the talented and charming miss Wanda van den Hogen (TE member Wanda1 - please have a look at the workshop for photos).

On our last day together, we've shared a lunch with sir Chatterjee Angshuman (TE member Angshu) for a quick but memorable meeting.

sevy, bibiweb, robertosalguero, luisafonso, cbrman, pauloog, Floydian, Dpbours, xavshot, cherryripe, hispic, zeca, Philippe, pboehringer, Angshu, everlasting, happypoppeye trouve(nt) cette note utile

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yquem46 (7832) 2009-05-17 23:18

Hi André
probably I could writte in french but I'm not sure !
I think this the first opportunity that I have to comment one of your posts
Simply gorgeous: nice posture, look and attitude, the contrast of this superb blue wall/door with his scarf and turban, the stick in his hands, the shoes on the stair case ....
In the line of the best posts by scalerman
I'm glad to have one more TEian posting on India
I'll sure go browse your gallery asap
very enthusisat with this one in any case
Cheers
patrick

robertosalguero (2763) 2009-05-17 23:22

Hi Andre,

I like the contrast of colours created by the turban. This is an interesting and well composed image as you placed the subject on the lighter side of the wall. Good details and light. Thanks Andre :-)

Roberto

patdeph (17712) 2009-05-17 23:28

bonjour André
ah,ça y est,tu es rentré chez toi!Et bien dis donc,comme première photo de ton long voyage,tu ne pouvais choisir mieux,elle est splendide!J'adore cet homme niché dans son petit coin!Et quel beau coin,aux superbes tonalités bleues,et plein de magnifiques détails!Les couleurs du turban font un très beau contraste,et il y a un tel rendu sur la douceur de l'écharpe,que j'aimerais bien y toucher!Cettephoto est si belle qu'elle mérite bien sa place dans mon thème sur l'Inde!
Amitiés
Pascale

wolf38 (12688) 2009-05-17 23:29

Hello Andre. My acknowledgment for this masterful photo. For me it is a photographic maximum performance. Best regards, Wolfgang.

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vincz (19039) 2009-05-17 23:53

Et bien te voila de retour apres un long voyage. Sans aucun doute beaucoup de belles images en perspective, celle-ci etant vcraiment superbe. Bleu, bleu et bleu, sauf sur l'homme lui-meme, meme la semelle des chaussures n'echappe pas a la regle. La compo est extra, on ne pourrait guere faire mieux. Bien content de te revoir. A bientot.

maltese (21535) 2009-05-18 0:03

Salut André
Une superbe réalisation pour cette photo, tout est au rendez vous, couleur, exposition et pose bien saisie pour l'homme.
Du très bon travail!!
Amicalement
Hervé

bibiweb (8) 2009-05-18 0:24

Coucou cousin,

Contente de voir que tu es de retour après un si long voyage.

J'aime bien ta photo avec type assis bien droit en tailleur sur son piédestal. Ce qui me fait marrer c'est qu'au moment où j'écris ces lignes j'ai exactement la même position que lui.. sur ma chaise de bureau (eh oui, je fais partie de ces personnes qui sont incapables de s'assoir "correctement" sur une chaise).

Chouette portrait comme d'habitude où l'orange de son turban attire bien l'oeil au milieu de tout ce bleu.

Bon j'te laisse... j'imagine que tu dois avoir 3 millions de choses à faire avant samedi et ton prochain départ... :-P

Bizzz
Bibi

trekks (14262) 2009-05-18 0:28

bonjour Andre

Since your critique sometime ago, I am waiting for your travel post and it is now here with opener from India and what a treat, another 2 photos of the South African beauty in WS. I am envious, spending 10 days with her, ending at lunch with Angshuman.

So finally your post from India trip. And I wonder what happened to your Japan trip. Now I see in intro of Quebec/Vancouver! I am excited about this road trip, because I had taken a VW Bug roadtrip travel from New Brunswick to Vancourver/Seattle and back the USA way to Maritimes province of New Brunswick again but without photography as a main hobby. I am surely looking forward to your travelogue to that cross-Canada tour.

I think the blue wall caught my attention together with the cross legs, shoes and stick. This looks so much different if the legs are on the ground. The orange turban stands out very nicely.

And one thing I notice, you made perfectly sure the vertical lines stay that way :)

The man's staring look is incredible, a little smile. Great work and I wait for the next...

tfs, bill

delkoo (34194) 2009-05-18 0:54

bonjour andré;
une tres belle interprétation de l'homme statue , revisité a la sauce indienne, cadrage precis et couleurs agréables justifies la publication de cette photo.

didier

sevy (13296) 2009-05-18 1:03

Bonjour Andre,

Ca faisait un moment. Content de te voir de retour; surtout avec des images comme celle ci.
Tout y est: la couleur, la composition, le regard direct et present et les chaussures pour donner un coté reel.

Yves.

faubry (32281) 2009-05-18 1:04

Bonjour André, que je suis contente de te revoir ici, cela faisait trop longtemps...tu es resté combien de temps absent???
cet homme et comme une statue gardant un temple,une symphonie en bleu!! superb première photo, j attends la suite avec impatience
amitiés
francine

Nicou (44553) 2009-05-18 2:29

Hello andré,

ta criqutique enst pleine d'humour et me fait très plaisir.

Les oulies au sole, la position de ton personnage est mangigique, très belle image avec ces tons bleutés, moi même après 15 ans de gym je n'arriverai jamais à me ternire de cette façon, superbe.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

barrufeto_77 (25705) 2009-05-18 2:35

Hi Andre.

Nice to see you again. How are you? I hope you'll be fine of course. And the new job? Amazing? Toni and Nikky in Switzerland (who will be in Barcelona next weekend and I were talking about your trip there hahahahahahaha)

A lovely picture of course. An excellent portrait of the real life.

My compliments!
PS: Will you be more active? :P

jonathan_hart (22570) 2009-05-18 2:54

l'intérieur des chaussures est assorti aux murs, sinon, son métier c'est de faire la statue? c'est intrigant de voir un tel piédestal... y aurait-il une statue derrière cet homme?
intéressantes ces couleurs
jc

Poet (354) 2009-05-18 3:01

Great picture, great composition, nice colors, much impact in the picture, I love it.

luisafonso (858) 2009-05-18 3:08

Aannnnnnnnnnnddddddddddrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
I am so happy that you're here! I was the trip! Email me with all the details!
This photo is priceless. Blue is indeed my favorite color and those shoes (with blue interior) are a great element on the photo. So meaningful. Love the colors here. That golden turban is great.

yaya13baut (2277) 2009-05-18 3:50

hi Andre,
great colours for this well done portrait of this qiet man, sat in front of his door.
A good composition with the shoes at his bottom.
Yannis

cbrman (18796) 2009-05-18 3:57

Hello André,

De retour sur TE ! Eh bien cela me fait plaisir de te revoir sur le site !
Tu deviens un adeptes des longs voyages.
Ta photographie a pourtant l'air de parler de maison et de gardien. Comme-ci tu étais tout de même heureux de rentrer chez toi.
Cette personne semble protéger l'entrée de sa maison et le tout baigne dans des couleurs superbes et très naturelles.
A bientôt...

Dominique

BennyV (4628) 2009-05-18 5:23

Bonjour Andre,

Terrific shot with magical blues, the blue touch in the shoes is so great. I like the man's posure, posing, like a statue, yet with a look which is very alive. But it's those shoes that are the finishing touch!

Benny

Wanda1 (10923) 2009-05-18 5:41

Hi Andre,
Well here it is, your first upload from your very long trip and what a great one it is to start off with. You are right about all the blues they are great...from the light blue of the walls to the dark blue of the door to the cool blue of the inners of his shoes... and amongst all the blue you have the orange of his turban standing out. He sits well positioned on the small ledge which seems to be just the right size for him.
Wanda

pauloog (6398) 2009-05-18 6:29

Hello Andre,
A fine view and portrait from incredible India. Beautiful colours and the shoes provide a well balancved and pleasant detail.
Regards,
Paul

Floydian (30970) 2009-05-18 8:03

Hey Giant,

You were showing me this one at my house from your little travel machine. You were very happy with this one and although i saw some others too which i probably liked more, i told you that it are the shoes, the stick and way the colour balance go which makes this one very special.
You most have tons of material and from what i saw you could post on forever.
Do first the things you need to do with all these images, TE is not the first priority...but you know that already ;-)
Good to see you back again...probably heading west the coming days?
Let's keep in touch my friend..!!!

Cheers,

Henk

fayeulle (26543) 2009-05-18 8:15

Salut André
Ben te voici de retour et un départ est déjà planifié...
Bon j'aime l'attitude de ce mec qui laisse ses tatanes au sol.
Tu n'as pas été tenté de shooter dedans ?
Amitié
JP

scalerman (25723) 2009-05-18 9:30

André: great to see your lurking the TE mires once again... a perfect environmental portrait in every way - a fortuitous catch - and strikingly beautiful. c

corniste (4214) 2009-05-18 9:45

Salut André,

Très content de te revoir après un sacré break... J'aime ce personnage qui semble si cool dans sa position, mais qui te regarde avec beaucoup d'attention! C'est très bien d'avoir cadré en prenant ses chaussures... Un élément indispensable de sa personnalité!

Bonne soirée,

jeff

stevesaba (3722) 2009-05-18 10:12

Hi Andre!
Been a while since I have visited your gallery...always a pleasure. The latest one is great. Really great composition....and all in blues, except for the wonderful man of course. Even the inside of his shoes are blue. Very pleasing photo! Great work, cheers,
Steve

MarcT (21093) 2009-05-18 10:24

Salut André,
Content de te retrouver après tes aventures au pays des maharajahs. Il avait fière allure ton sujet et je peux comprendre que Wanda a ramené du soleil dans ta vie :o)
Amitiés
Marc

P-S-I-G (24482) 2009-05-18 11:22

Salut André,
Très heureux d'avoir le plaisir de te revoir sur TE. Je suis sûr que l'on va se régaler de tes nombreuses photos prises pendant ton long voyage.
Ici, j'aime comment les couleurs nous offrent une sorte d'harmonie qui accompagne bien l'attitude de cet homme. Claire, explicite et très belle évocation de l'Inde.
Amicalement,
Fabrice

Dpbours (218) 2009-05-18 11:50

Hi Andre,

Nice one! The sharpness is great and the whole pose, the off center placement is just wonderful. Also love the gaze in your direction!
I met Angshu some months ago when I was in Delhi. Unfortunately the last time I was there was 3 to 4 weeks ago and by that time he had moved for his work. My organization unfortunately does not have an office in Rajasthan ;-).

Greetings!
Dennis

xavshot (62267) 2009-05-18 12:23

Bonsoir André
content de te revoir sur TE... après le retour de Bibi, ça fait une autre bonne nouvelle. Les couleurs sont superbes ici. belles nuances de bleus et bon positionnement du personnage dans cet ensemble. Bravo.
Xavier

gilou530 (35051) 2009-05-18 12:34

salut andré
ca y est la fin du périple est arrivé?
un super portrait bien typique de ce beau pays que j'ai aussi visité, une belle posture de ce personnage haut en couleurs et style
amitiés
gilbert

marietom (31800) 2009-05-18 12:42

salut André,

Ca y est, de retour ?
Géniale, cette image, aux couleurs magnifiques. Jolie expression, et j'aime bien les chaussons qui attendent !
Bonne soirée
Bises
Marie

cherryripe (18869) 2009-05-18 12:47

Salut André
Supersympa de te revoir parmi nous. L'image est magnifique. Tout y est: la pose et regard du type, ses habits colorés, le placement des chaussures et l'architecture attractive. La nettété est impeccable aussi. J'espère que tu as réussi à vendre assez d'images pour payer ton voyage.

Je viens de voir ton intro. T'es quand-même un peu fou. Juste dommage que nos chemins ne se croiseront pas car effectivement nous traverserons l'Atlantique en juillet.

Bises
Nikki

CLODO (4104) 2009-05-18 12:57

Hi Andre
a well balanced picture, with orange turban contrasting with the overall blue, and a very quiet posture of the man.
Well done
CLODO

gneufeld (15167) 2009-05-18 19:04

Hi andre,
This is awesome. I am impressed by the portraiture setting with all the elements in perfect order. Stunning colors and the clarity and sharpness is superb. Extremelty well done and TFs. Gerald

hispic (7399) 2009-05-18 20:09

Hi Andre,
His eyes staring fixedly at you have been captured with a perfect framing by the proficient photographer. He seems to want to become a statue. Very humorous shot.
Regards, Hisashi

zeca (20026) 2009-05-19 8:11

Very nice portrait, André! Lots of good details around to keep a little more attention due to the excellent composition. I like the crop in the architecture and that old shoes are really very nice detail. Well done!
Regards,
Zeca

Philippe (11769) 2009-05-20 11:56

Bonjour, André. Les couleurs de l'Inde! De très beaux tons de bleu en arrière-plan (et même les semelles intérieures des chaussures sont bleues) permettent à ton sujet de bien se détacher. En plus, il a une sarbacane qui ferait rêver tous les gamins de ma rue ;o). La porte à gauche équilibre bien la composition. Une belle réussite.
Bonne journée et bon voyage à la découverte de ton pays,
Philippe

Angshu (33561) 2009-05-21 0:31

Hello Andre
Goood to see you back my friend! And the small note, reminded me of the little but lovely chat we shared. Am glad you elected to post a shot from Bundi as your first post from india this time. I am also glad that you took my suggestion to go there ;-). The man stares at you, almost like boring into you, his turban contrasts with the cool shades of blue around. Small but interesting part is that the insole of his shoe is also blue. Can't wait to see the next uploads from my country especially Kerala, which you so much liked!
And thanks a lot for the pix of Wanda...the Humayun tomb picture was the same day as our lunch...she's wearing the same dress
Best regards
Angshu

pboehringer (770) 2009-05-21 2:05

Hello Mr. I'm Back!
What a delight to see something put of your office and extensive travel through Asia. The blue contrasting with the yellow is formidable and the little detail of the shoes on the ground is priceless.
Peter

everlasting (10898) 2009-05-26 3:48

A fine composition Andre, nice placement. Not only is the blue background so striking its the details that make it for me, the shoes, the stick, the pose.

KevRyan (22350) 2009-06-22 14:52

Extra-ordinary classical composition if that is not a contradiction in terms - again, beautifully rendered and great attention to compositional detail - one of those shots that sets me pining for India!

tc Kev

happypoppeye (4060) 2009-09-23 22:24

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