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Photographer's Note

Street artist in La Rambla - Barcelona.

La Rambla or Les Rambles is the most famous street in Barcelona.
The wide boulevard connects the Plaça de Catalunya, a busy square, to the Monument a Colom, a tall column erected in honor of Christoffel Columbus.
The often crowded street is popular with tourists and locals alike.
The middle part of the Rambla is pedestrianized and bordered by trees. Kiosks, flower stalls, animal stalls and street artists are in abundance here. Traffic passes on either side of the pedestrian area.
The Rambla was originally a small stream flowing just outside the city walls. In the 16th century convents and a university were built along the river.
In the 19th century the city wall was torn down and buildings were erected along the now dried up river. The original buildings were torn down but they are remembered in some of the names of the five different parts of the Rambla. Even though it is one continuous street, it actually consists of five 'ramblas'.

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eleparc (24063) 2004-10-02 8:05

voila qn qui doit se tenir au courant... mais qui aurait pu acheter la presse espagnole pour faire plus couleur locale;-))
jaurais peut etre (contre toute attente et ŕ l'opposé des critiques récentes reçues... LOL) utilisé une ouverture plus grande encore pour perdre le fond et le flouter car il me dérange ici en faisant perdre la visibilité sur Mr Paper! ;-)

RandomCameraGuy (3071) 2004-10-03 0:49

Funny shot, nice expression, good DoF. Only I wish you were a little further back so that the whole newspaper could be seen. Also the subject needs to be contrasted from his background more (you can do this on PS by selecting the subject and copying to a new layer, then darken the background with the mid-tones bar in Levels).

Cheers!

flydragon (0) 2004-10-03 4:27

What new mr Paper ,o)

image tres drole
il y a des petites choses qui me gęne
la voiture grise et peu ętre un peu plus de jambes
bravo sylvie
bon weekend
simon

pridel (233) 2004-10-03 9:31

Sylvie
Ah oui !! il a bonne pose ici.
Compo verticale qui fonctionne bien, męme remarque que mes petits camarades, l'arričre plan phagocyte un peu le sujet principal.
Féliciations
Pascal
j'ai fait un ws ŕ ma maničre

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shutterbug (531) 2004-10-03 21:54

These are too funny Sylvie. I like the onlookers in the background. They look bewildered and I think they are blurry enough to not distract from the main subject:) This is a very informative note about the Rambla as well. I also saw your images on TrekLens you are very talented in catching these funny moments.

~Stacey

joseelias (0) 2004-10-04 8:48

Nice capture of this daily life scene. Beside the POV the low saturation of the colors is great. The shallow DOF as well the tilt add strenght to the composition.

agelaste (533) 2004-10-04 12:07

:) it's amazing,i like the moment he be shocked by himself(a newspaper-man).
and the couples behind with the bright Taxi sign gave us the impression:that was busy street,so how could he engaged in his work?does the artist keep that action for long?
btw,the living sculpture is rare here~

apazevedo (5469) 2004-10-15 16:16

Hi, Sylvie! Another very good photo with an also good and useful note. The position and the posture of the artist give an impression of movement that I really like. Good work!

adind (738) 2004-11-02 7:50

wonderful moment you have captured !
everything is perfect...photo of a 'newsmaker'

atis

jpdeloof (2546) 2005-01-20 11:54

Hi Hi sylvie
c'est le deuxičme mime que je vois, celui ci est un peu moins direct dans ses expressions si on peut dire. Couverts de journaux il se demande quelles nouvelles il pourrait lire, ouverture d'un musée pour le cosmos, recherche de travail, façon de purifier l'air, les petites annonces peut ętre ou la page humoristique, passons la politique car d'un journal ŕ l'autre et de jour en jour c'est la męme nouvelle .... tout ira bien, tout va bien .... Le seul usage du journal est tout compte fait de tenir au chaud, les coureurs cyclistes l'utilisent pour descendre les cols, les clochards pour se réchauffer les pieds.
Mime avais tu cette pensée en mimant cette scčne .

De nouveau trčs belle photo sylvie.
Bravo
JP

diaz_sanchez (0) 2005-03-22 16:53

hola:) spanish people are always like this :)) so funny:DI love this photo becoz of her pose:) really interesting Sylvie:)

saludos Marga

bip-bip (1837) 2005-03-22 17:21

Bonsoir Sylvie,
Un moment bien sympa que tu as capté lŕ.
Un ptit regret pour le journal et les jambes tronqués.
Amicalement,
Véro

alimo3 (6854) 2005-07-05 17:55

Bonsoir Sylvie,
visiblement les nouvelles sont bonnes en Espagne :-)
une image originale et trčs drôle.
Bravo.

Tom

jdwyer264 (1082) 2006-10-08 17:55

A great shot, love the motion you have captured and the composition is delightful. One of those shots where you just now you've caught something, that involuntary smile appears. TFS