Portsmouth 6, a photo from Hampshire, England

Photographer's Note

The statue of the boy in Portsmouth. Instead of a frontal view, I liked the idea of showing what he is seeing. In the WS you can see his portrait and that he doesn't like, when people climb on him.
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Nikon D700, Nikon 24-70 at 50 mm, f11, 1/60, iso 100. PP: Silver Effex, Fine Art.

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Tue (92322) 2019-09-08 13:40

Hello Gyorgy,
A great view of the harbour, I really like the vertical composition and the juxtaposition of the sculpture and the large sailboat. Excellent sharpness and clarity as well.
Lars

ifege (48019) 2019-09-08 20:48

Hi Gyorgy
A well composed photo letting us see what the "boy" is seeing. Excellent contrast per usual.
Cheers

emka (158092) 2019-09-09 0:01

Hello Gyorgy, Nice statue of the boy and he has a wonderful view of the harbour. Why he doesn't like that someone would loki to sit on his knees? :). In colour it would be fine too but I like this black and white picture very much.

Kind regards MAlgo

holmertz (102650) 2019-09-09 1:49

Hello György,
On the thumbnail it's not immediately evident the boy is not a real boy. This was definitely the best way to show the statue from a much more interesting angle than a regular "portrait". It's not a bad view of the port, and as long as he isn't disturbed by climbers he probably enjoys sitting here. This could probably also have been in colours, but I don't disagree with your choice of B&W since the composition as such seems more important than the colours.
Best wishes,
Gert
PS I will soon start posting a lot of B&W photos. Very ugly ones.

PaulVDV (62880) 2019-09-09 2:09

Hello Gy,
Good choice of point of view.
Very good composition.
Great to show the statue together with a part of the harbour.
Best regards, Paul

cornejo (61504) 2019-09-09 4:41

Hello Gyorgy, great black and white photograph of this beautiful and interesting composition, very well captured in this beautiful image, with good sharpness, light and quality. Very good and interesting work perfectly done, my congratulations my friend. Thank you for sharing this beautiful work.

Good afternoon and happy start to the week.
Best wishes from southern Spain.
Angel.

jhm (211736) 2019-09-09 5:14

Hello Gy,

The face of the boy on your addtional picture is perfect taken.
An excellent picture with the decorative statue
Wonderful image, a nice composition.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice day,
John

Royaldevon (85896) 2019-09-10 6:43

Hello Gyorgy,

A fine study of this boy statue.
It is interesting to see the statue from a different viewpoint.
Have you used silver fx?
The sheens on the statue seem to indicate that.

Have a lovely day,
Bev :-)

worldcitizen (16048) 2019-09-11 17:06

Hello Gyorgy,
I like seeing the harbor through this young boy's eyes. :-) That statue is very life-like, and he has the perfect seat to watch the boats. The choice of B/W is also very nice. I almost feel like we're intruding on this boy's private spot to steal a peek of this view.

macjake (98438) 2019-09-15 4:16

Hi Gy
excellent WS photos to make it funny and interesting :)
I wonder if he ever gets bored of the same view, perhaps he'd appreciate it if he could be turned around every once in a while hahaha. fun shot, I like your choice of pov. unusual and effective. cheers
Craig