About the Bench, a photo from Podlaskie, East

Photographer's Note

About Poland. Page One.
About the Bench

It all started here, in Drohiczyn.
Few years ago I bought a wooden house near river Bug. My first trip was to Drohiczyn, few kilometers from my place. A lovely, quiet, forgotten town on the cliff of the river Bug.
It all started here - Drohiczyn opened up for me that unknown region of Podlasie where so many cultures mixed and blended together.
Where so many stories were told.
Where I met so many nice people who helped me fall in love with the country.
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About Poland. My new series which will last for a month or so, I think.
You'll meet different places I visited over the last year or so.
Some of the pictures will be postcardish (JG, promise to warn me, please, if I get too close to the line :-)).
Some will not fit my main streamline.
Some might be really strange.
My goal is to take you by the hand and show you the beauty of this land.
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For the first installment I decided to post some "classical" bantonbuju work as I find Drohiczyn and its people completely responsible for my passion for the "real life" photography. I was so much in love with these people from the very first moment I saw them sitting like that. A chat with all of them was a cherry on the cake.

cengiz, sebcz, ninaL, jlynx, Cuba-Junky, luisafonso, stego, AiresSantos, starbug, sufi, Vato_Law heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

Critiques | Translate

jasmis (58653) 2006-10-11 3:33

Wspamiały zbiorowy portret kobiet z dwoma facetami w tle. Takie są niestety proporcje w pewnym wieku. Mocna perspektywa i jak zwykle opis koresponduje ze zdjęciem. Pozdrawiamn.

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2006-10-11 3:54

Hi J.

Nice portraits... The dof is lovely. Great. The colours are good as well.

I'll be waiting your pictures of that area I couldn't visit!!! (next time I'll do)

Rgs, Oscar

cengiz (3593) 2006-10-11 3:56

very nice cadrage and good point of view
cengiz

fotonick66 (1420) 2006-10-11 4:08

Hi Jerzy,
that's really a great shot. Nice choice of DOF with the first lady in a mgnificent sharpness.
Atmosphere, colours and POV are really fine.
Well done.
Regards,
Nick

sebcz (2345) 2006-10-11 4:08

Fajna laweczka, moglbys brak kazdą z tych osob do osobnego portretu. Glebia ostrosci koncentruje się tylko na pierwszej, ale reszta jest na tyle wyraźna, że po chwili i tam oko błądzi.
No, to pooglądamy całą serię :)
Pozdrawiam
Seb

ninaL (21348) 2006-10-11 4:09

Pieknie uchwycone wyrazy twarzy i spojrzenia. Zapomnialam juz o tym, ale spedzilam dwa tygodnie de Drohiczynie ponad 20 lat temu...

maki (0) 2006-10-11 4:23

Juz kiedys miales podobne, tylko z wiekszej odleglosci i na wprost. To jest chyba jeszcze lepsze, bo profile tych osob stworzyly niesamowita podlaska mieszanke, prawdziwy rarytas... I nie moge sie oprzec mysli, ze tak wyglada (oczywiscie w przenosni) kolejka do nieba bram :)
Doskonala ekspresja!!!
pozdrawiam,
maki

jinju (14265) 2006-10-11 4:38

Heh about Poland to chyba u ciebie Jurku normalka no nie? Tak jakbym ja mial zaczynac serie "About Korea":) Samo zdjecie bardzo fajne, twoj schemat czyli blisko, blisko i jeszcze blizej ciekawych ludzi.

faubry (35447) 2006-10-11 4:45

hello jerzy, i like expression from the firs woman!!! very athentic shot, natural, i think like roman people! the same on the beach
have a good day
francine

brevbrev14 (140) 2006-10-11 5:14

Hi Jerzy, beautiful your POV here!very interesting the look of all the people!a multi portrait taken perfectly!

Ciao!

Valeria

Furachan (0) 2006-10-11 7:11

Man,that is some bench, J. What I would call a DEEP bench... Your camera does not disturn them but simply records them in comfort and peace, like a whisper...
-F

ps Tell me about the D200 - this will suprise me but for what I do (fast moving scenes in an urban environment. The Eos 5D for all its high iso virtues is deathly SLOOOOW, I already noticed that more than a yeat ago when I first wrote a report abut it. Remember? Now it is a problem. I played with Shailendra'S D200 and it is FAST, man, and very well built, logical layout and...waterproof (very important for me also). When you have a minute...

jlynx (12647) 2006-10-11 8:19

Witaj Jurek,
I na co¶ takiego w³asnie czeka³em. Kompozycja, kolor i ostro¶æ planów - to wszystko jak u Ciebie, solidnie pouk³adane. Osobi¶cie dostrzegam te¿ przekaz w którym pokazujesz wieczna sztafetê...
Pozdrawiam,
J.

chc (1468) 2006-10-11 11:43

Beautiful bench indeed, but an intimist photo! I like the perfect alignment, the expression of the woman in the front and the little girl, lost in the middle of this fine lot.
Christophe

Cuba-Junky (2817) 2006-10-11 12:54

Its feels like I sit on a terrace and let the people walk by who you will show us with your next new series.
Lovely idea :)
Great shot this is btw ;)

Anja

mark88 (2) 2006-10-11 14:20

Dobre spostrzeżenie jasmis:) Podoba mi się temat i wykonanie, świetna perspektywa.
Pozdrawiam, Marek.

ndb1958 (9289) 2006-10-11 14:30

What a nice group of the older generation. Specially the ladies make me smile. I like their observation activity. The second lady from the right is my favorite. She looks like a strong character. Good for a film maybe.
Nice image,
Nino

luisafonso (862) 2006-10-11 16:31

Very beautiful Smolarek... I mean, Jerzy! ;) This is a real winner and your skills here really made this game. The first half of the photo was completely controlled by you making Poland a fair contender. I am looking for the rest of the campaign. I am sure you will achieve a wonderful goal and in the end Poland will reach a higher level. The bench is really important here and, as always, not only the ones on starting formation do the job. I like the way you distributed the players here, with a clear focus on the right wing. She is really the talented striker here. I love this one.

PS. This critique has nothing to do with a tragedy that happened today in a Polish football field...:)

dsidwell (9783) 2006-10-12 1:20

Hello Jerzy! I enjoy how the photo recedes in focus here, implying that even more people, perhaps, are just beyond the frame. It works very well, and I love the expressions on their faces.

oochappan (4880) 2006-10-12 3:35

A fine contribute to these old people as source of inspiration of your photography, nicely taken with shorter DOF on the converging perspective starting by the sharp potrait of the lady with a scarf and a nice smile on top right corner to discover each with their own expression while mismerizing around and telling their tales, a fine streetshot.

AiresSantos (56155) 2006-10-12 6:13

Hi Jerzy,
Great colours in this multiple portrait. Very nice the expression of the women. Good POV and note.
TFS and greetings,
Aires

sufi (9588) 2006-10-14 15:34

Merhaba Jerzy, my friend...
It's a wonderful point of view and wonderful portraits... The details, the colors, the light and the clarity are perfect as usual...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

Vato_Law (12732) 2006-10-15 6:59

Hello Jerzy,
Typical scene from here in Portugal too! With all this elder persons sitting and chatting or simply watching what going on around them.
I like the POV for this one showing us their different moods and expressions.
Cheers.
Paulo

Polonaise (5802) 2006-10-19 0:03

As far away from being postcardish as humanly possible.
Yet another wonderful study of human faces.
And if I say 'study' I really mean 'study'. One can spend quite a while just to learn about those faces, trying to read the past from them.
Excellently built and presented to us in flawless manner.
You really control the world around you, Jerzy!
You really do.
Thanks pal, for mentioning my humble (even if somewhat yappy) persona.

JG.

wolf38 (30) 2006-11-25 13:12

Hello Jerzy. About the Bench: a marvelous picture and a good text in addition. On the banks usually the old people with the sticks sit. From their place they regard the passing people. They look also for maintenance. In the faces one can read as in a book. Interesting also the faces of the two women right in the picture. Very beautifully. It makes fun to regard the photo. Greeting, Wolfgang.