About Borderland, a photo from Podlaskie, East

Photographer's Note

About Poland. Page Four: About Borderland

This reagion, nowedays most north-eastern part of the country, was a disputable area in the beginning of 1920s, and a war territory between newly re-born Lithuania and Poland. It changed hands several times and finally the border (in its today shape, too) was set at so called Foch's Line.
And it was the only "hot" time in our thousands years old history of a friendly neighbourhood (and being a one country for hundreds years).
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Not exactly, in fact. Until today the greatest poet in the history of the region - Adam Mickiewicz (Lith. Adomas Mickievicius) is another dispute: his roots are Belarussian (his family name definitely is, and he was born in Belarussia), he spoke and felt as a Pole, and wrote that Lithuania was his motherland and homeland. Typical borderland dilemma.
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Photo: Lithuanian youth during a regional festival. No need to explain how important it is to sustain the tradition...

brevbrev14, m_s_s, mark88, ChrisJ, ninaL, Wanda1, keribar, luisafonso, TeresaT heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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brevbrev14 (140) 2006-10-14 4:44

Hi Jerzy, a beautiful double portrait!i like a lot the hands at work of the your girl and the moment you captured!Really intersting shot to me and note!

CIAO!

Valeria

m_s_s (1691) 2006-10-14 5:03

Witaj jerzy,
zagladam na ta strone jako 23-ci, i tylko 2 punkty jak na razie. swietna fotka, ladnie skomponowana, kolory tez ok, nie wypalona, piekna... ale po co ja to bede mowil... przeciez sam dobrze wiesz...
pozdrowienia

mark88 (2) 2006-10-14 5:19

Bardzo ciekawa scenka i dobry moment wyzwolenia migawki. Ciekawe jest to z jaką uwagą postać na drugim planie wkonuje swoją pracę. Podoba się.
Pozdrawiam, Marek.

sebcz (2345) 2006-10-14 5:20

Ludzie przy pracy. Zajęci sobą i swoim dziełem. Zajęte ręce rozmyte, twarz ostra, skupiona. W tle - podobnie.
Podoba się.
Seb

ninaL (21348) 2006-10-14 6:07

Bardzo ciekawe i piekne zdjecie...no ale, co bylo, to bylo, ale Litwa jest dzisiaj swoim wlasnym krajem.

Wiesz co? Bez te twoje historie, mialam dzisiaj o Tobie sny : dzialo sie to z dwiescie lat temu, w jakiejs karczmie obok starego, podupadlego palacu, no ale robilam zdjecia, a ty byles na poddaszu tego zamku w roli medrca ; ) ni i az to w srodku nocy mnie obudzilo : D.

ChrisJ (171852) 2006-10-14 6:52

Hi Jerzy

Good dof, & excellent use of the oof fg objects to frame the bg subject. Wonderful colour & sharpness. Tfs!

jinju (14265) 2006-10-14 6:54

Witaj Jerzy,

rewelacyjne swiatlo w tym zdjeciu, i sliczna ta twoja modelka. Ladnie wyszla ta rozmyta reka, dziwne ze przy f/11 masz tak dosyc plytkie GO.

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2006-10-14 8:14

Hi J.

Again a nice picture with a nice girl and a lovely explanation.

The light was impressive and the DOF good as well.

See U.

Rgs, Oscar

Paolo (41258) 2006-10-14 8:17

Hi Jerzy, amazing portrait of that girl with traditionl dress. excellent the POV lowest that her face and perfect quality.
this is a great series.
thanks, ciao

Gustaw (21670) 2006-10-14 12:15 [Comment]

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jasmis (58653) 2006-10-14 12:22

Dobra i ważna seria. Ciekawa kompozycja. Jak zwykle na poziomie. Pozdrawiam.

Fis2 (170807) 2006-10-14 13:01

Cze¶æ Jurek!
Nie bedê Ci smali³ bo wszystko widaæ, a resztê powiedziano. Interesuj±ca seryjka a to kolejne ciekawe foto. Podoba siê nietuzinkowy kadr.
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

faubry (35447) 2006-10-14 22:01

hello JERZY? A BEAUTY this image from Borderland, it's MAZURIE?, i like concentration expression from this young girl, beautiful scene!
well done
francine

Wanda1 (15142) 2006-10-15 10:49

Hi Jerzy,
A wonderful shot with excellent use of depth of field. A great portrait with a serious mood of concentration. It is good to see that traditions are still being kept alive in the world.
Regards
Wanda

vincz (19113) 2006-10-15 11:04

Busy but very interesting picture. I really like the 2 faces. Great expression and greta touches of colours all around. Very well done.

scalerman (26900) 2006-10-15 14:21

Jerzy, sometimes people have trouble catching the essence of their own native place. For me, inexplicably, it's very difficult. You've succeeded aptly though all of this series. Great note too. regards, c

keribar (43841) 2006-10-15 17:14

Merhaba Jerzy,,

A picture with literally jumps to the eyes starting from the thumbnail.A picture with many many assets, light, sharpness, composition and subject ...First class !
Izzet

luisafonso (862) 2006-10-15 17:41

I like the light on the wooden wall on the right. Then there is the usual Nikon definition, so good! The action is also nice and is what really matters here. We are able to embark in their journey as they seem quite busy. The compo is very good I must add. The girl with the white embroidery hat really grabs our eye. It's a pity your pov has hidden the other friend. Or maybe not... Great tones!

TeresaT (10806) 2006-10-16 14:18

Hello Jerzy,
Perfect capture of these girls at work.
The POv is excellent and the girl lokks very convicted on her work.
I also like the fact that we can see lots of details here.
Colours and light are great.
Regards
Teresa