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Published: 2009-04-23 17:47:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 19713; Favourites: 677; Downloads: 0
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This was shot at the top of Corcovado, in which Christ The Redeemer is. People were waiting on the line for their turn to get in the vans and make their way back and as I was observing them, I noticed that time to time they had to walk, making a beautiful pattern. I was able to capture it and the clean sky as background helped me with the soft white and grey background.Almost aways, the beauty in our everyday life is unnoticed. I say almost always cause we, photographers, are one of the exceptions. It is so good to be a photographer! My mom was very surprised that I could portray such beauty in a simple queue of people, being even more surprised when she thought that she was there too, but could not see anything at all. Society models the behavior of people, and wherever you are you are expected to do the proper things for the situation, and we end up forgetting to actually observe our surroundings.
I think I'm too philosophical today
EDIT: Submitted it now as a print!
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I'm glad that you liked this shot that much. Highlighting one person on the pic may sound a good idea, but it would create another concept for it. I was lucky to have a completely blue sky that after the B&W conversion came out really good as a clean background, and that's in part what makes the shot. Thank you for the critique, I appreciate it!
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yeah i can see what you mean about the highlighting.
it really is a verrrrrrrryyyyy coool shot you managed to get.
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First off I got hand it to you great idea very orginal and thoughful e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/sā¦ " width="15" height="15" alt="
I like the sapcing in between each individial it's very semilar in between each peson.
The all are playing with there cell phone haha thats funny.
I personally think If the people were in silhoutte and that there was more shadow that it would had created a bigger impact like dunno the same line aroudn 7:30 in the evening when the sun is setting. I'm also thinking threes bit to much sky maybee shrink it and make it a paronama or whatever you call them lol.
Anyhow great picture none the less just stating what I would had liked to see e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/sā¦ " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Sure thing you get a lot of of great pic,amazing picture but no ones giving you constructive critism to help you out
That why I like the new critique feature I think I'll put up some work myself for critique.
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Omg look at all the typos on there
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Sorry for the delay on the reply. I had the exact same feeling as you did when I was reviewing the images of that day on the viewfinder of my camera. I knew I had something, but I thought that this could be better if the sun was a bit lower to have bigger shadows on the ground. With more shadows, I could have a bit less sky on the pic.
The original version is not a square, after comparing the original with the square crop dozens of times I realized that the framed square crop has much more impact than the original. I was also lucky to have the people acting equally and that's what makes this shot I think.
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I agree with you people acting Equally sure does have an impact. This shows where individualism stands in our evolutionary spectrum. Not much different than if you had took the picture of 6 pidgeons half of them would be pecking at the ground while the others be doing the same thing. If you are lucky maybee one will do something unique like fix it's feather haha.
Capturing the essence of human behavior in photography is always a sure way to get impact if done properly we can all relate to it.
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True, very true. Human behavior can be very appealing when it comes to photography. People acting the same are good subjects and like you said abt the pigeons, when you're able to notice something standing out of the crowd and are able to capture it, it's amazing too!
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No problem at all my friend, thanks so much for the critiques, I appreciate your support very much! 
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So subtle. I try to photograph whatever strikes me as interesting. You definitely prove that one should carry a camera at all times!
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your work has been featured here [link]
Great work 
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Dude, I hope I can get off of this computer without favoriting your entire gallery, but chances do look pretty slim. You've really just opened up my eyes to what photography is in essence, and I'm speechless. Just know that I've favorited every one of your photos in spirit, if not on the Internet.
Also, if there's a fave photographer category on my deviant profile, you're going there, without a doubt.
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Hell yes my friend, thanks so much for all those kind words, I appreciate it a lot! That is why I do photography after all, to the essence of photography! I have just seen that I am your favorite photographer in your profile and I am flattered 
And sorry for the very late reply!
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You're welcome for everything, you seriously rock! And no worries about the late reply, I know you must have a lot to keep yourself busy!
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beautiful.
3 people looking at their phones, one with her head down, two appreciating the view... can you depict life any more perfectly?
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Glad ya dig the life happening here. I think this is the spirit of the street photography and I am glad that you think I have accomplished that!
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I'm going to be completely honest here, this shot couldn't have been mroe perfect if it was planned.
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Thanks so much, and I agree completely!
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what i have always admired is this ability of seeing the beauty in what seems to be 'everyday'. and it's amazing how you get wonderful creations out ofsimple things. really really great!!
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Thanks! That's the true spirit of photography I think, finding beauty where other people can't find
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it really is! and that great that you can do that!!
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great shot, love the way they are almost perfectly spaced, like an unwritten rule.
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I like your abstraction of the thing
Thanks!
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Yay! I'm so glad to see that! Thanks so much!
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m u i t o . b e m . c o n s e g u i d a . e . p a r a b Ć© n s . p e l o . DD
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Muito obrigado, fico feliz que gostou!!
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Fantastic photo!
Amazing line of six, shadows and background!
Congrats!
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Thanks so much, glad you like it
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hehe reminds me of mine...just without the color...
well seen and well framed!
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Glad to hear that, thanks so much!
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i featured you in a TOOL news feature 
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I'm downloading the song to check it out
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goody goody
im going to be doing more weird news features like this if ya wanna trade watches
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