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Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Underground line U4.Related content
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amazing shot! the young and the old! love the dof! and the angle!
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I think what intrigues me are the shapes of everything and leading lines they create bzed, of course with a better scan this is really priceless! What reallt catches my eye are the man and then the face in 'reflection' on the paper he is reading, as if he is reading about himself; it maybe his past, present, future, etc.
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there we go... a better scan
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A first sight, I would say wrong f-stop because it seems slightly too bright, and dof is too short. That said, if you do you're prints by yourself, it could be exposed a little longer.. and the expression on the kid's face is ledgable after all.
I like the fact that the picture seems two-sided, all the faces being on the seperation line.. but I do feel a dark figure on the left, sitting in front of you maybe, would've balanced the picture better..
It's a shy but sensitive streetshot.. with definate aestetical appeal, well done!
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There we go - I have a better scan. That won't fix the problems of shooting in "street" style in the underground with a too slow film, but at least it's not too bringt anymore, and the dark blobl on the old man is gone, too.
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thanks a lot for your comment!
please blame the scanner for the brightness, the scanner SUCKS - but I hopefully will have acces to a Nikon 9000 soon. the neg is well exposured.
with the f-stop I only had the choice of f2.8 because a longer exposure time than 1/60 does not really work well in a moving underground train. loading a film with a higher speed into another magazine would have taken too long, so that was the only way to go. If you look well you'll see, that the focus is more on the newspaper accidentally, not sure if that's beacuse of the moving train with was shaking my legs - I had the cam lying on them so I was able to view trough the viewfinder from top - or because I was not able to get my head close enough to the cam to focus well in that position.
thanks again for your comment, unfortunately this type of comments is really rare on dA.
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I love the way everything ties into the title: the comparison between young and old, news that has been, train is going or taking not coming or giving, the lights are on giving a sense that all is dark/unknown without them, the way the exposure nearly overexposes the map on the ceiling of the train...they're strikingly simple things that make a very singular and complex photograph.
It's inspirational, I plan to imitate it soon - thankyou.
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that white smudge in the background is kinda distracting.
the overexposure makes this a very poignant capture though.
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cant' change these weird and dirty trains unfortunately 
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the face in the newspaper really makes this shot for me
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love it!!! i like al the sepia b&w going on there and of course the old person near the bay like two different generations.. really cool
thumbs up!!!
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Ist das schΓΆn...!
Ich liebe Metrofotografie und du bist ein talentierter Fotograf!
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verdammt gutes photo. der titel passt perfekt, das 'passing by' macht so viel aus finde ich.. einmal die u-bahn selbst, dann das kind im kinderwagen, das im grunde vorbeirollen kΓΆnnte und dann dieses stΓ€dtische einander nah und doch fern zu sein. der alte mann sitzt fast direkt neben dem kind, interessiert sich aber nicht im geringsten fΓΌr das kind, und nicht einmal das kind guckt den mann an, obwohl kleine kinder immer so neugierig sind
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I love it when photography becomes more than 'just capturing'.. This picture tells a whole story and not just because of the title you added. I had a long talk to a friend of mine about this just last weekend. For me photography is creating more than what is there at first sight.. That can mean putting stuff together in a way that the other spectators never saw it, like you did here..
If the face of the kid would be a bit sharper this picture would like the picture even more, but that's just a detail.. Great job!
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Thank you very much for this amazing comment
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Superb composition and a very meaningful photograph. The child serves as a strong foil to the elderly man... Too worried about what is going on in the world to take and appreciate what he has - his life. Another foil in this photograph is the newspaper vs. the child - the majority of news is bad and morbid, but the child is extremely pure and innocent, full of life as opposed to death. I like how this photo has a wide crop... It really lets you focus in on the subject and interpret it.
Thanks for sharing!
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Hmm.. multi-exposure for street. Neat idea, must try it once
Why do you use pushed delta 400 over delta 3200?
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multi-exposure???
this one is not a multi-exposure!
I like the grain and contrast of an pushed Delta400, so why use a Delta3200?
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Ah.. I was confused by the person behind the old man, she looks semi-transparent at a cursory glance. But now I assume it is a reflection on the glass giving this effect.
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I like it just the way it is. I think cropping it would perhaps give more focus to the man and child but then the context would be gone. If more os the subway were gone it would just be the two of them and that would make it just about the contrast of the begining of life and old age. With the seats and everything in the forground it gives context that makes it more interesting. It puts it in an every day setting that lends to thought.
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very cool message, like two extremes. did you tell those people to be there? or was it just coincedental?
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that shot was just luck, I don't know the people
thanks for your comment!
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This is very inspirational, and in so many ways, like how you get a moment in everyday life and made it so interesting! 
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Thank you very much for this emotional comment. I'm always happy when I get comments with more than one word.
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Well there are many good photographs and photographers out there, but to stand out, the concept, the feeling and everything is quite hard to get, which is what you got here.
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Such an awesome image! really fantastic Bernd... love the little details like how the newspaper has a face that mirrors the man that is reading it.
You may hate me for saying so, but I really am not a big fan of watermarks across the middle of images... it lessens the impact. but thats just my honest opinion
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Thank you very much!
I'm not the fan of watermarks in the middle of the image, too, but I prefer to have a small one there... then it is not that easy for rippers.... damn idiots...
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they are make this against the legal not england, bastards them!
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I'll get a press-pass, will make things more easy
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beautiful image!
i love the selective focus.
wonderful.
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ah ha! i didn't know you shoot medium format too!
the slight sepia toning is very nice. the slight touch of grain gives the whole place a nice atmosphere as well.
well done dear!
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Thank you!
Yeah, I have an old mediaum format here that I don't use anymore becaue I can borrow some good Rolleis from university 
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how did you tak that shot without anyone caring?
Did you not ask them b4 you took the shot? or did you just take it anyway lying down on the grond or w/e?
j/w because its hard to take picturesof other people many times.
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asking before is imho impossible to get such a shot, because they all are scared if they know somebody is taking a photo. so i've just put the sl66 on my lap - i was sitting on a normal seat - and focused while talking to *garrit without having a closer look at the top viewfinder. And i've used a remote release so i didn't have to put two hands on the cam.... so this shot was a bunch of luck, too, especially because it was the last one on that roll of film
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