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Published: 2007-02-09 16:07:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 1529; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 16
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Description lisbon, portugal.
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Torvon [2009-04-20 18:20:29 +0000 UTC]

i'd love a bit more texture in the nearly completely black street.
other than that, nice composition and bw.

ta-ta
e.

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psboy [2007-05-01 14:03:29 +0000 UTC]

now thats great, especially shadow of woman

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scott-451 [2007-03-27 17:21:37 +0000 UTC]

I like the way your eye is drawn to the shadow first, then the figure. Cool.

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nightmare-orchestra [2007-03-08 21:43:48 +0000 UTC]

me city... ahaha Love the light and the composition the quality is very good

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daisysuzuki [2007-02-18 23:14:03 +0000 UTC]

your name on a submission does seem to be a guarantee of an unusually high standard of quality!

Dx

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iamkatia In reply to daisysuzuki [2007-02-20 19:47:32 +0000 UTC]

sweet of you to say.. thank you.

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EtSiOnJouait [2007-02-16 12:34:29 +0000 UTC]

Great shot katia !

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ebonysoul [2007-02-15 12:50:07 +0000 UTC]

ooh!! reminds me of the old Frankenstein movie for some reason!! hehe, I silly!

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jamiemadrox [2007-02-14 03:47:25 +0000 UTC]

Love it. Definitely the shadows that make this picture bigger.

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DonovanDennis [2007-02-13 13:33:22 +0000 UTC]

Lovely, i love the shadows..

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neusale [2007-02-12 13:25:57 +0000 UTC]

Hehehe. Great.

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willb [2007-02-12 01:53:01 +0000 UTC]

Love it, great textures and feel to this one.

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jdmorehouse [2007-02-11 23:40:20 +0000 UTC]

Warn her before it's too late!!!

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kixxster [2007-02-10 21:41:05 +0000 UTC]

thats really awesome. I had to look at it a couple times to really see it. very nice photo

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rwirtz [2007-02-10 15:46:31 +0000 UTC]

Lovely balance of light and shade. Love the long and clear shadow.

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MiAsbeAch [2007-02-10 13:26:27 +0000 UTC]

very nice

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NatureofMind [2007-02-10 05:53:43 +0000 UTC]

what an intense photo, love the contrast, how dark the road is. mags in the window, and of course the lurking shadow. When did you visit Portugal?

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K2Cr2O4 [2007-02-10 04:02:03 +0000 UTC]

wow nice work i like it

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BubuletaRoxa [2007-02-09 22:02:28 +0000 UTC]

lisbon yeah! great pic, really *

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Chimiel [2007-02-09 21:51:55 +0000 UTC]

Everytime I amazed by how you can make something beautiful out of something common. How many people wouldn't have passed trough that street, just walking, and not looking.

Thank you for looking, and sharing!

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baltazart [2007-02-09 19:52:18 +0000 UTC]

and thats because its a portuguese shadoW! nice frame.. such a typical street..

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wallking [2007-02-09 19:34:20 +0000 UTC]

great balance.... so much high lights and shadows, very nice the light, clap clap

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arabienne [2007-02-09 19:27:25 +0000 UTC]

Yes... Your title gives this so much more depth. The grit, the tones... Everything is just so breathtaking. The fact that you can't really see that the shadow is connected to the woman makes it even better. I actually had to look at it for a second before I realized that.

I see the shadow as a figure from the past... because you can see the balconies above, and the work on the railing is really stunning and grand, but if you look down at the street below, you see so many signs of our time: the tags, the vandalized sign, and what look like nudie magazines in the window of that store.

And the woman walks past it all, while her shadow waits for a better time.

Perhaps it is waiting for nothing?

Regardless, this made me think. So thank you, dear Katia. Thank you so much for sharing.

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skippysanchez [2007-02-09 18:19:15 +0000 UTC]

verrrry nice. i like the way you handle b/w (what's your secret?).

BTW, how'd your night with the homeless girl go? .....or was it 24 hours?

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iamkatia In reply to skippysanchez [2007-02-14 20:05:10 +0000 UTC]

actually this is the first time i've used this conversion method on any photo in my gallery here.
it just really suit the photo extremely well.

go here: [link]

and install the plug-in called:

Dragan Monochrome
Author: Mike Warren

e voila!

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skippysanchez In reply to iamkatia [2007-02-15 14:39:47 +0000 UTC]

well, that has got to be THE coolest website i have ever seen. thank you.... so, what else you got?

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iamkatia In reply to skippysanchez [2007-02-15 15:04:47 +0000 UTC]

hey! your turn to share something!

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fishlessaquarium [2007-02-09 18:07:08 +0000 UTC]

Very noir. I love how multilayered the various elements are -- the figure on the pedestrian sign mirroring the woman and her shadow ("walk-ing down the av-en-ue..."), for instance. The shadow looks a bit threatening, like it's spoiling for a fight! The light is amazing - almost looks like accent lighting on a movie set (film noir, of course). It must be early morning or late afternoon.

Nice work.

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PhilipMatthews [2007-02-09 17:51:31 +0000 UTC]

lol... é que parece mesmo que a sombra esta a espera da sra... muito fixe

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13s69 [2007-02-09 17:45:37 +0000 UTC]

superb! title is a killer..

keep it up katia

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Jon-Law [2007-02-09 17:34:11 +0000 UTC]

Ah, the title makes it. Clever girl.

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nasht-01 [2007-02-09 16:30:11 +0000 UTC]

hi Kat!

it's great to admire your work every now and then!

this is another beautiful one and the title really fits to it like a glove.

thanks, really, for sharing this.


bye Nasht.

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iamkatia In reply to nasht-01 [2007-02-09 17:10:27 +0000 UTC]

yes, 'every now and then is right. i don't submit here like i used to..

thanks for your nice words, Gianluca!
i hope you and your family are all well.

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