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Waiting For The Rain To Stop

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"The moment always dictates in my work. What I feel, I do. This is the most important thing for me. Everybody can look, but they don't necessarily see. I never calculate or consider; I see a situation and I know that it's right, even if I have to go back to get the proper lighting."
~ Andre Kertesz

morgan from canyon Country, United States

This is really really good. The stark contrasty tones are beautiful. There is an air to it that make time stand still.

21 Mar 2011 5:58am

Kenny from Eastsound, United States

You have the ability to capture a mood. Very nicely captured and processed.

21 Mar 2011 6:05am

Tede from Aubenas 07, France

Watching the drops fall to pass the time! Life is not always smooth sailing. Superb B & W Good day.

21 Mar 2011 6:11am

Richard from Duns, United Kingdom

Your photos are all embracing Mariana. Superb!

21 Mar 2011 6:17am

Kat from Lorraine, France

.... et passer le temps à regarder les gouttes s'aplatir sur la vitrine !
super noir et blanc, j'aime bcp cette scène de vie :)

21 Mar 2011 6:39am

e. from New York, NY, United States

This is an incredible capture in time. I love how the lighting reflects the hope for the rain to stop.

21 Mar 2011 6:41am

Phil from Sausset les Pins, France

Incredible shot , you always get fantastic scene ! Phil

21 Mar 2011 6:56am

Frida from Sweden

Fantastic mood.

21 Mar 2011 7:22am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

You've caught the mood perfectly

21 Mar 2011 7:22am

El pare from Prepirineu, Andorra

Good moment catched there and best black and white presentation.

21 Mar 2011 7:54am

JacklineG from Béarn, France

On lit l'impatience sur les visages de voir la pluie s'arrêter ! Bonne journée Mariana

21 Mar 2011 8:01am

Sam from Chennai, India

Nice capture of the mood. People waiting for rain to stop in this wonderful B&W image. Great light and composition. Excellent. :)

21 Mar 2011 8:20am

Fraucha from БІЛА ЦЕРКВА, Ukraine

I especially love the different brick lines.

21 Mar 2011 8:21am

Gerry from Palmerston North, New Zealand

Nice image - really punchy b&w conversion.

21 Mar 2011 8:30am

Lilly from La Ménitré, France

We feel the wait... Wonderful scene Mariana, and very nice B&W !!

21 Mar 2011 8:30am

David from Avranches, France

No loitering, yeah right you go in the rain. Excellent shot. Just superb.

21 Mar 2011 9:09am

guillaume from Paris, France

Great scenery !!!

21 Mar 2011 9:12am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

perfectly captured limbo :)

21 Mar 2011 9:48am

danou-yepa from Nice, France

amazing mood and scene , great contrast i love !! 5*

21 Mar 2011 9:57am

Katherine from Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Absolutely stunning photograph, it's a real work of art. The composition is so fantastic it looks choreographed. I love how the face of the person in the wheelchair is reflected in the window, just below where the black man is gazing out. The textures and lines in the image are wonderful the way they lead the eye from one subject to another. Just perfect.

21 Mar 2011 10:50am

Don Levesque from Saint John, Canada

Beautiful stunning photo. The mood and the sense of impatience as seen by the person on the wheelchair with his arms are well captured. Well done Mariana!

21 Mar 2011 11:03am

Gérard Beullac from Paris, France

Formidable picture!
Real life is here, captured with a lot of sensibility and acuteness.

21 Mar 2011 11:31am

cristoF from montbéliard, France

trés belle scéne en noir et blanc ,qui ajoute du mystere à ta photo!!

21 Mar 2011 11:49am

Juliango from Caen, France

Beautiful. A wonderful treatment for a full symbolic picture.

21 Mar 2011 11:52am

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

A great sense of anticipation in this shot Mariana! The inclusion of the No Loitering sign is wonderful! ;-)

21 Mar 2011 12:49pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

An excellent image of something we all do. When will it stop? Is it ever going to stop?

21 Mar 2011 1:46pm

Julie from Easton, United States

You always seem to have the details stand out in your b&w photos, great shot!

21 Mar 2011 1:52pm

Philippe from Nivelles, Belgium

Hi, Mariana. You're very good at capturing these moments of daily life. This is one more example. Looking at your picture, we feel as if we were waiting with those people.
Have a nice day,
Philippe

21 Mar 2011 2:03pm

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada

Great composition & treatment with the brick wall, the sign, the people waiting in their respective bubbles, bravo!

21 Mar 2011 2:08pm

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Superb framing to show the three figures waiting - each deep in their own thoughts.

21 Mar 2011 2:31pm

Ioanaz from Bucharest, Romania

A really great composition and mood ! great moment captured here and the B&W is awesome!

21 Mar 2011 2:39pm

Mhelene from Paris, France

A superb framing !

21 Mar 2011 2:45pm

Rick from Toronto, Canada

Excellent framing and light, as always from you. I love your black levels in these mono shots; they are so rich and powerful to the subjects you select. The sense of waiting is conveyed vividly here.

21 Mar 2011 3:06pm

Anastasiya from Kiev, Ukraine

wonderful use of B&W contrasts

21 Mar 2011 3:06pm

Willem from Noord-Scharwoude, Netherlands

Nice image and b/w conversion.

21 Mar 2011 3:13pm

Carina maria itati soriano from Tres Arroyos, Argentina

Hi Mariana..great ligth and b&w..very nice scene!!

21 Mar 2011 3:36pm

thami from Morocco

Une illustration de l'effet de serre !!
Bonne semaine lumineuse et au sec !

21 Mar 2011 3:38pm

Pascale. from La Bonneville sur Iton, France

the picture is superbly done, but this is the particularities of the people that makes it so strong.It's incredible how you can find such people for each of your pictures.

21 Mar 2011 4:14pm

@Pascale.: thanks Pascale . IN fact , I wanted to have a closer picture of this couple. This lady without leg was very interesting to me, but somehow I was hesitating, or better to say, was not brave enough to have her better portrait ...

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Hello

fantastique image, quelle vue, quelle ambiance, sueprbe ocmpo.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

21 Mar 2011 4:31pm

Irene from L C, France

Excellent framing and brilliant B&W. I like the different attitude

21 Mar 2011 4:49pm

Williams from Nova Scotia, Canada

A wonderful portrait, I find it very austere. I really like the light on the young man's face as he gazes into the distance. The no loitering sign gives the scene an interesting irony. Cheers,

21 Mar 2011 4:55pm

@Williams: thanks Paul for your visits :) much appreciated !

STEED from Somewhere, France

"Who'll stop the rain?"( Fogerty/ Creedence Clearwater Revival )

21 Mar 2011 5:25pm

Sof from Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Une scène de vie remarquable

21 Mar 2011 5:35pm

PATRICK from miramas, France

excellent

21 Mar 2011 6:01pm

Marie LC from Entre montagnes et Bretagne, France

Ah que j'aime tes noir et blanc !

21 Mar 2011 6:01pm

Denny Jump Photo from Easton, PA, United States

I agree with Kenny and I also love the way you included the brick / stone wall outside the glass with rain on the pavement (and on the glass) ...it adds an entirely full feel to this scene. Along with the views of the people, as Kenny mentions, you have caught the timbre of the scene beautifully!

21 Mar 2011 6:14pm

Franz from Baden, Austria

back in canada, are we? another perfect capture of a particular moment that has brought together very different people in the same predicament! and in concur with others here - the frame with the brick wall in the foreground really adds atmosphere to the picture!

21 Mar 2011 6:25pm

mseguid from Es Castell-Menorca-I Balears, Spain

It´s amazing BW picture. I like it

21 Mar 2011 6:38pm

Francisco Romero from Carbajal de la Legua, Spain

Very intimate. The B&W and the contrast transmit a lot of feeling. Splendid job.

21 Mar 2011 6:38pm

missparis from Paris, France

Joli moment de vie de tous les jours

21 Mar 2011 6:55pm

chris b from Netherlands

This is really really good. The stark contrasty tones are beautiful

21 Mar 2011 7:04pm

philippe from moselle, France

D'où vient cette sensation bizarre de ne pas aimer la pluie ???

21 Mar 2011 7:10pm

Ddo from Lorraine, France

Pas d'impatience dans ces regards là, ils ont apprivoisé le temps. Encore un tres beau noir et blanc.

21 Mar 2011 7:20pm

domlortha from Roanne, France

Strong BW! Clever composition: we can feel the waiting... Great!
Have a nice day.

21 Mar 2011 7:34pm

Itziar from bilbao, Spain

Good texture, te b&w color makes this photo more dramatic. it looks like we are there

21 Mar 2011 8:12pm

kiwisa from North Shore, New Zealand

We all wait in our own way for the rain to stop....each person with their own story. I like the No loitering sign which very obviously needs to be ignored given the rain :)

21 Mar 2011 8:16pm

RBL from Oxford, United States

Wonderful photo, wonderful mood...they all look like they don't mind waiting; which seems almost peaceful!

21 Mar 2011 8:41pm

Loner from Wörgl, Austria

A wonderful photo! The black / white makes the picture very very expressive !

21 Mar 2011 8:47pm

larhune64 from AHETZE, France

magnifique cette ambiance , on ressent le malaise de la scène .j'aime beaucoup ton traitement

21 Mar 2011 8:56pm

Melocoton from Salamanca, Spain

lost looks toward a horizon that we see, we note the silence
and you can hear the sound of rain ........................... rain, soothing the spirit that invites us to meditate, the musical more perfect ....................
Marian kiss

21 Mar 2011 9:06pm

DowsherVision from PARIS, France

Very nice shot, great job !!!!!

21 Mar 2011 9:20pm

BBM from Sussex, United Kingdom

Well captured !!

21 Mar 2011 10:17pm

Gérard Méry from Saint-Cyr sur Loire, France

J'aime ces N&B très contrasté et lumineux

21 Mar 2011 10:25pm

Ralph Jones from Detroit, United States

Waiting under the no loitering sign is classic.

21 Mar 2011 10:36pm

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

There is deep humanity in this study, Mariana - beautiful.

21 Mar 2011 11:15pm

Paul Mitchell from North Bay, Canada

wonderful image!

22 Mar 2011 12:23am

mauro from barcelona, Spain

nice shot great comp and tones!!!!

22 Mar 2011 12:29am

Tanay from Mumbai, India

So much in a single frame!Great pic!

22 Mar 2011 2:08am

Mike from United States

Always with the fascinating people. Nice shot!

22 Mar 2011 2:17am

PRASHANT from Mumbai, India

Wonderful situation & great mood...

22 Mar 2011 2:45am

Bill Brown from California, United States

Excellent capture! It seem the rain is very widespread. We are having our share here.

22 Mar 2011 4:09am

J.R. from Ginowan, Japan

Great mood shot. Sometimes I wonder if the rain will ever stop?

22 Mar 2011 4:26am

Satvik from United States

Excellent capture !

22 Mar 2011 4:36am

dulang from Santa Rosa, United States

a beautifully framed documentary shot!

22 Mar 2011 4:52am

Christine from Duns, United Kingdom

Each in their own thoughts gazing out at the rain, a wonderful capture of a moment in time

22 Mar 2011 6:20am

Amanda from Jersey City, United States

Hopefully the "no loitering" sign doesn't apply on rainy afternoons. :)

22 Mar 2011 1:00pm

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

Excellent.

22 Mar 2011 8:39pm

ImpréVUS from Dijon, France

I love this frozen moment, the look of the young man, lost in the sky.

24 Mar 2011 6:37pm

BugErr from Haikou, China

不错!我喜欢这样的图片!

27 Mar 2011 2:55pm

Marie from FRESNES, France

magnifique scène !

29 Mar 2011 7:38pm

Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
1/60 second
F/3.2
ISO 80
6 mm