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wheels of work and a lost letter


wheels of work and a lost letter
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Copyright: Jose mbrito (mbrito) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1644 W: 118 N: 2834] (11418)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08
Categories: Daily Life, Transportation, Architecture, Mood
Camera: Sony DSLR Alpha-100, Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Telephoto Zoom
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/6 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-11-29 13:48
Viewed: 617
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 128
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
In the mountains of Portugal interior it is possible to find ancestral villages (as the «schist villages» of my last postings) apparently abandoned.
However there is life there; we can feel it in several signs left spread here and there: in the clean curtains of the houses, in the quotidian instruments of leisure or work, in the old ways, in the worked fields...

But strangely, when arrived, everything seemed to me suddenly abandoned... simply as if everyone has vanished on the air... leaving only signals... like the piece of wood in the wagon, or ... the bizarre letter forgotten in the ground.

I walk all around, I put my noise everywhere, I jumped and I screamed, but those signals were all that I kept from the life in those ancient villages of the mountains.

mb

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Critiques [Translate]

Boa noite José!

Gostei muito desta! O Mood de solidão está muito bem representado! Algo que em tempos foi útil e agora esta abandonado.. Parabéns amigo :)
Muito boa perspectiva.

grande abraço.
Marco

A wonderful capture of this detail Jose.
A touching note and memory you have presented.
Congratulations on capturing this scene.
- Vincent

Merhaba Jose,bana darmatik bir kare gibi geldi.Artık kullanılmayan ve kaderine terkedilmilik hissini uyandırdı.Ellerine sağlık,çok güzel :)

Boa noite José
Beautifal image of lost villages ...and very nostalgic look...and poetic charm. The note Too.
My regards
Teresat

Boa noite José,
Pungente e nostálgica captura.
E você teve competência, técnica e poética, para reconstruir tudo isso.
Bela imagem, bela apresentação.
Meus respeitos
Raimundo

Hi Jose...this is nicely composed...nice touch with the blue cart...the color adds a lot...

Roger

ciao Jose..
your works look like poems.. composition here is really poetic.. a little bit melanconic! final result is nice at all! many thanks
ciao Marco

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2660 W: 74 N: 4764] (21699)
  • [2008-11-29 21:55]
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Hi Jose...
Very nice and interesting photo.!
Wonderful composition, colors and feelings,
Well done.
Best regards,
George

Bom dia Master
Wonderful capture and idea
Amazing composition and note
Impressive job
Have a nice Sunday
Burak

Nice details and wonderful colours.Great work my friend.
Regards.
A.

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1352 W: 0 N: 2670] (21245)
  • [2008-11-30 1:15]
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Hello,

Superbe cette vielle charette en bois, au bord de ce vieux mur avec les gravier au sol, de très beau contraste, de plans différents et un eambiance, splendidie.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

Hi Jose.
Excellent architectural composition.
diaganol wall with Lighting is very beautiful.well done.TFS
Greetings
H.Ayhan

Dear Jose,

first of all, like usual, your NOTE, like your critiques, is more than real "short" pieces of art. We could make cooperation for some short movie. You writer, I director (I mean, I am really diretor)! :-)

When I read your note, it was enough to just look at the photo to have whole story in front of my eyes. And again, your storytelling shot is more than just a photo.

All the best dear friend!
D

Boa noite José,
It is indeed a delight to view a fresh posting from you. The image including this one is well composed, and always accompanied by a well written Note. It's double entertainment. A superb work. My compliments...Danilo

ciao jose...composizione interessante...ottimo pov...gli darei il bianco e nero come colore sarebbe piu d impatto rendendo la foto piu antica e drammatica
complimenti
lele

Hi Jose
bom domingo dear friend
wonderful work and very nice effect
so peaceful place and full of history
thanks
ciao
Lucio

Hello Jose,
very nice composition, very cameleon like team work of subjects and colors - just a bunch of " old buddies ".
Thank you for your opinions and kind words again and again,
Have a nice weekend
Regards cAESAR

Hello José,
Thank you for this picture and touching story.
kind greetings,
Frieda.

hi jose
lovely picture turn us back in time!
tfs
georgia

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  • jazrr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 317 W: 72 N: 82] (1883)
  • [2008-11-30 8:40]
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Hi Jose:

Nice shot. Beautiful colors and nice pov. Great composition. your note describes the mood perfectly.
Regards,
Jafar

Ciao Jose, fascinating diagonal composition, remember me old time when I was a young boy...
Thanks, I like a lot, ciao Silvio

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  • RSK Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 519 W: 133 N: 973] (7147)
  • [2008-11-30 10:18]
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Greetings MB,Enjoyed reading your note,perhaps your actions
made these private mountain dwellers keep from showing themselves, to this stranger who jumped & screemed,your actions may have scared them off:)
May I ask how you coloured you image,I also prefer that the cart is on the left side rather than the right.
Best regards my friend

Ron

Hi Jose,
it is a touching compo indeed,
i specially love the colour of wagon which add a lot here,
and of course your amazing note as always,
welldone my dear friend and tfs,
warm regards,
Taner

Hello Jose,
Excellent composition and texture of road and wall. Emotive capture and text.
TFS
Selahattin E

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  • ayse51 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1719 W: 124 N: 1479] (20826)
  • [2008-11-30 11:11]
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Hi jose,
beautiful composition and note.Well done.Congratulations.TFS.Necla.

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2743 W: 412 N: 2987] (32971)
  • [2008-11-30 11:38]
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merhaba dear Jose...
Beautiful shot and focus...A superb colors and comp...bravo...
Selamlar

Hi Jose,
What a dramatic composition...
Nice colours and details.
Good focus and clarity.Tfs.
Dr.Seyfettin Güner

what a lovely story! really you shoudl consider an alternatuve career (just as a hobby because you are too good at your work to dprive your customers of your skills! two pieces of art for the price of one this time, again, dear j
hugs form london
anna

Ciao...mi piace molto questa
foto...bellissima!!
Complimenti

Alexia

Hi Jose,
Excellent POV. and details,
nice presentation and composition,
good colors and sharpness,
the lost letter is nice in the composition
very well done with good memory..
well done.
Michel

Great note to go with this image:) A poignant scene and mood, with special details to create the sense of story or curiosity. Wonderful texture and detail, in a simple and effective composition. Well done!

merhaba dear jose
excellent composition and picture.excellent colours and details.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

Ola Jose.
City of the lost Arc ?
Yes, many small villages looks abandoned, especially during siesta time.
Good looking Artistic picture you shows here.
Thanks for the note too.
Cheers, Jan

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  • Dot Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1444 W: 31 N: 3112] (12652)
  • [2008-12-01 10:46]
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HI Jose
If I saw a strange man screaming and jumping I too would run away.
All kidding aside the shot does show as old stuff left behind, like the plank and the cart have got that mouldy look, while the wheel looks rusty.
A good rendition of the situation.
What is that square thing in the left foreground?
Dot

Welcome Jose,
unique ambience of past on Your photography. I like it a lot. Rugget wall and old cart with timber wheel. Thanks.
Regards - Slawek

Ciao Jose. Muro in prospettiva e vecchio carro. Semplice idea ma realizzazione di gran pregio.

Roberto

so very beautiful and very arty work...together with your note makes wonderful atmosphere....love it:)

warm regards
biljana

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  • tatara Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 206 W: 64 N: 401] (3779)
  • [2008-12-01 16:13]

Hi Jose
Why I always see your work a little longer, because they are incredibly sensational and full story..
great art work
Greeting

JozefK

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1580 W: 128 N: 2229] (20485)
  • [2008-12-01 18:52]
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Hello Jose, nice shot with great colors, too bad you did not get all the wagon though. Good one, thanks!

Mario

Ola Jose! Amazing picture. Ideal composition. Perfect capture. Wonderful light, bright and colours. Very good saturation. Original work. Well done! Saude!

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  • subs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 252 W: 0 N: 222] (2080)
  • [2008-12-02 5:50]
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Hi Jose,
A beautiful depiction, and your note brings out the essence of the photo. A very peotic composition.
Regards,
Subashini

Hi Jose
wonderful cart ahahaha
however very nice shot of this old kart and is good in black and white too
paolo

Hi Jose
Great composition,nice colours and tones,super details.
TFS
Regards
Andrzej

Bonsoir José,

La seule présence de cette vieille charette nous offre un cliché plein d'histoire du temps passé!!!
Un rien nostalgique du plus bel effet!!!
Amitiés
Odile

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  • Maged Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 78 W: 7 N: 216] (2125)
  • [2008-12-02 10:27]

Hello Dear Jose
Very Artistic and moody shot, excellent colors and comp.
Very Well Done My Friend
Maged

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  • Saba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 609 W: 0 N: 1673] (9439)
  • [2008-12-02 10:34]
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Hello Jose!
Very oryginal composition.
Congratulations.
Greetings.
Barbara

Good evening Jose,

this is beautiful image; amazing colours, great light and nice composition. I love the title.

Best regards, Stasa

Stunning, photographic achievement and grossly underrated photo at the same time...

What a vision... What a composition !
Reaching further and further where others don't dare to go...
The diagonals...! The colors...!
Have you realize Jose, how skillfully the color of the cart is matching the ambient colors of our site ?
Hmm... One can't help but think that there must be some kind of a camera involved, to register for the future generations this un-matching splendor ?

Great photography... Outstanding production.

george

.......................

Love that thing in the bottom left corner...!
What a clever idea to include that extraordinary piece of the unknown origins into the photograph.

It goes straight to my most remembered photos on the site !
And, I mean that… Really !

Bom dia JMB

Excelente e nostálgica composição.Gosto das cores,da diagonal, e dos detalhes.Nota poética a transmitir a tranquilidade da solidão.Parabéns!

Grande abraço

Antonio

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  • azaf1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 740 W: 61 N: 1256] (6932)
  • [2008-12-03 6:21]
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Hi Jose
A handdrawn cart, a last remain from times past. Lovely diagonal and nice colors
TFS
Argiris

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  • Romeu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 332 W: 0 N: 222] (1851)
  • [2008-12-03 10:42]

Hi jose
Health mind is greaT...virus a are problem that humanity try to resolve. The cure is always in mind humanity.
This is a village with a great health.
You have a great humanity.
Great note story. Thanks.
R.

Hi JM,
An artistic and dramatic capture of this abandoned hand-made transfer car representing a village life.
TFS and cheers,
Bayram

Ola Jose,
Very beautiful image vith excellent POV, colours, lighting and perspective.TFS.
Um grande abraço,

hAyAti

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  • trekks Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2027 W: 147 N: 3408] (13641)
  • [2008-12-04 1:19]

hi Jose

A very old part of village? Hard life it seems here. This kind of cart is a proof of very old ways of moving things around.

tfs, bill

Very good composition, nicely contrasted in light and colours. I like the blue tones of the wagon.
Best regards
Jean

Hello Jose,

Pleasant composition, fine processed work!

Malik & Mary.

Photographically poor....... A blob of something at bottom left, lacks sharpness throughout and boring subject..
I'll send you a bunch of ideas on how to take a better photo if you want..
Rgds
David

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  • datis Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 113 W: 4 N: 29] (640)
  • [2008-12-06 11:22]

Hi Jose,

Nice moody shot to presentation life. The wooden wagon placed in left side shown life stream from long time ago through now. TFS.

Regards,
Daryoosh

Ola Jose,
Bonito trabalho,boa composicao.
Abracos,
Ralf

Excellent capture of the texture. Simple and powerful theme.

Hi Jose,
A very good note with this superb photo. Indeed, a lot of mood in it. I like the rural textures and compostion.
greetings,
Joop!

Ciao Jose,
è giusto che tu abbia tutti questi punti perchè le tue foto sono tutte molto belle e particolari.
Mi piace questa composizione minimalista col carretto solitario lasciato sulla sinistra.
Molto belli i colori.
I miei complimenti
Giorgio

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  • MLINES Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1314 W: 96 N: 1027] (8516)
  • [2008-12-09 12:30]

Hi Jose, You have chosen a simple scene and made it special by this POV and interesting notes. The texture and the composition works well. TFS. Murray.

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  • aperis Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 85 W: 5 N: 30] (1075)
  • [2008-12-22 11:37]

Hi Jose,
I love "schist villages". This photo don't needs comments. Great.
Merry Christmas.
Amadeu

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  • cycle Gold Star Critiquer [C: 228 W: 0 N: 3] (1851)
  • [2009-01-24 10:51]

Hellp,o Jose
A wonderful capture of this detail.
Congrats

Great composition and perspective. Looks like very nostalgic. Great colour too! WELL DONE!!

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