Most Viewed Photo For Week Ending 12/15

nico is always so very good at night photos and this is his best yet.

It's about the light.

nico's managed to keep the sky fairly bright, and got a good range of tones in the buildings.

At the same time the foreground is dark and we see reflections in the window.

And then the icing on the cake the doorway is bright so we may imagine the guy will be a silhouette, but no we can see his smiling face.

Brilliant.

This is the best lit photo since http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm (and they had a Hollywood studio for that photo).
 
I have had a really busy week, messed up my sleep and everything, up at 4:30 today, I am glad to start the day here.

I have commented before that my eye is caught often by simple photographs which are able to tell a seemingly disproportionately large story. This isn't one, and I do like it quite a bit too.

Looking out a window seeing the city to the right, while at the same time that is balanced by being looked on by the man to the left, very well balanced. There is a lot of information here that can be explored, the window grills, the textures of the bricks and building materials, the cluster of roof tops, reflections from the lights in the photographers room, it all adds depth and detail which fills this image with information.
 
What I like in this photo is the "visionary look": an unknown man appears unexpected somehow on a wall, in a place where he should not be, and most of people are not expecting. The combination of a romantic look of the roofs, the out of focus foreground visible but not intrusive and the surprise makes this photo unique.
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What I like about this photo, and many of Nico's is that it speaks humanity. When I look at it I notice that there are several layers of human existence: the window that the viewer is looking out of, the person in the door and all the structures that were placed by people. Take the metaphore where you will...
I do not see a voyeuristic look on the man's face, might just be me. He looks posed, but happy-go-lucky. He reminds me directly that people are involved in this scene.
 
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