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Someone is leaving

Someone is leaving
She came from our building, someone I had never seen, pushed her huge bags into her tiny car and drove away. Last thing she did she slowed down under my balcony, looked out of her car window at something above my floor, and there were tears in her eyes. Or perhaps it was just the light.

Shot through black curtain, and not an especially thin one either, with a 85mm lens practically touching it. Focus is in the cars, and with f/1.2 the lens has no way of focusing to the curtain, not by a mile, but still the structure of the fabric is visible.

* ઇઉ *, Andrea Riberti, , Diane Putnam and 19 other people have particularly liked this photo


28 comments - The latest ones
 Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon
Au Cœur... diagonalh… club
life....................................................
a complete mystery sometimes...

still to discover and discover

still to wonder
around
in the secret alchemies of our souls,
9 years ago.
Spo has replied to Au Cœur... diagonalh… club
Thank you for your words, Luc. Ours it but wonder in awe and amazement.
9 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
a great shot with a touching story
9 years ago.
Spo has replied to Chrissy club
Thanks, Chrissy.
9 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
getting a mysterious touch on the story
9 years ago.
Spo has replied to Wierd Folkersma club
You know, they say life is about leaving. In this particular case it started to intrigue me just who is leaving who, from where and why. They also talk about creative destruction these days, how it opens up new possibilities. Well, leaving is certainly destruction – and sometimes it might even end up being creative as well.
9 years ago.
Wierd Folkersma club has replied to Spo
I agree, it is both
9 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Without reading the story, the blurred picture also gets a meaning of "fading memories".
9 years ago.
Spo has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Curtains closing on her memories... I haven't got that far yet. :-)
9 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Spo
On the other hand, a relationship may end just because people forget what brought them together in the first place. So, fading memories cause divorce.
9 years ago.
Spo has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
And because the fadeout cannot be synchronized, they should keep inventing new, pleasurable and shared memories every day. A fairly new article in Suomen Kuvalehti, however, says men get some of their memory back in the end – but only when it is too late.
9 years ago.
 Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland club
Great capture.
9 years ago.
 Eefje
Eefje
Now there's a picture with a story, there's a sense of mystery here that I like.
A lot!
9 years ago.
Spo has replied to Eefje
Would there be story for you without the caption? :-)
9 years ago.
 Eefje
Eefje
Absolutely, except that I wouldn't have guessed that she was leaving;-)
9 years ago.
Spo has replied to Eefje
Oh no! Your story was once again happier than reality. Perhaps I should stop writing altogether, captions or whatever! :-D
9 years ago.
Eefje has replied to Spo
Oh no! Please don't, keep showing me the world through your eyes:-))
9 years ago.
 dolores666
dolores666 club
This is one of your weirdest and most intriguing. The wee story too. These fleeting little dramas that cross our paths quickly and ...pouff! they're gone. And we never get to know the whys and wherefores, nor the ends, if ends there be.
9 years ago.
Spo has replied to dolores666 club
Thank you, Dodo. This crossing path thing has interested me a lot lately. Especially paths that are about to cross, but never do because one final gesture or fortune is missing. Like a long, lovingly crafted letter that is never sealed. How many wonderful experiences have we lost by not looking over our shoulder at that fleeting moment?
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.
 (*NIKonGT*)
(*NIKonGT*)
The story and image - wonderful
9 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
o0o you inspire the imagination ... I like that ... and also the softness of the
focus which kind of brings the feeling of sadness with it ... almost as though
it is you watching someone you love walk away ... ! oOo
9 years ago.
Spo has replied to beverley
It perhaps looks like a memory slowly fading away.
9 years ago.
beverley has replied to Spo
it does ;-)
9 years ago.
 Gisela Plewe
Gisela Plewe club
A Photo with a heart going story!
9 years ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
Normally for me, photos with the main subject being right in the middle have been only so interesting. But I find that your use of this compositional manner is different than most - not sure what it is, though maybe it's that the middle subject is smaller than in other's examples of that - and I find it very appealing. You also have a way with words - something I have to leave to my poet husband. Point is, I love this photo!

So nice to be able to view this full screen (with f11).
3 years ago.
Spo has replied to raingirl club
If subject is alone in the middle and it has clear and contrasting form against background, eye will zap to it immediately even if it is small. If it was bigger, it would be overpowering. In addition to all those gestalt things that our eyes (and ears, too!) love, they also love economy.
3 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club
Amazing photo, wonderful description!
3 years ago.
 Ingo Krehl
Ingo Krehl club
Es ist auch ein phantastisches Objektiv, welches noch Rätsel hat.
17 months ago.

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