Elogio del Horizonte-2 - Baltasar Alvarez Quintana

While photographing the huge construction by Spanish/Basque sculptor Chillida (see my other submission in The contax Pages id=18972) on another ocassion, a seagull happened to fly by. The line at the bottom- the pier at Musel Harbour in Gijón- , the sea water and the simplicity of the whole scene help make the photo. Selected for the Hall of Fame on 2006/May/01

Camera:	Contax G2
Lens:	Carl Zeiss Planar 45mm f/2
Film:	Kodak Tri-x
Exposure:	Unrecorded
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Posted:	15-Feb-2005

Rating: 8.77 (26 ratings)

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Comments

so simple

great shot, when i first looked at it i thought it was a painting. i love the geometry, the bird, and the angle. it is overall a great shot.

Matt McLoone     17-Feb-2005 at 11:39

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Thanks, Matt

Kertèsz- one of my favourites ever- confessed he had to wait some 30 years for the picture of a pigeon flying, wings open, into the ruins of a turn-down house in his "Landing Pigeon. New York, 1960" "My" bird - a seagull- appeared unexpectedly, as I mention above, greatly contributing to the final making of the photograph. (By the way, Kertész's photo and mine are completely different. Not that a want to compare, of course...)

Baltasar Alvarez Quintana     17-Feb-2005 at 12:29

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Que canijo es el mundo!. Tambien vivo en Oviedo y tambien hago fotos con opticas Zeiss. Respecto a la foto, me encanta el encuadre, sumamente original del Elogio del Horizonte. Te invito a ver mi pagina Web: www.holos-photo.com y si quieres echar una parrafada, mi tlf es el 98.523.25.30. Un abrazo!

Ludwig Argüelles     18-Feb-2005 at 04:16

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One of the best compositions I have ever seen.

Simple, striking...perfect

Pablo Perilla     18-Feb-2005 at 15:52

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??? Maybe I'm missing something??

Ibbi     22-Jul-2008 at 18:33

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