Scotfot Afghanistan
Balloons... Kabul street, winter
Posted by Scotfot (Kabul, Afghanistan) on 23 September 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
The balloons were sparkling with the backlight!
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Margie from Auckland, New Zealand
So colourful and vibrant against that somewhat grim background. I love it. In the thumbnail it looked like you had used selective colour on a black and white shot. :)
23 Sep 2009 5:58am
Sergei Z from Türi, Estonia
In the middle of this gray color you found those colors!!!!! Great job!
23 Sep 2009 6:36am
Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece
this is SO ARTISTIC, one of your BEST from this part of the world, bravo!
23 Sep 2009 8:03am
clandestine_22 from Tokyo, Japan
Lovely picture indeed!! Symbol of hope against a dreary backdrop..very well captured!
23 Sep 2009 2:29pm
Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom
Excellent exposure, and I always spend more time here than I care to admit!
23 Sep 2009 4:32pm
Laurent from Lyon, France
tremendous contrast between those colorful balloons and the dully street.
Light is magical
23 Sep 2009 4:42pm
Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France
it reminds me the novel "the kite runner" :-)
23 Sep 2009 5:24pm
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
wow! the balloons really stand out amongst the grey and dusty surroundings! the light shining on them and through them is fantastic - this is a great capture!
24 Sep 2009 5:18am
@DarkElf: It was always good to see a bit of colour!
florimage from Huy, Belgium
Poetic in this part of the world... Thank you for sharing this fantastic shot so mooving...
24 Sep 2009 11:56am
skevbo from Kingston, Canada
that is a really amazing picture, you should be very proud of this one
24 Sep 2009 3:39pm
Tamara from Aarschot, Belgium
Marvelous photo !!! Congratulations, this is really well done :)
24 Sep 2009 4:51pm
Brigitte JACQUES from Belgium
Très émouvante photo au dela de sa beauté .. et
de ses contrastes magnifques ..
La couleur de l'espoir au coeur de la tristesse ...
enfance et légèreté de l'espérance..
Un instantané de la vie qui va ... comme elle va là bas ..
Un voyage du regard et du coeur ...
Brigitte JACQUES L
24 Sep 2009 5:35pm
@Brigitte JACQUES: many thanks for your comment Brigitte!
dabbler from Minneapolis, United States
This is simply beautiful. Great color contrast.
24 Sep 2009 5:48pm
daniela scharnowski from Berlin, Germany
just excellent, makes a strong impression! Congrats for the wellearned spotlight!
24 Sep 2009 6:09pm
xavier cardell from menorca-barcelona, Spain
Excellent capture. Congratulations on the photo and on the Spotlight.
24 Sep 2009 10:41pm
Sussi from Landskrona, Sweden
Wonderfully captured! The balloons are really an eye-catching in this gray surroundings! Congratulations to the Spotlight!
25 Sep 2009 9:18am
Christophe Esnard from Angoulême, France
I was sure that this picture would have the spotlight. She deserves it. Congratulations.
25 Sep 2009 10:57am
Aurore from Paris, France
Fantastic shot, full of hope, like the tone svery much !
25 Sep 2009 4:42pm
Elena Kotrotsou from Drossia, Greece
Amazing picture, good choice for selective color.
25 Sep 2009 11:43pm
catherine from quelque part en france, France
wonderful ! congratulation! hope amways hope
26 Sep 2009 11:19am
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
Outstanding contrasts in this wonderful shot.
26 Sep 2009 12:58pm
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
Congratulations on the Spotlight! Bravo! What an amazing image this is
26 Sep 2009 7:32pm
Seb! from Cévennes, France
Congratulation on the spotlight and for this poetic shot ;-)
28 Sep 2009 8:20am
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
very poetic indeed - the light and color you have captured here are simply MAGICAL -- congrats on the SPOTLIGHT!!! :D
29 Sep 2009 1:14am
@dj.tigersprout: Many thanks dj!
Sof from Neuchâtel, Switzerland
superb photo avec des couleurs qui contrastent si fort avec ce lieu... 5*
29 Sep 2009 8:25am
Tamara Tantrum from Southwest Florida, United States
wow! you got a spotlight! :)
you deserve it...
29 Sep 2009 2:34pm
@Tamara Tantrum: Many thanks Tamara - it was quite a surprise! There was actually two balloon sellers, they walked towards each other, hugged and continued on their way in opposite directions!
Angeline from Meaux, France
a part of happiness in the middle of misery
very nice, and sweet
3 Oct 2009 10:00am
Lambspun from Madison, Maine, United States
The contrast of the balloons in this shot against the city is incredible. Excellent :)
29 Oct 2009 11:25pm
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
The light and composition is stunning! Congratulations!
31 Oct 2009 9:34pm
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