A touch of blue, a photo from Centre, South

Photographer's Note

Graphical shot taken in Melen, one of Yaoundé's slums. It is the first picture I post here from my recent mission to Cameroon on housing finance. Like most of African countries, over 80% of people in Cameroon can't afford to access a decent dwelling through legal frameworks (banks, public housing) and live in shacks. Informal squatting and incremental construction are thus the only way to build an affordable shelter for most of households.
The house on the photo is a lot cuter than most of surrounding dwellings, and was upgraded several time...

sonkai, Paolo, MayaG, BennyV, jjcordier, Truja, robinlawr, shirkan has marked this note useful

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ThomasL (419) 2008-03-31 12:16

Simple but beautiful capture. I don't know what makes this a great shot, but it IS great! The colors are beautiful, tones are great, simplicity is very nice too, the texture of the wall, a lot of detail! Very well done! :-)
PS: Was there any post-processing done here? (I guess so) And if yes, what technique did you use?

Thanks for sharing,
Thomas

sonkai (1105) 2008-03-31 12:26

Hi Sebastien.
A simple but very graphical shot,nice warm colours,and the history about how one window in one wall can tell a history,I don't know why the african colours always look african colours and why you can suppose that one shot was taken there only watching its colours..The soft blue in the window give the shot a fairy-tale effect,even though reality hasn't much of fairy-tale in this countries.TFS 'Seb'.
Best regards,
Sonsoles.

limule (4176) 2008-03-31 12:29

This is a masterpiece. The position of the shutter, sloping down, is extremely beautiful and it gives a quiet aspect to the whole picture. Congratulations.

Morac (27725) 2008-03-31 12:30

Bonsoir Seb

C'est simple et c'est superbe.
J'aime ce style de photo.
Très beau travail
Amicalement

Marc

dta (98848) 2008-03-31 12:36

Bonsoir Seb ,
Magnifique image. Le cadrage est très bon . Les couleurs sont superbes et se marient parfaitement .
Et surtout , les différentes tonalités de bleu du volet et de l'ocre du mur aisi que les ombres subliment la photo .
Félicitations .
Denis .

Paolo (41258) 2008-03-31 12:52

Hi Seb, amazing one, minimalistic but colorful.
brilliant composition too.
thanks, ciao

MayaG (2415) 2008-03-31 13:36

Bonsoir Sebastien,

I don't have much to say except that according to my taste this is just prefect! The colours, the textures, the minimalistic composition, yet so rich in mood.
Bravo!

BennyV (34734) 2008-03-31 13:40

A lovely still life, Seb. Great colours on this wall with a story. An instant favourite!

Benny

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jjcordier (79299) 2008-03-31 23:09

Sébastien
J'aime beaucoup cette composition à la marietom (c'est vraiment un grand compliment pour moi!), très simple mais terriblement efficace avec ces couleurs très saturées. Excellent!
Amicalement
JJ

Waylim (25436) 2008-04-01 0:49

This a very simple yet very effective composition. Love the rich tone and colors. Great clarity and sharpness is perfect, show all the detail and texture of the wall and window. Beautifully capture, thanks so much.
Way

Curioso (9271) 2008-04-01 10:56

Très beau, très graphique, j'aime beaucoup la lumière extrêmement douce. Bravo !

gabrielpat (7163) 2008-04-04 17:18

joli travail.belle ambiance.

Truja (4953) 2008-04-15 13:38

Bonsoir Sebastien,
la simplicité et minimalisme de la composition c'est le secret de la photographie excellente.
Le contraste de tonalités est fantastique, et ces couleurs si particulières de l'Afrique .... ils sont parfaits.
Une photographie réalisée élégamment et un bon goût!

Salut, Jordi

robinlawr (903) 2008-06-11 17:25

Hi Seb. I really like this shot. Simple, well observed and composed. Great textures and colour and perfectly sharp.

Excellent work. Very well done.

Best regards

Robin

flatwin (2181) 2009-07-19 1:26

bonjour,

excellente idée que cette photo, la touche de bleu sur le mur parfait

Arnaud

olive224 (2719) 2010-12-12 9:20

Awesome image !
I love its sharpness, contrast, vivid colors !
Very well done
Cheers
Olivier

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