Che dire? Vorrei averla fatta io!

You don't have to say anything! :D And you can still do it yourself!

Is that a sun setting I see in the distance? (just kidding!!) this is so wonderful. your composition brings such power to the scene.

I'm so happy you brought this one out (from 2014) for us to see. I really struggle with having to convert digital photos to b&w. I probably just need to do it more, but I continue to be irritated that I even have to do a conversion. I grew up with b&w film... Your contrast and detail retainment is very professional and artistic (but you already knew that).

And now you see that I have a group 'L’instant décisif — Henri Cartier-Bresson' - and I would love to have this photo of your there - if you want.

No, it is not sun, but a twin Neowise hurtling down towards our unsuspecting hero on the street.

You don't neccessarily need to convert pictures, do you? You just switch on jpeg and b&w mode in your camera, and off you go! Of course if you really, really want to concentrate on the hues and all that ilk, then you need to go raw and do the conversion, but even if you do, it is a LOT easier than developing film and printing the paper copies in the darkroom.

The only unfavorable thing about digital photography is that nothing prevents you from taking a gazillion photos each and every day. THEN it gets tedious no matter what you do with them.

ha ha!
oh i so wish i could see Neowise. i don't have the right vantage point, the horizon is always obscured from our area - too many hills (not a thing i usually complain about).

i always take photos in raw when i can. and i don't like the digital camera's b&w conversion anyway. but i think printing in the darkroom is way easier than the digital workflow of processing my photos! but like i said, i grew up doing it.

I grew up in the darkroom as well (not literally, though!), but I still see digital manipulation way, way easier. Perhaps my darkroom conditions were a tad underwhelming, then.

Beautiful streetscape.
Have a nice and sunny weekend.

very nice

Lovely panoramic. But...what is a Neowise, twin or otherwise, when is at home?

I first read, "Lovely pandemic." One sees what one´s used to. But you obviously haven't seen Neowise the comet! Well, not me either, or rather, I saw it but didn't know I did. it is/was too faint in our latitudes. Rockbands and comets seldom come our way.

one man, looking apart from the others...
in a lane of light and knowledge...
just superb and allegoric

Thank you, Christel. In your mind, on an impulse, do you see him as a good or bad guy, or is he just sort of neutrally different?

That's really great

Great BW, mood... and comment!

une photo où le spectateur n' est pas neutre. Il se pose une question en voyant l' homme traverser. Une très belle atmosphère.