Comedy I., a photo from Budapest, West

Photographer's Note

In that evening I went to theatre with my family. To tell the truth I'm not really interested in dramatics, but I went with them, because I was allowed to take some photos in the area of the theatre.
This is the Hungarian National Theatre and a clown-statue in its park in the foreground.

I would be pleased if you told me your opinions about the photo!

The construction of the National Theatre, on the basis of plans by architect M嫫ia Sikl鏀, began on 14 September 2000, and, after a construction process of record-breaking speed, was completed in a little over 15 months. The artists were able to take possession of the building on 2 January 2002, when rehearsals began for the inaugural performance on 15 March. In functional terms, the theatre is divided into three parts. The central part comprises the auditorium, with an almost circular ground-plan, and the studio theatre. This part is surrounded by the areas for audience members, and the U-shaped technical wing bordering the main stage. The theatre is surrounded by areas for parking. Together with the open-air stage, the area of the theatre is 20,844 square metres.
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rigoletto, jaywalker, rushfan2112, lilimih33, Cricri, Csilla, atus, Jakab has marked this note useful

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rigoletto (34279) 2007-03-16 13:08

Hi Marci,
Excellent light management here. Wonderful colors also. Your compositon and your figures create a weird atmosphere, especially the statue of the harlequin in front of this amazing modern architecture. Orange+yellow contrasting with that perfect black looks so good. Even the foot of the bridge adds to this calculated composition.

By the way, "I'm not really interested in dramatics, but I went with them, because I was allowed to take some photos in the area of the theatre" is an interesting confession. Good in the name of photography, hopeless in the name of theater :D

Cheers,
Deniz

jaywalker (16105) 2007-03-16 16:08

Hi Marton, WOW what a fantastic night shot the light is excellent & wonderful depth, the clown in the forground looks alittle scary, you have managed to pick up the detail in his face sulerbly, the shot is very well composed & an excellent overall photo, kind regards Wilson,

rushfan2112 (2965) 2007-03-17 4:27

Hi Marton, you have balanced the lighting on the statue and the theatre extremely well. This could be a very commercial shot. Personally, I would crop out the illuminated tower to the right of the statue as it is a distraction. Best wishes, Paul.

lilimih33 (9918) 2007-03-17 7:49

Hello Marton!
Interesting perspective and very beautiful colours, light and clarity in your picture!
Excellent done!
Lili

Cricri (176) 2007-03-17 18:18

Bonsoir Marton,
Jolie prise nocturne de ce tr廥 beau mus嶪, joli cadrage avec un des personnages du jardin, belle lumi廨e et couleurs, h幨as pas eue assez de temps pour le visiter....
bon weekend
amiti�
cricri

Csilla (1782) 2007-03-17 22:13

Szia Marci!
Ez is egy jol sikerult esti keped, nagyon szepek a fenyek. Kedvet is kaptam tole, hogy megnezzem, ha otthon leszek. Nagyon jo a sejtelmesen megvilagitott szoboralak az eloterben, szamomra hatasos. (Ugy latom Latabar Kalmanrol lett mintazva, vagy tevedek?) Szoval, a foto ugy ahogy van,-tetszik.
Jo hetveget! Csilla

nex (2738) 2007-03-19 10:20 [Comment]

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Bogdan011 (162) 2007-03-21 12:50

Very nice photo. Good quality and composition.

atus (15878) 2007-08-10 4:34

Huu� Marci! Le a kalappal. Sosem l輆tam m銶 az 齹 Nemzeti-t esti f鋝yekben pomp輈va. A l輆瓋zog 鋊 a kompoz駥i� pedig fenomen跐is a szoborral az elot鋨ben. A kulonbozo intenz鮅跴� f鋝yeket k魼跐瀡n kezelted 鋊 ez跐tal minden r鋊zlet j爂 kiveheto, a L跰ym跣yosi h駤 voros pill鋨鋈 is bele鋨tve (;D. Oszint鋝 sz爂va meg鋨te v銶igszenvedned az eload跴t (:D))).
Gratul跐ok!!
Attila

MikiM (1924) 2007-08-10 4:46

UPPPS!
Ezt kitűnően megcsin嫮tad Marci!
Bevallom m嫫 r嶲鏒a tervezem, hogy lefot霩om a nemzetit - de ezut嫕 m嫫 nem nagyon 廨demes:( T闥幨etes sz璯be嫮l癃嫳幨ess嶲廥 kmpozici�.
Gratul嫮ok!
Mikl鏀

Jakab (3867) 2007-08-15 7:03

Szia Marci!
H嫢, alighanem ezt az eg廥zet a Te kedved廨t rakt嫜璲y 飉sze. Sikl鏀 M嫫ia 廧悤ete vitathat�, a Te k廧ed viszont vitathatatlanul kiv嫮�. Gratul嫮ok!
Laci
P.S.: Az 廧癃廥z nő szolnoki munk奫嫛al kor墎ban osztatlan elismer廥t aratott.

gbeli (1970) 2008-03-29 2:45

Hi Marci
I have browsed several times your photo gallery, although i had never focus on this photo before.
The illuminated buildings around make a great backround for the statue. With a successful light management and an original idea, you had a nice effect.
Cheers