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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Twenty Two: Black and white travel photography – making less into more > After the storm, Tunis, Tunisia, 2008
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16-NOV-2008

After the storm, Tunis, Tunisia, 2008

On my last day in Tunisia, I was driven from street shooting in Tunis by a sudden rainsquall, the only rain I saw during my two-week journey. I watched the rain lash the city through the window of my 15th story hotel room. As it ebbed, Tunisians began to walk the wet, textured streets and I photographed them from above. I counted at least seven in this image. The black and white conversion further abstracts their silhouetted shapes, making them symbolic figures awash amidst a sea of aging buildings, their rooftops bulging with satellite dishes.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/200s f/5.6 at 88.8mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time16-Nov-2008 14:52:31
MakeLeica
ModelV-LUX 1
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length88.8 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (2)
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Phil Douglis30-Nov-2008 23:37
I love the way he seems to lean on his cane as he crooks his arm backwards. His gesture was the deciding factor in my choice of this image over the dozen or so other images I made from my window of this scene.
Tim May30-Nov-2008 20:42
I love the gesture on the man in the middle of the street.
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