Typical French Street Scene
Oct 3, 2019 06:21:11 #
This is a street scene which can be seen anywhere in most French villages.
Oct 3, 2019 06:40:53 #
johneccles wrote:
This is a street scene which can be seen anywhere in most French villages.
Interesting shot, they all look pretty serious. Can you tell us more about the game?
Oct 3, 2019 06:50:10 #
Oct 3, 2019 07:11:34 #
johneccles wrote:
This is a street scene which can be seen anywhere in most French villages.
It's a very popular street game played in nearly every French village or town known as "Boule" or "Petanque"
It can be played on any piece of gravel as seen in the photograph, it is be played with 2-4 players, each one has two steel balls (boule) each weighing upto 2.5 lbs. The first person throws a small wooden jack and the others in turn have to get near to this jack as possible by fair means or foul. The rules are quite complicated and can be hard work throwing the heavy balls for several hours.
Oct 3, 2019 07:17:34 #
johneccles wrote:
It's a very popular street game played in nearly e... (show quote)
Sounds similar to bocce?
Oct 3, 2019 07:34:13 #
johneccles wrote:
It's a very popular street game played in nearly e... (show quote)
Thanks, sounds like it could be fun :-)
Oct 3, 2019 08:48:13 #
Dannj wrote:
Sounds similar to bocce?
It is the same, Bocce is the Italian version.
Oct 3, 2019 08:51:07 #
Oct 3, 2019 20:06:41 #
johneccles wrote:
It is the same, Bocce is the Italian version.
Thank’s for confirming. I’m sure there are some rule differences but it’s basically who gets the big ball closest to the little ball😊
Oct 3, 2019 22:15:20 #
johneccles wrote:
This is a street scene which can be seen anywhere in most French villages.
Interesting scene, nice capture.
Oct 4, 2019 10:41:31 #
Nice concept but you need a “gesture” perhaps the bowler setting up for the shot or the moment of release or what H. C. Bresson referred to as the “decisive moment”.
Oct 4, 2019 14:05:41 #
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Oct 9, 2019 14:51:46 #
AZNikon wrote:
What's the subject?
You sound like ALL of my Photo Professors!
Probably solved by a gesture/moment suggested above. But this had me guessing that it was a game, but with everybody watching and nobody playing. The challenge is to recognize such a nice scene, and then WAIT for the moment to photograph.
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