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yes, simple ... but not in the same vain as "simple green," the cleaning solution found in some u.s. households.there's a reason i love "amelie" so much. not the way it was shot -- except i love the way it was shot. not the fact it was subtitled for those of us who don't speak french.
it was the way she saw the world. she saw all of the details.
beautiful details.
the smell of fruit.
the sights.
the sounds.
the everything.
there's just so much ... so much, in fact, i don't think ...
we can ever see everything.
j and i were sitting having coffee in our suburban paradise ...
and while many would see the hummer.
the bitch with fake tits on her mobile talking shit about her "supposed-best-friend" to her other "supposed-best-friend" ...
dressing like her daughter ...
secretly hoping to catch the eye of her daughter's male friends.
we preferred to watch the simple sparrow.
whilst waiting for the urban terrorist vehicle to get her bi-monthly flush of motul synthetic.
the simple sparrow waiting hopefully for the crumb.
and this time a crumb and a photo.
leica mp. some voigtlander 50mm lens from gandy. the f/stop was somewhere 'round f/5.6 at 1/250th. ilford delta 400. normal.
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So simplistic in its beauty!
I love the way you captured the sparrow, specifically that the little bird isn't centered and, in fact ,the direction the bird is staring is the majority of the picture.
This one deserves at least another 
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many of your photos are like instruction manuals. this is one. thank you for the continuing info.
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I knew it. At the bottom of your heart you're a nature-photog
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wankerboy would be jealous if he knew this shot
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no ... it'd have to be in colour shot with a view camera!
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... and a super-uber-penis-lens
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I love watching those little guys, the way they hop and puff up. The light and shadows in this are very nice - I can imagine the sun sparkling through the leaves in a nice spring breeze. And I love how the bird's shadow is shaped... Great capture!
Oh, and "was it the city or the pigeon. the chicken or the egg." ...no clue here either, but it made for a laugh!
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Nothing simple about sparrows... the ones who live in a bush in our garden have learned how to get bits of nut out of the bird-feeders, even though their build shouldn't really allow them to get hold of the nut with their beak, let alone perch on the feeder... and people say that evolution is just a theory?
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it's a sparrow ...
but i still like it!!
i really like those spots of light beside it for some reason ...
maybe my favorite element in the photo.
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I try every day to think Like Amelie...It's hard but we should all do that 
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the bird's eyes lead you to leaf that somehow looks like it was about to touch the ground at the time you captured this frame.. was it really in the air still at that moment?
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sometimes I read your coments and see your captures and think I'm glad I grew up in a random Island, that I live in a nowhere town, that I'm loved by a spectacular regular man, sometimes simplicity is just what you need to ground you..
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have in the past.
now ... i have a trusted lab.
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what size prints do you get?
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11x16 or 16x20 ... usually.
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I like how one of the leaves is still on it's way down to the pavement.... still suspended.... like time
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I love what this photo has created for me inside my head. Beautiful
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Amelie 
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Sparrows are underestimated creatures, they don't get noticed as often as one would notice a brightly coloured parrot and yet they're as if not even more interesting than them. They're simple, so to say, and that's what makes them beautiful.
I really like this shot, the little sparrow in the middle of all the buzz I can imagine waiting for a crumb or two. I love how she's kind of avoiding that ray of light, the spotlight, keeping to herself and yet being there. And I like the leaves, how they detail the shot.
This'd be one of my favourites in your gallery. In all its simplicity, in its amΓ©lie-ness. It's lovely. Hope you had a nice coffee time there.
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Its a beautiful concept. Just the simplicity of what you photographed compared to the apparent drama around. Such simple wishes. Thank you.
Fav+
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I like the one leaf that is suspended...
And Amelie is a fantastic movie.
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even if i hated your captures, i'd still be hooked on the descriptions.
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whats motul synthetic?
like botox or something?
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Love the movie and love the photo. especialy the leaf in the background that is still hovering. great shot as always
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this is such a beautiful shot... the leaf is an awesome bonus!
I love how mellow you're getting... and your writings and photographs have always reminded me of amelie! Nice to know others have thought the same and that you love that film too!
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amΓ©lie is my favourite, foreverrrr.
and i do like this sparrow.
i like small birds. i like how they deal with things.
nice photo.
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Super drop of light and exposure! ...That levitating leaf, though, is quite seriously competing with the sparrow as star of the shot! Great combo with the words, impressive link up there. Nice one.
Andy.
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that movie is awesome... seems to be in a different world, but actually it's our world, if only we took notice of all the small details and feelings and emotions and ...
similar to the reason why i like your photos, they show the "normal" life in a different perspective.
thanks for sharing.
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I like to think I view the world in this way too. If you hadn't mentioned what was going on around this small scene at the same time then the effect wouldn't have been the same. I think it's even more interesting that despite all the other things going on and the distractions around you, it is this bird which has been immortalised in your photograph. I love the spots of light on the floor too.
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Your comment + photo combination always makes my day...
Wonderful Chris!
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uh...
dude.
ist that leave in the bg really still half an inch above the ground???!
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what's funny is that even i didn't notice that until another deviant said something .. but ... yeah ... it is!
crazy, no?
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really crazy. especially at 1/250s
great play with shadow here btw
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that sparrow had better be alive.
i like the way the focus almost seems to be on something so elusive as sunshine...
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aaahh, this is the Chris Weeks I love! I feel it when you shoot your daughter... and sometimes...just sometimes when you "talk". I've thought you have a part of you that is like Amelie and it's been clear to me. I once commented on it to ... she said I should tell you but I never did.
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perceptive girl you are!
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This is an amazing picture :]]
>.< I can't say much more than that.
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i notice to your idea and vision about life from day to day..
and i see a detail in your works..
you can hold to a moment of life in ur product..
and it is really simple sparrow..
hava a nice day chris..
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yeah.. I like how it seems like the bird is looking at the floating leaf. That's the first thing that I noticed. Then I got an upper cut when I read your comment.. and it made me smile. Nice shot
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thanks for pointing that out, mate! even i didn't see it at first glance!
that's cool.
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Every day I see so many stunning photos on DA, but its always the simple ones that I sit and look at for ages. Theres something very grounding about how such simple things can be so beautiful. Makes me stop worrying about bigger stuff that I cant controll and start apreciating the little things.
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