The truth is out there

[farrukh]

Lens: Sigma 10-20mm DC HSM @ 10mm f/7.1
C&C welcomed.

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[Parkert1234]

I'm not really digging the borders, but the picture is pretty awesome.

[incendy]

I really love this picture! only thing I would change if I could have a perfect world is to maybe have the room completely empty

[getting-started]

The border does seem kind of strange, but I really like the yellow tones in the picture. Maybe the dark spot slightly above and to the left of ther person can be removed.

Cool picture!

[farrukh]

I'm not really digging the borders, but the picture is pretty awesome.

Thanks, but which border you are talking about? frame border?

[farrukh]

I really love this picture! only thing I would change if I could have a perfect world is to maybe have the room completely empty

Thanks, but i wanted more items in it like wooden ceiling on top and textured floor etc

[farrukh]

The border does seem kind of strange, but I really like the yellow tones in the picture. Maybe the dark spot slightly above and to the left of ther person can be removed.

Cool picture!


Thanks, That dark spot is actually a light bulb mounted on wall. i can remove it but on a 10x8 print, that bulb becomes visible and dont look bad.

[Smooth1]

Interesting shot. I like it, though it'd be nice if that opening was all white. I think I see a bit of a tree or something to the left of the guy.

[krista]

I LOVE this shot! Such emotion! Wonderful. Wish I had taken it... ;-)

[bikerider]

Knockout shot, I love the simplicity of it.......I also think it would look better in b&w, but that's my taste.
Roger.

[farrukh]

Interesting shot. I like it, though it'd be nice if that opening was all white. I think I see a bit of a tree or something to the left of the guy.

Yes the opening is not completely white because i wanted make a teaser out of it to make viewer curious about that.

[farrukh]

I LOVE this shot! Such emotion! Wonderful. Wish I had taken it... ;-)

Thanks, Ultra wide lense really helped in this shot. 10mm is so wide but i wanted a bit more wide on this one may be 8mm would show plenty of stuff.

[farrukh]

Knockout shot, I love the simplicity of it.......I also think it would look better in b&w, but that's my taste.
Roger.

Thanks. I know B&W makes pictures look good and many people like to shoot and see b&w pics. But i call b&w as a defensive way of shooting. because you dont need to care much about lighting and shadows if you shoot b&w.

Thats why many b&w photographers fail to qualify on stock photography sites like istockphoto.com because they prefer hight profile and colored photos.
so i try best to avoid b&w

[MCB]

... But i call b&w as a defensive way of shooting. because you dont need to care much about lighting and shadows if you shoot b&w.


I think black and white is ALL about light and shadow. You don't have color to draw attention to your subject or convey mood/emotion. All you have is the texture created by shadows, which are due entirely to your choice of lighting. If I lose a 20 cent royalty check from istockphoto because I chose B&W, well, I won't lose any sleep over it. :)

[bikerider]

I think black and white is ALL about light and shadow. You don't have color to draw attention to your subject or convey mood/emotion. All you have is the texture created by shadows, which are due entirely to your choice of lighting. If I lose a 20 cent royalty check from istockphoto because I chose B&W, well, I won't lose any sleep over it. :)

Well said.......also farrukh if you look back a few years before colour, I think you'll find many many stunning b&w photos because that's all there was! Stock agencies use colour primarily because most of the public identify with colour, in particular high saturated, high impact colour. I love both as they will always be relevent to photography.
Roger.

[wu_wei0]

Very nice. . . .the color, the composition (debris and all, particularly like what appear to be the small barred windows at each side), the overall feel. . .
extremely symbolic as shot! knowing that is a lightbulb in the top left makes it even more so-- something like the light of truth doesn't shine within his confines (and then those barred windows!); however,the promise of revelation/enlightnement awaits if he can just take the first step.

ROFL ok maybe overanalyzing but that is what I see. also reminds me in some odd way of Plato's The Cave.

~wu

[farrukh]

Well said.......also farrukh if you look back a few years before colour, I think you'll find many many stunning b&w photos because that's all there was! Stock agencies use colour primarily because most of the public identify with colour, in particular high saturated, high impact colour. I love both as they will always be relevent to photography.
Roger.

Who said b&w dont look good? indeed they look good like i said above " I know B&W trick makes pictures look good and many people like to shoot and see b&w pics"

But those were the days when imagers like sensors or film were not so good. So b&w was a best solution to creat a drama in the pic.

But today, sensors and films have improved. dynamic range and noise control have improved in digitals. so why not use it to its potential?

you loose half of the detail in your image when you convert color photo to b&w. thus you get escaped from lot of errors of tones, wrong kelvin settings and they are far easy to postprocess.

IMHO stay away from b&w unless you are paid to shoot b&w. and especially learners avoid it and try to survive in colors and its far more difficult to impress the audience with color photographs then b&w's.

bottom line.... impressive b&w photography is not challenging at all but color photography is.

[farrukh]

Very nice. . . .the color, the composition (debris and all, particularly like what appear to be the small barred windows at each side), the overall feel. . .
extremely symbolic as shot! knowing that is a lightbulb in the top left makes it even more so-- something like the light of truth doesn't shine within his confines (and then those barred windows!); however,the promise of revelation/enlightnement awaits if he can just take the first step.

ROFL ok maybe overanalyzing but that is what I see. also reminds me in some odd way of Plato's The Cave.

~wu

Thanks wu, You wrote a great description of this shot. i liked it :D

[wu_wei0]

Thanks wu, You wrote a great description of this shot. i liked it :D

:)You're welcome. On rare occasion, a shot will touch me on multiple levels. this was one. I have been drawn back to it several times and I keep searching the scene/shadows for more "hidden" things.
Very nice work.