Escaping the light

Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 26 October 2006 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Walking away from the sunset on a Monday afternoon
[Bloor Street West, Toronto]

re-upload after small edit to optimise for web

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Comments (11)

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

Brilliant light - you don't see the sun streaming through like this everyday.

26 Oct 2006 9:17am

Suby from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Reminds me of a scene in ICe Age 2 I say last night, cracks me up. Nice shot.

Suby

26 Oct 2006 2:40pm

@Suby: Thanks!

Ryan Yam from Quezon City, Philippines

The inclusion of the wall makes the composition more interesting for me. Nice capture of light there. I'm amazed that the faces and details of the people are still visible despite shooting against the light.

26 Oct 2006 5:05pm

Ryan Yam from Quezon City, Philippines

Wait.. Look at the right side (EXIF)... 922 mm?! :-o

26 Oct 2006 5:05pm

@Ryan Yam: Yes, there's an issue with my camera when it's set to RAW capture. It completely misrepresents the focal length. Don't ask me why. This was actually shot at a wide-ish angle.

But as to your comment about capturing the facial details in spite of the harsh contrast, while fill flash might have worked, I didn't use one, and I'll freely admit to doing a bit of Photoshop work to make the captured image more like how I experienced the scene with my own eyes - apart from one thing: the sun was setting and casting these great long shadows, but it wasn't as intense as I made it look here. In other words, there wasn't really a nuclear bomb exploding in Toronto's west end that day (and thank goodness for that)!

JS from United States

This steps well beyond representation into real art. It captures the eeriness of ordinary experience that everyone perceives at times.

26 Oct 2006 7:06pm

@JS: One does try to reach in that direction. Glad you liked it.

Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia

nice shot, the lighting effects are excellent. well composed too, i like how the street vendor store seems to be capturing the light.

26 Oct 2006 9:11pm

@Chris Sullivan: Thanks so much.

m from brooklyn, United States

the lighting in this is so perfect - what a beautiful shot.

27 Oct 2006 2:03am

@m: Thank you. I see from your site that you are a lighting connoisseur and have a great portfolio.

Miguel from Mannheim, Germany

I love the light in this shot. Really awsome.

27 Oct 2006 1:14pm

@Miguel: Thanks. for just a few moments, the light was truly stunning. And I must say after visiting your site, that you have a great photographic eye.