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Shadow Morning
Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 16 January 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.
Waiting for the bus...
High-Resolution version here.
[Downsview Station, Toronto]
Stu from Kyoto, Japan
This is great! Love the perspective, the composition and the processing. One of my favorites of yours Damon. Outstanding shot!
16 Jan 2007 5:15am
@Stu: Thanks, Stu! Glad you liked it. The sun was unusually strong that morning; although I go to the same place most mornings, I've never seen it streaming like that before.
Maoya from Rolle, Switzerland
Fantastic, I love it when crouched down awkwardly, people pass by then turn around saying to themselves "hun?" little do they know fine art is being created! And that staring dude on the left is even part of it!
16 Jan 2007 6:34am
@Maoya: Thank you, Maoya! The way you describe it: it's as though you were there. I guess you have 'been there' at least experientially.
@H.O: Thanks again, Hiro-san!
@Makoto: Glad you liked it, Makoto-san! I feel honoured to read that it looks like a scene from a movie. No problem using 日本語. 習得したいだから。。。
@Kheoh Yee Wei: Thanks, Kheoh!
JS from Brookline, United States
On these shadow mornings, not yet really awake, I search in vain for the high-res link, muttering, "It's gotta be here somewhere ..."
16 Jan 2007 1:29pm
@JS: My apologies...
@Bahar: Thanks very much, Bahar!
@Angry Buddha: Thank you, Sean!
elaine from France
very cool picture, i like the way this man springs from the shining blurred background!
16 Jan 2007 4:27pm
@elaine: Thank you very much, Elaine!
@Tim: Thanks, Tim!
@Still: Thanks, Still! The sun was enjoying itself that morning.
Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia
Very cool shot Damon. Love the depth of field in this one, and the shadows the columns and commuters are casting across the ground. Excellent work!
16 Jan 2007 9:54pm
@Chris Sullivan: Thanks, Chris! I'll admit that I totally cheated by adding gaussian blur around the man. The shot itself was fairly sharp throughout originally. I was working on the image and it suddenly struck me that he should be more clearly defined in such a glowing world.
Mammoth in Chief from Naperville, United States
Uh-huh, I agree with Chris - great DoF... Love the focus and blur too!
16 Jan 2007 11:52pm
@Mammoth in Chief: Thanks, Mammoth! I'll have to take issue with something though... It's a pet peeve of mine when people say 'depth of field' to mean shallow depth of field. Sorry; I'm a stickler for photo jargon.
On a related note, my phrase of the day, courtesy of the paparazzi, is "hosing the doris" which means keeping the button pressed and taking as many frames as possible in the shortest conceivable time of any female celebrity
Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand
This is excellent. Love the love shadowed lines. Great post-production on this.
16 Jan 2007 11:57pm
@Aaron Schmidt: Many thanks, Aaron!
Lynne from Atlanta, United States
Wonderful shot. I like the slightly blurry image and the contrasting. Great!
17 Jan 2007 2:28am
@Lynne: Thank you, Lynne!
Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan
beautiful work Damon. The blur (gaussian?) is exquisitely judged. and the lighting is immaculatly rendered. It's most cinemtaic. A dream sequence perhaps. Its as if the shadows and light spilling across the floor are paths in themselves.
17 Jan 2007 2:38pm
@Duncan Galbraith: Hey thanks, Duncan! I can see why they pull out those huge lights when filming movies - sure adds something to a scene. Yes, it was gaussian blur by the way.
Nicola from Québec, Canada
the composition and light here is amazing! Nice contrast!
17 Jan 2007 6:04pm
@Nicola: Thanks very much, Nicola!
@Martine Lapointe: Merci beaucoup, Martine!
TravBoy from Portland, United States
Ground shot is very impressive, great capture.
22 Jan 2007 1:45am
@TravBoy: Thanks, TravBoy!
Canon PowerShot G3
1/50 second
F/3.2
ISO 50
15 mm