look at the fools..., a photo from London, England

Photographer's Note

Each and every day, every little way,
I've been a lovin' you,
I can't live without lovin' at night
Makes it hard to say it's wrong
When I know it's right
Even though the years won't be kind
I love you more than I care about myself,
I love ya, hate ya for what you're doin' to my health,
I love ya, hate ya for all the love ya make me feel,
I love ya darlin' 'cause ya know I can't leave
But when you're gone,
I'm little boy lost in the storm with the wolves,
Flames all around I talk to myself and pray to the rain
That this lonely curse won't drive me insane,
I run into the sea,
But the sea only sighs...
Look at the fool that love brings me...

Tim Buckley - Look At The Fool lyrics

Shot at 1600 ISO, was still getting to grips with new toy...(also shot from the hip)

A mini-theme about couples...see the rest of the theme here.

bnallama, fabio_ts, AnimeshRay, chc, MLINES has marked this note useful

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bnallama (3763) 2006-05-24 4:45

Hi Kajal. Hope you are fine. I see you having a lot of fun with your new toy. I really liked your latest post and can slowly see that you developing a style of your.. The Atmostsphere here is simply lovely and coupled with the DOF it adds the mysterious feeling to this shot.

By the way... is there actually something called Love?? Does it exist?

Take care... bala

s10001in (0) 2006-05-24 5:06

Hi kajal,

Looks like intresting image with nice subject.
But I really do not understand it.(Frank opinion)

As a dumb viewr few of my comments.

1) Nice POV & great Bokeh where woman is standing and vicinity
but the focused object (MAN) is too dark. I even cannot able to view at all. ( It might be a problem of PC monitor but I will check it again on my own PC,I am in office now)

2) Bokeh of woman is really ultimate. really makes her as one of the main character of your note.
But little distracting is white ghost of brightness just behind her. That area is over exposed in few pieces, may be due to contrast & brightness adjustment in PP.

When you print this image by ink printer/Laser printer ..it will make that much area is super exposed & more prominent (Like white patch) where viewer sure would like to commnet.
( I generally Make a print of my snaps with various printers to see the effect, generally what we see on screen & what we see on 2L size paper has huge difference, Paper always give better response to color so darker part looks more darker but as more the size of paper it makes lighter colors bit lighter)

3) Even at High ISO like 1600, you have well controlled noise. I could not see even single of over exposed pixle that is showing noise. Nice work, Nice PP.

Anyway, this is nice image.
(Please corret my comment, since I am not good in photography)

Thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Shailendra

bantonbuju (51815) 2006-05-24 5:45

hi kajal,
there is something exceptional in this image, something that makes this amber-style so powerful,
hard to express the feeling properly but i love this picture;
best wishes, jerzy

oochappan (4880) 2006-05-24 6:08

A sneaky feel of suggestive people watching at night with the explicit arificial light, an ambiguous shot, you like it or not, I got the feel and your aim right and appreciate it as thus.
Your POV became an evidence now to me.
Creative Kajal
Henk

fabio_ts (13696) 2006-05-24 6:11

Intriguing composition Kaj, great work, I like a lot its atmosphere, compliments!!

have a nice day,
Fabio.

arindam_thokder (3987) 2006-05-24 13:12

Hello Kajal,

I love it, the warm color the blurry girl and the dark face in the right created such a mysterious feeling.
Some problems near the nose of the face...also if we could see the outline of the face in right would be great. But I like the mood.

Arindam

keithl (4) 2006-05-24 13:19

Hi Kaj, I really like these kind of moody, atmospheric photos. For me, this one would be helped by a little more detail in the foreground figure, and maybe a stonger focal point.

tcht (7565) 2006-05-24 17:56

Hey Kaj, I like this kind of abstract work. Very fun playing around with the lights and shadows. Good contrast between man and lady. Can't see anything 'wrong' with this pic, since the compo is so powerful. Look foward to seeing more of these artistic work from you ;)

AnimeshRay (9089) 2006-05-25 0:19

This one is terrific! Powerful, moody, mysterious, intriguing, in fact it is done with quite a style. Excellent handling of light and composition.
Like your comment.

verde (957) 2006-05-25 13:04

At first I didn't like that I could not tell what was going on with the man. He was so dark and the pipe thing was attracting my attention to try and figure out what it was.

but then I looked at it from a distance and I found out that I didn't care. It was obvious that the man was looking in her direction, and the color was fantastic. the blacks and orange-ish colors are really nice.

The girl out of focus really adds to this shot.
well done
b

chc (1468) 2006-05-29 17:17

Hi Kajal,
Intriguing and abstract. Mainly I think because we can't see what the guy is doing. I like the monochrome tone it adds a lot to the atmosphere. The opposition between the man in dark and the woman enlightened is well seen.
A real creative result,
Christophe