National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield.
This is all thats left of a once proud industry, smashed and disbanded by Margaret Thatcher in the 80's.
PS work -
Rawshooter Essentials - 3+ exposure and contrast adjustment to get silhouette
Channel Mixer to make the image monochrome
clone out notice board on right wall
sharpen and crop
File Name
CRW_7588.CRW
Camera Model
Canon EOS 10D
Shooting Date/Time
15/05/2005 09:55:20
Shooting Mode
Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/90
Av( Aperture Value )
8.0
Metering Mode
Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed
100
Lens
16.0 - 35.0 mm
Focal Length
18.0 mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance Mode
Auto
AF Mode
One-Shot AF
Parameters Settings
Contrast Standard
Sharpness Standard
Color saturation Standard
Color tone 0
Color Space
Adobe RGB
File Size
4622 KB
Statistics
Place: 20 out of 248 Avg (all users): 6.6816 Avg (commenters): 9.3529 Avg (participants): 6.5508 Avg (non-participants): 6.8031 Views since voting: 1864 Views during voting: 363 Votes: 245 Comments: 24 Favorites: 8 (view)
gosh why didn't i go back out to my hubby's underground mine while this challenge was on....!! i took heaps of these about a month ago.... well done, yours is great.....
Could have sworn I commented on this one during the challenge?! The gritiness and strength comes through in the tones, lighting, and mood. You have captured an era. All the best with the postcard -- what a way to reach so many people :)
...really love this photo...keeps me wondering where he is coming/going to...and why...cannot understand the title...hope it does not distract from the overall appeal of this submission...9
Update: This is one of my top three photos for this challenge. I like the grittiness of the black and white, which matches the surroundings and the photojournalistic feel of the shot. I like that you managed a true silhouette without blowing the higlights in your background - somethign that wasn't acheived often in this challenge I thought. And as aforementioned, I dig the light. 10
The light on the hat is a nice touch. I like the moodiness of this.
What a wonderful journalistic image. This may not be half as strong for non-Brits but it really communicates SO much and so strongly to me. I love the framing and the tonal range and the composition and the head torch and just the whole thing. Absolutely fantastic industrial portrait. 10
Is this in a museum? Must be England then because the Iron lady got rid of most mines didn't she? Very good shot, nothing wrong with it and meaningful to boot..
having voted close to 4000 times since joining dp, this is my first 10 (yes i am pathetic..but..)..
this shot speaks..of history... of humanity...composition, detail, the foot just entering the shadows, stark lighting, the silhouette isn't just because it is a challenge, it allows this shot to represent more than this individual..Brilliant!!!
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