One of the images I took for the Lighting II Challenge in May. This was taken inside the abandoned Brickworks factory in Toronto. I very seldom take a shot that includes me but I felt compelled to have a human figure in this shot so I set up the camera on the tripod but forgot to change the settings. I sat there for what I thought was too long a time. The long exposure overexposed the highlights but was able to tone it down to an acceptable degree.
Shot in raw mode. I adjusted the white balance for a warm feel and further saturated the yellow. I cloned out the over-exposed areas on my leg leaving just enough to show that the light was directly hitting it. I did some burning here and there. I used Neat Image and sharpened the image after cropping and resizing.
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Couldn't get anywhere close to voting on all the images in this challenge because of slow dial-up. What I shame I missed voting on this wonderful image.
Thanks everyone for all your comments and votes. This is a tough challenge , there are so many talented photographers producing superb work. Congrats in a big way to the ribbon winners.
Fascinating what you have done with this pic. I would have messed something like this up badly. What strikes me most are the lines and the textures and tone. The evenness of the light is really well captured
the location is fantastic. together with the man sitting alone & the ray of light this is a very dramatic photo, filled with hope. bumped to a 10 and added to my faves :)
"One of the best in this competition" Simon Cowell :) Seriously, you should be proud of this shot as it has very strong emotive quailities. Everything about this is perfect. Good Luck. 10
Cool location. You had a good eye for the effects of light and shadow here. Maybe you should have moved the camera further too the left, the lines on the ground are not tilted enough to convey dynamism, so having them perfectly perpendicular would have worked better. 10.
I love the warm tones that you have captured, and love the flash of delicate light shining through the window onto the figure, well done, very well done.....
I love this shot. The composition, the color tones, the ray coming in through the window, the story that is told by the composure of the person. Excellent shot you have every right to be proud of. [10]
Excellent idea, great lighting, great lines, great texture, excellent comp, good color, sharp, b&w need a little work not bad, emotional, overall excellent job
A very strong and inspiring capture. The cropping is wonderfully simple and the tones are subdued but powerful enought to take this image to a very high level for this challenge... well done.
Going for JPR here...you do wooden floors awfully well ;)
Excellent shot and if I see any comments about hotspots/overexposure I shall be slapping a few faces after the challenge.
Very impressive image. It's well composed, perfectly lit (I'm still trying to figure out how you managed to get so much warmth & detail in the wood) and the story drew me in. Good luck!
Nice piece of art - good vision - and some great processing. A competent shot turned into something special. Love the colours and balance of comp. Neat touches in light sparkles too. Up there for a ribbon I bet.
You definitely have a top 10 contender here. The light is fantastic, as is the location for the image ... drab and closed off and brown, what a contrast to the one lightbeam. Guy's position is great, too, as is the taken down board still leaning against the window. One to be proud of!
Bob realized this was not the best of investment properties after all.
An image that tells a story, my favorites. He has a look of despair and sense of loss. You almost want to comfort him and ask him whats wrong and if there is anything you can do.
Wonderful use of lighting to evoke a mood. That shaft of light from window to person is great. Like the obvious lines on both floor and ceiling - they give a real sense of perspective/ depth. Like too the textures of wood and brick and metal. The warm tones are great too. This is a really intriguing and well exectured image that makes me look and look.
It is that single beam of light shining through the broken window that adds soooo much to the scene and mood of the shot. Well done. The scene in this 'warehouse' is bare and thus the single figure sitting all alone hunched over in this great big empty space speaks of isolation & a feeling of helplessness. But as the title and that single ray of light falling on the individual speaks that even then, a glimmer of hope exists.
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