Challenge:Letting Go (Basic Editing I) Camera:Minolta DiMAGE Z1 Location: San Francisco Date: Feb 8, 2004 Aperture: F8 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1000 Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2004
You got lucky with one thing on this shot, the lighting.. thats about it.. composition is off, the bridge unbalances the entire shot, you would have had better luck leaving the bridge out entirely..
On my third trip through this Challenge I still very much enjoy this image from Baker Beach. Your model (or you with a time release) are enjoying some of S.F.'s good weather. Nice. If it were mine, I might play with a polarizer. It isn't, it's yours. Anyhow, this scene is still a good 7.
If Michelangelo and Salvador Dali would collaborate, the result, I image, would look something like this. :-)
Despite some evidence of noise (sky, sand) and a slightly spongy focus (especially from the subject's toes to torso), this is a strong and profoundly satisfying image with a considerable range of interest.
The perspective givens of the photo reveal a classical balance reinforced by an s-curve along the line of view. The colours (especially the browns, greens and near-greys) are rich, boldly contrasted without squelching the tonal range where critical.
The subject's natural, almost meditative pose and focus are captured very credibly, while his physique correlates forces evident from the rubble of his immediate environment. The subject, via pose, expression, built and presence radiates a pensive confidence, which, IMHO, commands an existential interest beyond the pleasure of aesthetics that can be so easily had from this image.
The somewhat straightforward and, apparently, uncomplicated manner and treatment (by impression) of this shot provides great ease and access to what I consider a potentially complex interpretation.
I consider this a photograph of human value, in that it points out qualities of human existence rarely shown, i.e. the merits of dissociation. And it does this simply.
What a wonderful little spot - I love the bridge swooping across the water behind. He doesn't look overly relaxed - the pose may be a little forced - but I think the composition and setting are excellent.
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