This is the second shot in a new series called "After Dark" wich I am posting on Flickr if anybody is interested. I was going to wait a bit with this series and didn´t mean to start it right away but the weather that night was too "good" to pass on the opportunity and since Annel Helgi (the guy in the picture) wasn´t doing anything we met downtown and took some pictures.
The weather was horrible, the remains of hurricane Ike passed over Iceland and while it was severely downgraded by now since it passed over the Carribean and North America, it was still pretty bad and people were asked to stay indoors. A couple of people in cars drove by us and they just looked at us like we had escaped from an asylum. Well I haven´t gone out of my "comfort zone" in a good while now so I felt inclined to try something new, for me at least. The rain was pouring down and both of us were soaked after being outside for only 15 minutes or so.
Only used ambient light for this, shot it roughly 3 and a half hours after sunset or just before midnight.
B/W treatment similar to my "Dirt" entry, contrast just boosted way up in C1, curves, sharpened and frame, this would have been legal in basic editing.
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This really reminds me of a young Paul Newman, very nice work, love the lighting. he looks like he's looking up into a window of a lover and wondering where he went wrong. Lots of emotion in this picture, Great Job!!!!!!
I gave you a 6. I would have scored it higher, but you need different models. The ones you use are too damn perfect.
Haha, you serious? I love you man, I really do but you wierd me out sometimes. Lemmejustsay that I like my photos and models just fine the way they are so if that´ll cost me a point or two from you during voting, so be it :)
Reminded me of a young Paul Newman or especially Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire might be the flick I'm thinking about. Nicely shot. I didn't guess this to be yours but I'm very pleasantly suprised :)
Matthew had a terrible affliction. Whenever it rained, he was uncontrollably compelled to go stand outside in it and pretend to be a film noir super-hero.
Great shot, with fantastic use of light and shadow (especially on his face), lots of wonderful contrast, great capture of the rain itself, and oh my very handsome model too. Works very well indeed.
Really nice exposure time on this, the rain drop streaks are prefect and the B&W balance and lighting are great and of course you made me look really good for my age.....
I really like this image, good the model pose, perhaps a bit decenterf position was better. the details of the rain are great and the lights on the background perfect for the scene. even the location work.
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