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Beautiful B&W photography and I love that negative space. Even though the motion is stopped, the energy is palpable. One of my faves of the challenge.
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Great sense of light and dark. Very nicely captured! 7
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In a darkened hall, without looking up to see, if anyone should hear, he began to read his poetry. The images spilled forth from his imagination to words on a page, and on to the ears of anyone who would hear. And when he finished, he looked not around, but slowly returned to his chair and sat down. The room was silent - had anyone heard? It mattered not. The imagination was the thing.
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brilliant, absolutely love the lighting and negative space. Very moody
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The lighting in this is superb, really adds character to the scene.
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Dramatic lighting. Strong contrasts. I would have liked to have seen just a little more features of his face to reveal some character. Also maybe crop some of the dead black space on the right away. Maybe 2 inches or so.
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Magnificent lighting. Great job.
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great composition but a bit too dark
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you've got to like this type of picture...to me it is to dark...but I like your focus and how his face is a mystery
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I love this image; it makes me want to hear what he's reading!
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Iconic -- makes me think of jazz clubs.
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nice one, six from me ;D
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Nice shot, IMO the rightside of the photo needed to be crop.
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Remarkable photo. Comp, lighting, subject. Bumping!
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This is a very cool shot. I like how his hat is the most prominent thing in the picture, and I really like the way you have used the negative space.
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This shot really took me by surprise... The use of negative space - especially given the subject's talent - is used exceptionally well. The title actually made me more involved with the image... Outstanding work.
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Interesting black, white, and light.
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Gorgeous B&W. I like the very limited lighting.
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wonderfully full of poetry...
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Nice shot. I like the darkness in this shot.
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I really like the simple lighting here. Leaves a sense of mystery.
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I really like the lighting and composition
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just enough information, any moer and the mood would be gone
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Back to comment and bump: Great mood and I love the negative space. 10
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And he's in the spotlight. Good use of light and darkness.
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Nice portrait. Wonderful light and contrasts!
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dramatic lighting, but I am not sure this really works for me. I guess to me this would really work if it was easily recognizable who this person was from the clothes or actions , etc.
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Very interesting portrait! I like it just like that. Any cropping suggestions will damage it.
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good conversion to black and white, negative space works here
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This has a great feel to it. Nicely done.
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The use of negative space REALLY suits this well. One man, a microphone, and darkness.
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this is brilliant i love the lighting and the fact you dont see his face is actually a good idea it shares an intimacy with the viewer well done
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great placement and shadows- nice and moody. :)
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Nice capture, very evocative.
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This is cool--I wish DPC would schedule a challenge in this style!
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beautiful low key with effective lighting. love the negative space. 9
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cool image, love the feel to it.
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Very nice job at managing details in the shadows. *VERY*
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This is what B&W is made for. Awesome. 10
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Great use of light to create mood.
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This shot reminds me of the movie "Ray". Great contrast... i like how you isolated your subject.
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dramatice lighting really fits the theme
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Nice lighting and detail.
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great composition and lighting but on my monitor I can see a halo around where the BG was taken out which may hurt it with other voters...
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Nice use of lighting to highlight the hat.
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Nice capture and lighting.
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I hope you tell us who the poet is. I bet he loves this picture.
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great light, great composition, very nice shot
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Lovely atmosphere that accurately displays his environment. This also implies he is in the moment, since he is the only person you can see in the frame.
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cool shot, love the dark shadows in this, adds to the mystery of what he is reading.
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There are a lot of nice photos in this challenge, and this is one of them... maybe a little tighter crop on the top side could improve it, but I like the moody darkness.
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Wow... JUST enough detail to make this really interesting... but not too much to make it boring. :) Good job.
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Good isolation of the subject. I can almost hear his voice.
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Wonderful low-key(?) portrait. The negative space allows me to imagine an audience listening raptly in the shadows.
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very cool image. Love the low key.
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great lighting, i love the old timey feel of this. a bit too much blank space for me though
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love the use of negative space
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Love the dramatic lighting!
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Very moody, sexy shot. Just a little too much negative space for me.
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I love that you can't see his face. Lovely composition and lighting.
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