That is really stunning.

Sweet idea for the topic. Aces.

Thanks guys, watching these guys for a couple of hours this past Sunday in Joshua Tree NP in California. Thought of this as soon as I saw the new Topic!

Cool :-)

great one vernon.

what's the exif on this? also, what lens did you use?

the dof seems staggering, though maybe it's not really all that deep. straight out of camera? or is it two images overlaid?

yes george, all from the cam.
here's a screenshot from the raw file (includes the exif as well)
lens is a tamron 17-50/2.8

www.xoverip.info/tbd/vazaar_handle.jpg

@all
thanks for your feedback.

Congrats v.t.! I really like the strange panorama effect in the handle. Superb, as usual. ;O)

Exquisite work!

Cheers,
Jon

An amazing shot. Just great. Congrats.

George, seen this before, but glad to see it again. I love the quality of light, and the softness is really perfect!

This is spectacular George!!!

stunning. the soft green and sharp white wires and beautiful.

Thanks to All for the comments :-)

epic. Soft focus is perfect. Like a painting

Tom, this is quite the face. The light is a bit harsh for my taste (hard to control when you're riding a yak across Tibet or wherever this was), but ohmigod what a face...what a life you've caught here. Quite remarkable.

As an aside, this theme (In Your Face) has the tagline "Self Portraits with Edge" which I, too, missed the first time I uploaded a shot. Unless I'm totally missing something, "Tom Carter" ain't the name of the woman in the image ;-)

greath face ! but also for me the sun light is to agressive and the level of the photo is above the eyes, i guess the old lady is not tall.

Thank you all for the comments. I am sorry I didn't know these were self-portraits only; should I remove the image?
About the photo itself, the sunlight in Tibet is a real doozy; it's so harsh that many images come out pure black. Other times they are all washed out like this one; I tried my best.

amazing... just amazing.

Very nice work in a difficult light - you succeed in bringing us an amazing face!

Thanks,
Jon

of course it works well for the theme,
but the composition and exposure just doesnt cut it for me, a little bit more detail in the person looking out would have helped,
did you try having him in focus and the stuff outside the window in bokeh?

My comments from when this was on WS are the same here. I think the background is overexposed. You could have used a higher aperture setting. The foreground person would then be totally silhouetted and crisper as well. I don't like the fuzziness of the foreground. This is a personal choice though.

I realize you probably didn't have that much time to make the shot though. It's an excellent concept. If you are from San Francisco I'd go ride the streetcar and try it again. It's also an excellent subject for this theme.

This works very well, I like how you are using the other person view. As well as you can get some very good detail of the other car.

Oh the concept here is fabulous!...I only have a problem with the blown out areas....I simply love the perspective!

Thanks a lot, Rachel- This is quite an old shot, on film. Kind of a one shot type of deal, had to just go with what the camera was set on already so as not to miss the shot entirely!

Thanks George,

I really wish the one on WS would feature, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen...

Thanks everyone for their comments.

not for the right topic i guess
there's no any motion to be 'underlined' by the long exposure

I like the almost daylight colours to the front of the image, whereas the background clearly shows that it's dark outside. The green gives some alien (outerworldly) feel to it.

Really nice colors...do you mind sharing how you executed this one?

Hi Rachel,

Gladly! This was actually the VERY FIRST digital shot I took- way back in January (2007) when I got my 5D in the mail... I was on the way back from the post office dying to try it out and passed by this cement plant.

I want back and checked the EXIF for you- looks like this was 60 seconds @ f/22, ISO 800. Camera was on a tripod, with shutter release.

The lighting (colors) was just the ambient light which was present at the moment. The green was from a single bulb under the tower, which cast the eerie glow across the scene- really adds a lot in my opinion.

Thanks for the comment, hope that answers your question.

-Jason

Roberta strikes again! Love the simplicity and dark colors.

Thanks! :-)

Terrific, Roberta. I love this.

Moody. I love it!

The color is wonderful especially the subtle change in color.

Thanks everybody.

Three elements that so neatly tell the story. So well done. The only thing that would improve the image to me is it seems a bit tight...as if a bit of room to breathe, so to speak, would relax the bit of tension, for me. But, really, what a wonderful image. Well done.

Good perspective, good focal point, overall... excellent.

I like the image overall, however, I would like it to be cropped somewhat wider. Feels a bit too tight for me..
However if you were trying to get rid of a bright spot, I can see why you chose to crop it this way.

Tha hands made the world. They can do the better and the worse things. Brain thinks about, and hands do things happen.
That's such a nice pic. That hando making music happen.

@elijah, makes me want to drink whiskey!!
@Vernon, dude you're on a roll!! A lot of stuff posted months ago being featured lately.

Gran foto. Sugerente, sexy, la mirada te atrapa y no te deja escapar.

Maravilloso retrato, creo que capta toda la sensualidad y personalidad de una mujer. Enhorabuena

Beautyful Woman
Beautyful Click

@beamer
:-)

@all
thanks for you feedback and the feature.
very much appreciated.

:-)

Cool shot Arne. I really like it. That bird in the foreground took a moment to register.

Wow... this is really nice... The bird, the people, the sparkles. Not something you see every day.

still liking it 8 months later ;-) congrats.

Thanks !