j'aime cet abandon. une très belle photo sur une forme de solitude

I thank you, Oliver, for your very kind comment, and am honored by all that selected my photo for a feature. Wow!

I might have pulled back on the exposure, but it does add a haunting effect. Nice.

Thank you all for your nice comments! :)

Snaps, this is my first attempt at high key...by pulling back on the exposure do you mean adding more shades of gray? I appreciate your insight.

Very cool shot and beautiful dog.

Looking at this again, and realizing you were trying something new - I think it does work. The eyes pop. But, there is a big part of me that wishes for a bit more depth through the features. Yes, a bit more tonal range...more grays to pull out some texture and features.

It is a little intense, but the bright white also intensifies the eyes and I think that's what you were going for. I do like it.

Fantastic light and composition!

Awesome pic. Is the room really that color? Adds a lot of drama. You must have been laying on the floor for that one. Good eye!

Nature is so amazing! Nice shot

Yes it is! I'm amazed that I could get any of this in enough focus!

...IT being nature, that is! :0 Thanks for the compliment.

Flipper!

Buena captura y bien traida al tema, hay composiciones que no necesitan nada mas para encajar. Enhorabuena. Saludos

Great shot - love the framing and spacing which you have achieved in this one - well done.

I like this shot....Colors are great. Your white balance is dead on.....very nice!

i like this shot and the opisition between the 2 people in it

I like the combination of objects. It tells the story of their owner more so than demonstrating their purpose. Whether a conscious choice or not, the fact that none is the central focus seems to give them an equal weight and importance. I like it.

I like… netting on the right disturbs me, but I adore the texture and the hot color of right-hand side. Good continuation.

I adore the texture and the hot color of right-hand side = I adore the texture and the hot color of left-hand side

I appreciate everyone's comments on this photo -

Perhaps to some there are too many stories in this shot, but that is truly how it is behind a film camera. I was very lucky to be able to get all of the elements of a film scene into one shot.

I couldn't go much wider due to the position of a car on the set and trying to stay out of the shot, otherwise I would've added a bit more on the left.

Antipodes, it wasn't by design that you can't see anyone's faces, but the fact that it reads chaos to you is perfect, because it is controlled chaos behind the camera! There is SO much going on, and that is what I was trying to convey. I love that you noticed the faces - it makes me like the picture even more.

This picture kind of reminds me of the Last Supper, in the sense that there are many stories to be seen on either side of the center subject, (which is not necessarily the main subject of this shot).

I agree that it could probably use a little sharpening. Any suggestions on how much?

Clutter, clutter, clutter. Sometimes (often), less is more. I know that is a bit difficult in this type of situation. Couldn't you have moved and try to take the shot so that the background would be the actual shooting background?

rverrcesi - Cluttered? Perhaps, but I feel the clutter is justified by the topic.

Could I have moved to include the background they were shooting? Sure! And then the photo would have looked just like the other 327 shots I took on set, where the subject of the photo was the actors.

I wanted the "subject" and "story" of this photo to include the many people who are the workings behind the camera; the subjects that no one sees; the chaos behind the controlled environment that you see when you watch a movie.

Your saying it's cluttered is actually a compliment - it means I've done what I set out to do!

Kerri, I was just expressing my personal view. Of course you of all people know what you set out to do when you took this photo. Please consider it just an opinion. I agree when you say you wanted to include as many people possible. My only remark is that they do not help in the overall composition mainly because you have people in half, people looking away from the actors (you are the center piece here). They seem to be standing there without actually working on set. If all those people where focusing on the set or a particular point the photo could have been even better. Mind you, again, it is only an opinion.

Ricardo, I appreciate your opinion! And I take no offense to your observations. The intention of this forum is for discussion, and I'm glad to partake.

Again, you make my point with your comments. There are many stories within this shot, thus why it is in this topic. This photo is a true depiction of what happens on a set. The entire crew does not focus and watch the scene as it's being shot - that would be distracting to the actors. Instead, they quietly wait to jump into action when the scene ends; and although you don't see any motion, it is in the listening and waiting that they are working. But I understand how that could give you the impression that some people aren't doing anything in this scene.

I suppose I could have cropped from the camera op to the right, cutting out the sound guy, but I rather like how his boom framed the shot.

More than one self-portrait, it is of true feeling that you want to show us. I like your placement in the light, as well as framing, those reassure me for the future. Does the scarf that you carry have to be interpreted?
In any case, a photo full with force. Greetings.

Thank you for the comment, Pixim. You have comforted me with your observations.

This is a very emotional photo for me. I am saying goodbye to many things here, as I sit alone in the bedroom that my parents shared for 37 years prior to my mother's death 5 years ago.

I am an orphan since my dad died one year ago, and the time has come to sell my childhood home. Trying to hold on to all that I can, I am wearing his sweater and the scarf that I made for him. He was only 65 when he died, but old enough to have been a Navy Veteran of the Cold War. He was very quietly proud of that, thus the patriotic scarf.

I am working on a gallery of photos from my journey through this time of letting go. If you are interested in my journey, you are welcome to visit.

visualpeace-gallery-dad.blogspot.com/