Black and white, or monochrome photos of people

[BBW]

Love the repetition of the white shapes that are played out here, ricks... Black and white so often brings out the essentials.

 

[Briar]

pdh asked me to post this picture from my flickr.

Oly E-PL1 + Pan 45-200mm lens, pp'd with Silver Efex

 

[pdh]

i asked because it is superb, Briar ...

 

[BBW]

Great expression on that young fellow's face - as well as the response he's getting from the young lady in question.

 

[pdh]

somehow this image looks better on Flickr - it looks a bit squished into the wrong aspect ration here?

 

[ricks]

Waiting for the Sunday local

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[javier]

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Nice one. Great pov!

 

[ajramirez]

pdh asked me to post this picture from my flickr.

Oly E-PL1 + Pan 45-200mm lens, pp'd with Silver Efex

Absolutely beautiful photograph!

Regards,

Antonio

 

[javier]

Agreed!

 

[Jeremy Jong]

my contribution to the thread

 

[BBW]

Jeremy, my guess is that this is not an unusual sight in the streets there, but for me it is a glimpse into a world that I've not experienced. The closest I've come to seeing a mix of such disparate traffic is on the streets of New York City.

The effort that this person (I think this is a woman) has to put out to move that payload looks pretty tough - especially it being in the dark with that car behind her.

Great example of low light and night work, Jeremy!

 

[Jeremy Jong]

i was taken aback by the woman with the huge load too. the woman was pushing huge load of cardboard to be sold at the recycling centre. it is also common to see senior citizens collect cardboard and tin cans in singapore as it can be sold for money. but most of the time is to past the time as sons/daughters are working.

 

[BBW]

Thank you, Jeremy. I enjoy learning the photographer's story behind his or her image. I'm glad that I came away with the same or similar feelings as you had when you pressed the shutter button.

 

[ajramirez]

Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Join to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

Regards,

Antonio

 

[olli]

Beautiful image Antonio. Love the contrast / complement between the wall and the man, like he's emerging out of and taking on his own definition.

 

[akulya]

Here's one of my brother-in-law at a music festival - I liked the way the light almost gives him two different expressions at once, I also found the cheap lager a hilarious prop!

 

[BBW]

This is one of the many reasons I love to look at photographs of people - yours, Antonio, and yours, Kal, are practically polar opposites...and each one seems to tap into the essence that you each witnessed the moment you snapped the shutter.

I also love the freedom your personal points of view in the choice of "post processing" and how you've used black and white.

Bravo!

 

[Ray Sachs]

pdh asked me to post this picture from my flickr.

Oly E-PL1 + Pan 45-200mm lens, pp'd with Silver Efex

I'm way behind here - just saw this one for the first time. WOW! What a fine image, what a moment caught!

-Ray

 

[Ray Sachs]

Antonio, another beautiful street portrait. You're creating quite a document of a fading generation in your part of Puerto Rico.

-Ray

 

[chromatin64]

Scarborough by Multiple fragments of tissue, on Flickr
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A couple from my stroll along Scarborough Promenade with my recharged Ricoh R6 yesterday. Converted to B&W and post-processed in PSE8 & Lightroom.