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Waiting in Vain



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Copyright © John Powell, 2011
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Copyright © John Powell, 2011
All Rights Reserved.
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31 Comments |
LaurenKPhotography
 
LaurenKPhotography July 07, 2012
This is stunning. Honestly. You have such beautiful photographs, great job!
tsambaproductions
 
tsambaproductions July 07, 2012
nice
Ata
 
Ata July 08, 2012
Very nice.
ornani
 
ornani July 08, 2012
gorgeous
BLAKSTEEL
 
BLAKSTEEL July 08, 2012
Wonderful Composition! Excellent Lighting And Pose. Love Classic Look!
Farnaz8912
 
Farnaz8912 July 09, 2012
Lovely shot!
Marian
 
Marian September 08, 2012
Beautiful shot!!! Voted!
Serendipity1
 
Serendipity1 September 10, 2012
Very nice!
CB1985
 
CB1985 November 01, 2012
Brilliant !
desertpagan
 
desertpagan November 04, 2012
An awesome shot!!
SoniaM
 
SoniaM November 06, 2012
pure beauty
lisawiza
 
lisawiza November 17, 2012
im seriously inlove with your beautiful work. new follower and award given!
dotcomjohnny
dotcomjohnny November 18, 2012
Thank you.
Latitude4236David Ultimate
 
Latitude4236David January 26, 2013
Beautiful vintage look, great job.
VivienneB
 
VivienneB February 19, 2013
AMAZING
chris_barnes_726 PRO+
 
chris_barnes_726 May 10, 2013
Great classic shot, love the props!
BrianpSlade
 
BrianpSlade May 10, 2013
Absolutely brilliant...congrats and very well done!
Brian
jleiweke
 
jleiweke May 10, 2013
Congrats!
ShutterBug76
 
ShutterBug76 May 10, 2013
outstanding
Hari_Subagio
 
Hari_Subagio May 10, 2013
superb, congratulations
aryamansudarakrishnan
 
aryamansudarakrishnan May 11, 2013
love this photo
nigelmerchant
 
nigelmerchant May 11, 2013
A gorgeous portrait. Excellent.
OlenaSanjara
 
OlenaSanjara May 11, 2013
Don't ever be vain or wait in vain. Both are a tremendous waste.

But it is a mesmerizing, although sad image
BOBATAB
 
BOBATAB May 11, 2013
just beautiful
Richard_J
 
Richard_J May 11, 2013
Great shot!
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta May 12, 2013
Beautiful mono portrait. Congratulations.
Brun0
 
Brun0 May 12, 2013
very nice, congrats
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Etna May 12, 2013
Nice shot!
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter May 12, 2013
Beautiful image. Congrats on your award. - Jake
lulu2
 
lulu2 May 18, 2013
stunning,great shot congratulations
tsambaproductions
 
tsambaproductions May 18, 2013
congrats
GabrielPerez
 
GabrielPerez September 30, 2013
I want to take photos this good when I grow up :)
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Behind The Lens

Location

This image was taken on a lighting demonstration stand. However, I wasn't using flash, just part of the onlooking crowd.

Time

Noon

Lighting

Although this is a studio set up, I wasn't using any of the equipment. Therefore the lighting at the time of exposure was very mixed.

Equipment

I'd just picked up a Nikon D2Hs, a 4MB pixel camera, so I shot with that. The lens in question was the Nikkor 18-200mm VR. No Flash, just available light (very mixed).

Inspiration

I was inspired to take the photo, simply because I liked the set up.

Editing

Because the original image had a very pronounced green cast I converted it to monochrome.

In my camera bag

Back when this shot was made (about 4 years ago) my main camera was a Nikon D2X. In my kit bag today I have a pair of Nikon Df cameras and several prime lenses (20mm f/1.8, 50mm f/1.4 and a Nikkor 105mm f/2 DC).

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