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contemplating life

contemplating life
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Winner in BW portrait TTH Photo Challenge
People's Choice in in_contemplation Photo Challenge
People's Choice in #compleshumanpersonality Photo Challenge
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People's Choice in your best black and white portrait Photo Challenge
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People's Choice in Shades of Shadows Photo Challenge
People's Choice in why i love photography Photo Challenge
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32 Comments | Report
Bazz PRO+
 
Bazz March 22, 2017
Wonderful capture! Looks great in black and white!
Hood PRO+
 
Hood March 24, 2017
Eelco...wow this is great!!!
mariannebesselsen
 
mariannebesselsen April 01, 2017
Mooi Portret Eelco
Merlot
 
Merlot April 13, 2017
Great capture of a contemplating man
stephenhawthorne
 
stephenhawthorne April 14, 2017
Nice image.
llowzz Platinum
 
llowzz May 03, 2017
Great Portrait !
VioletStevenson
 
VioletStevenson May 11, 2017
I love this photo!! Great shot!
morayfirth123
 
morayfirth123 May 13, 2017
well done a worthy winner
p_eileenbaltz Platinum
 
p_eileenbaltz May 13, 2017
Congratulations on winning another award for this beautiful image, Eelco. :)
yvonnechristinebannister Platinum
 
Wow, I'm not surprised on your win, another amazing image, you have really captured his mood, cheers I raise my glass to you :)
KevinGPhotography
 
KevinGPhotography May 14, 2017
This is a fabulous B/W, congratulations on all your awards, well deserved
Bobwhite PRO+
 
Bobwhite May 28, 2017
Congratulations for your award, this guy has done it again :-)
anitaprice
 
anitaprice June 05, 2017
Great portrait!
KonstantinKhor
 
KonstantinKhor June 25, 2017
Great shot!
Blue-Maddness PRO+
 
Blue-Maddness August 03, 2017
Great Shot!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots August 08, 2017
Beautiful capture. Congrats!
terrysigns13
 
terrysigns13 August 08, 2017
Ha! Nailed it! Congratulations on your WIN!
tmtburke PRO+
 
tmtburke August 08, 2017
Brilliant image, congratulations on yet another win with this one. Well deserved.
tracyburroughsbrown Premium
 
tracyburroughsbrown September 19, 2017
Lovely composition
KevinGPhotography
 
KevinGPhotography December 07, 2017
Congratulations Eelco on the challenge win, Hat On. Aways loved this shot
MK-Nige
 
MK-Nige January 08, 2018
An incredible image of what appears to be a fascinating subject. I would maybe cropped the image tighter, but that's me. I somehow seem to crop all my images to 16/9. Well done.
Alfredo_Jose
 
Alfredo_Jose February 20, 2018
Excellent photograph, well done with the composition and the light!
critique Platinum
 
critique March 14, 2019
Great expressiveness. Skillfully and thoughtfully composed and captured. Thanks for entering it in my challenge.
llowzz Platinum
 
llowzz June 09, 2019
Deserved another win,congratulations Eelco !
JayneBug Platinum
 
JayneBug June 10, 2019
Great composition, expression and feeling.
Aeri
 
Aeri June 11, 2019
stunning shot with great composition with perfect timing .... Congratulations Eelco for your another challenge win..... :) :) Regards Lokesh Aeri
Joviaal PRO
 
Joviaal February 15, 2020
Hi Eelco, Congrats on your ongoing winning with this beautiful portrait. Fascinating!
vitor Platinum
 
vitor December 11, 2020
masterpiece
JayneBug Platinum
 
JayneBug December 11, 2020
Hall of Fame!
Katnott
 
Katnott December 11, 2020
Such an epic portrait!!! I love the lighting and mood this photo really tells a story. Nicely done congrats on a well deserved 1st place!!!
Joviaal PRO
 
Joviaal December 12, 2020
Hi Eelco, Congratulations on another win. This photo was right on the topic!
JayneBug Platinum
 
JayneBug March 20, 2023
A true favorite Eelco.....an amazing capture!
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Behind The Lens

Location

I was walking through an outdoor market In Malveira ( Portugal ) looking for a nice typical photo to shoot.

Time

It was late in the morning, about 11.30 I think, I had just finished my coffee when I saw this old man at the closing of the morning market.

Lighting

The natural lighting struck me, the late morning sun created deep and dark shadows with wonderful highlights.

Equipment

I wanted to capture this old man without disturbing the moment. I liked the pose and his expression very much the way it was. Therefore I decided to take this photo "from the hip" at a distance of some 7 meters. It was just a lucky try, I took about 8 photo's without him noticing me, obviously without any extra equipment...

Inspiration

I was inspired by the way this old market vendor was contemplating his life between the remains of his days work. The sun casted deep and dark shadows over him with beautiful highlights, wich added wonderfully to the drama of the scene. The tent cloth behind him was a great support as a background with lovely textures and fading shadows.

Editing

Originally this was taken as a color photo but when I saw the possibilities when I got home, I decided to edit this one as a black and white photo... I edited in Lightroom and tuned many details and light intensities. I also cropped the photo from a much larger original because I had decided to take the photo "from the hip" without seeing what I was doing.

In my camera bag

I don't have any equipment in my bag (yet) I am a beginning photographer and I am learning to use a camera, to look for the good light, composition and point of view. One day when I know how to use and set the camera well enough, I will start to think about a bag filled with technical things instead of the need to understand how it works first...

Feedback

f you want to take a candid photo you have to be creative... look for a place to hide behind or like this one when there is nowhere to hide; take it "from the hip" while you look the other side, not to attrack the attention of your subject. I was holding my camera in one hand, beside my leg because I was standing excactly in front of this market vendor in plain sight. I always feel a little uncomfortable photographing people I don't know, so I try to take candid photos to avoid the eye contact. Because you can't plan the framing, you always have to crop a blind shot, that's why you have to shoot a wider area then the result you want to achieve. The settings of your camera can be done by choosing another subject at the same distance and the same light intensity, nearby the subject you eventually want to shoot... Crop and edit the photo in different ways, so you can choose the best one the next day when you can have a fresh look at them!

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