Passionate Hairstyle, a photo from Tokyo, Kanto

Photographer's Note

I wanted to shot the moment the hair dancing in the air of the singer who sings the sky at sunset ardently in the back, and I sit with my knee drawn up, put the camera there, and released the shutter in 1/160 so that it might bring her eyes into focus. The film of iso50 was used by 100. (Development directions of +1)
She is a vocalist of Japanese girls band "Jellarde", which was sometimes doing the performance on the street.
Tech: crop, levels adjusted, color adjusted, unsharp mask(56%,1.0,1), added frame, and NeatImage(default, 263KB --> 99.7KB).

Rhiannon, rage_tm, jmdaoudal, Homerhomer, kogawa, barronfujimoto, mdchachi, bruce_wayne has marked this note useful

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supereira (9576) 2004-10-18 6:25

Interesting photo.I like the composition and the framing.Very good DOF and POV.I like the colors and the contrast between them.Good job!

Rhiannon (1728) 2004-10-18 7:08

Excellent timing! I love how the hair is motion blurred, and the face sharp! Very interesting photo, well composed, lovely colour of the sky that makes a beautiful background.
Very well done!

rage_tm (623) 2004-10-18 7:11

Really good timing on this one. Nice composition and framing. DOF is also shown effective giving us a blurry background of audience. Fast catch here!

Darren (6823) 2004-10-18 7:13

This is a very good action shot. Perfect timing for the hair and her eyes. A slight purplish tone to this, I think due to the Velvia. Probably Provia, or something even faster would have worked well here. Good shot.

jmdaoudal (82) 2004-10-18 8:51

Very beautiful movement, It's here a capture of very great quality.
Sportsman!
Jean Michel

Homerhomer (4069) 2004-10-18 9:28

Goos timing Hisashi.
Exposure is very good, as already mentioned shutter speed slow enough to show motion yet fast enough to have crisp details. Good background with sunset light, good crop.
If I were you I would contact the band to see if they want to use it.
Peter

clodreno (0) 2004-10-18 9:38

Very nice shot Hisashi.
everything, the colors, the girl , the way you did capture it..
It also has to do with this fantastic fuji film..
Thanks.

kogawa (4310) 2004-10-18 10:05

I looked at the picture and said "Harajuku" long time before looking at the title.
Grate capture of the moment takes long and hard preparations, and you seceded to capture the moment with the right eye direction and the right "hair stile"
Tnx for reminding me this crazy atmosphere of Harajuku.

mark88 (6549) 2004-10-18 10:38 [Comment]

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maciekda (19861) 2004-10-18 14:35

nice picture, good moement - great composition made by those flying hairs and very good composition overall, beautiful light too. good stuff

MKING (3054) 2004-10-19 10:31

That hair against the sky is great, what a well caught moment.

shihwei (238) 2004-10-21 3:21

a piece of photo that rocks people. cool i like her hair flying up like watery graphic... certainly every other elements work very well too. well done hisashi!

jiherka (4528) 2004-10-29 17:47

very nice shot, just the right time, with this light is a great art picture.
Well done Hisashi-san

sn00zie (2384) 2004-10-30 4:21

really good timing on this picture-interesting frame too. good action shot Hisashi

michel_r (1118) 2004-10-30 13:54

This is very well captured with a lively attitude, good position of the arms and of course of the hair. The black frame fits very well.

faubry (35335) 2005-01-23 6:31

very good timing in eyes and hair,the background is prefect! i don't know made the same thing with background!
thanks

msirois (275) 2005-04-30 8:57

Konichiwa, Hisashi--
This is an excellent shot, full of movement and vitality. Well done.
Michael

nels (2595) 2006-03-14 7:52

excellent "movement shot" with good exposure nice how you have blured the background to get the girl to stand out

adrian

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-05-15 4:30

Hi Hisashi
very good shot, you taken rigth moment...hairs of girl are great and I like color of sky...there is a nice mood, well done!

Bruce W.

ricard (653) 2009-02-13 8:28

Good framing, conrtast and colours.
An also timing for the hair and her eyes.

thaprem (2554) 2009-08-13 6:10

Wow.. Nice energetic shot!...I like the way you let your frame to capture her spreading hair & the focus on the face to show the moment....
The bokeh just makes this a choosy shot.
Cheers,
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