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Photographer’s Note

This charecter often comes to do his meditation on the beach near Jaffa.
I sure see the point in that, and it helps the tan too :D

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PDP (439) 2006-02-14 13:50

Hello Gilad, interesting shot. I like the scene, it is slightly odd in a good way. Perhaps the sky could have been less exposed but it doesn't really matter on this shot. Well done.

delnaja (7708) 2006-02-14 13:53

Hi Gilad,
good photo. The compo is great and the scene well captured. I like the tones and the clouds are beautiful.
Thanks

Fred

ElSato (824) 2006-02-14 14:11

Gilad,

Really gorgeous. I'm not sure if it's a lighting effect you used or the result of lens distortion, and it is certainly contributed to by your composition, but there's a beautiful kind of false perspective so that everything -- the clouds, the water line, the edge of bluff on the left, even the tilt of the man's hips -- seems to point toward the centre of the photo.

(And conincidentally, at this very point where everything converges, there is the distant figure of a person, about whom we can tell nothing because they're too far away... a little kernel of mystery at the centre of the photo.)

This false perspective gives the image a wonderful, slightly off-kilter effect. Very dramatic without being overstated.

Finally, the colours are just wonderful, including the silhouetting of the yogi (I assume he's doing yoga).

Great stuff.

Lee

syd1946 (17869) 2006-02-14 14:11

Hello Gilad,
Great cupture for this scene and what an amzing sky.The man adds to the photo.Good work.

Best Regards,
Thomas

rhizomes (15325) 2006-02-14 14:44

Hi Gilad,
Very strong picture !
I like the position of this meditative man. Always great colors and nice composition in your pictures !
Christophe

Xalkida (11740) 2006-02-14 15:53

Hi Gilad

Very fine and artistic shot, your speciality I must say. The game with the sun, the contrast of colors between land and sea-sky are marvelous. The black shape of this woman (?) is excellent. Nice work.

Ejla (429) 2006-02-14 16:19 [Comment]

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pilpel-adom (3016) 2006-02-14 17:33

Thats a nice perspective, Gilad! Good deep-wide view, exposure control and compo. IMHO, I would go on my knees and maybe take it from low-to-high POV, it would make it much more dramatic, I think. hmm, I wonder why you got overexposed clouds, as it seems you exposed from the sky (1/8000 sec! Lots of light!), and the figure is "well silhuoetted"...Any post processing with Levels or curves?
Chen

ash_parikh (2266) 2006-02-15 2:48

wow.. wondeful scene and very well captured. Lovley composition and what wonderful colours.

verde (957) 2006-02-15 15:10

I like the "lines" in the clouds. They really give the sense of movement that is kind of surreal with the meditating dude. I like the vingetteing and the tonal changes in the sky's blue

b

svo555 (1028) 2006-02-16 6:44

Hi Gilad!
Very nice atmosphere, clouds give the extra point.
Good light but it's a pity the darkness in the left and right side. I made a WS.
regards
Sergi

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Bolivar (275) 2006-02-20 15:00

Hola Gilad, tu foto es excelente, me gusta composicion y juego entre luz y sombra.