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Published: 2009-07-12 16:00:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 1497; Favourites: 39; Downloads: 0
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On the shore of Lake Geneva.Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
B/W conversion from RAW image, no further editing.
© Thomas Schmidt 2008 - 2009
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Comments: 37
Damn, why haven't I seen this before. It's sorta nice! The composition is in my eyes a tad off. It's a bit heavy and tight on the right side. So a bit more space would have been nice. But to be honest it's nitpicking. The moment is very nice and the seahorse is interesting (to say the least). Good job!
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Cheers 
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Thank you Stam, I feel honoured to hear that from your mouth 
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I guess a day out with Simon would be quite an experience!
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It is, definitely, I've had the pleasure twice when we both were in Switzerland, and Vevey where these photos were taken was one of his favourite spots. Let's see, hopefully meeting him in Berlin again some time soon.
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Oh frig, nice! Thanks Dan!!!
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Hey Thomas!
This is simply beautiful.
I love it!
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Hey there,
Thank you for your compliment, and thanks for the 
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Amazing picture! Love strong contrast and also the impact it gives!
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Thank you, I'm happy to hear that
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Hi, i have featured this in my latest journal entry. I hope you don't mind! View it here: [link]
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Hi Mel, thanks a lot for your cool feature
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Looks fantastic! Good choice making it b&w. Wonderfully crisp and focused.
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Thanks a lot! I'm torn between being really pleased and always looking at the "errors" in it...
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Great capture, love the black and white work, well done
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Thanks, it's just that I got lucky with that boy being there
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Why, thank you
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Happy to hear you like it! Colour also showed chromatic aberrations anyway
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How did you do that it doesn't capture the faces?
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The sun from the back was pretty strong as it was almost shining directly into the lens and additionally reflecting off the surface of the water, so the contrast between the shadow on this side of the boy's face and the background were sufficient enough to avoid any much light visible on his face there. In addition I bumped contrast up to the max in camera (without it there'd be just very slight details visible on this side of the boy's body).
Generally speaking, if you want to provoke silhouettes you need a light source behind or almost behind the subject/object that is sufficiently bright. Then either (if the subject is small enough, or the influence of the light source big enough) you can use average metering to get the shutter speed (which will be rather fast, 1/6400sec for this shot), or, if you have the time to do it and the light source is not that extremely bright (because it can also rob you of every detail in the rest of the shot) you could use spot metering mode and meter off the background somewhere near, or even in the light source itself.
For further reading: [link]
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Right... I will read more now. Thanks!
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