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Zivko Risteski 2 years ago
its very good
Cheron 2 years ago
Like it !!!
Clyde Beamer 2 years ago
Hello stranger! Happy accident indeed!
Great perspective and scale!
Richard Ford  Thanks Fred
Nice this one Richard, love the comp. and the bright light at the end :-)
/Wulff
Richard Ford  I think the bright light is a natural reaction to how I metered. I locked exposure off of the right wall just where the light is in the middle of dark and light to get a middle average and then shot with that EI.
MMarie 2 years ago
nice to see you back and with a very good one ... again :)
Richard Ford  Thanks - it is an old one actually - it took me a Loooooooong time to fix the spots on it....
Zaahir Essa  I'm so sick of using the spot healing brush, myself :P
MMarie  Being an old photo is not important. It's a truly good one and my eyes can travel easily/"happily" through the whole scenery.
gerard sexton 2 years ago
Nice you are back in the fold Richard. Well done with this. And the figure makes it in my opinion.
Richard Ford  Yup. When people start begging me to contribute (outside of critique) - I will reconsider. ;-)
storytaylor 2 years ago
excellent. light and mood. and the human scale make the picture.
Richard Ford  Thanks ST. As mentioned below I was going for the lines and architecture and what not and this person walked in. Then it was a flood of people. I didn't have the time that day to wait. Way too hard in BJ. People come from everywhere.

I think without the person (had I been quick enough) it would also have worked well.
Glen Ballis 2 years ago
Good one Richie!
Richard Ford  Thanks Glen.
moses stell 2 years ago
great captured!
Richard Ford  Thanks Moses. Another one of life's little pieces of serendipity.
Robert 2 years ago
Congrats Richard! Well done!

Robert
Richard Ford  Thanks Robert - you saw the version before the 573 spot and patches. I always get that with this ISO 50 film. I keep wondering if it is my water, my agitation, the stock or??

But ISO 50 film is great for lack of shadows when shot at speed or under exposed as I did here. Only had to crop to my fav 16:9 and be done. Oh an 573 spot edits... :-(
limawhisky 2 years ago
one person is enough to make this photo looks great!
Richard Ford  An accident. I was trying to shoot architecture and a person walked in... I guess in a city of 20 million it had to happen.

The strong contrast is due to the ISO 50 film and a -2/3 exposure compensation. A good combo for killing shadow detail.
limawhisky  ASA 50... and you used it inside that small room with minimum light? woooooowww....
can't wait to get the flight to Beijing on March, I'll let you know... all the best Richard!
Richard Ford  Yeah I didn't think it would work - but when there the light meter said otherwise. It looks more gloomy that it it sin reality. That is due to where I locked my exposure off - the wall the right where light and dark cross and the negative exposure comp... did a whole roll like that trying to get an ortho film look...
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