07-09-13

lilia

Dimitris,

Am very grateful for your response.
Your photos are dark, but that is because you like drama. After all it was the Greeks who created the word.
I do appreciate your taking the time and effort to ease my despair. Have had a long period of several deaths and tragedy for the past couple of years, this probably triggered it. Actually, came back to photography after a very long absence, it is now my therapy and antidote.

Living in Manhattan am no stranger to homelessness, but this one was different, trust me, but am too shy to confront someone. This is not in my makeup. We all deal with life in different methodology.

Wishing you well,
Lilia

07-09-13

sunny bleek

Nicely done! Love the shadows and lighting, looks almost 3D!

07-09-13

sunny bleek

Nicely captured! Good work.

07-09-13

sunny bleek

Wow! Nicely done!

07-09-13

dvg

Lilia,
As it commonly in said shit can always happen. Usually I am said that my photos are dark, but really I cannot help it. When I am getting out with the camera in hand I cannot look for smiling peple in the sun. I am looking for subjects usually half in the light and half in the dark. As it usually happens in our lives. More than forty years back I embedded the lyrics " My words but a whisper your deafness a shout, I may make you feel but i can't make you think, your sperm's in the gutter your love in the sink.." By Jethro Tull. I believe that they express the context of this photo very accurately. It is a very nice picture, but before you feel sadness please think about the first part of my note. Shit can always happen and they might be shitter than the lonely man in the park. In such cases when I feel sad and darker inside, I put the camera aside and approach my subject trying to have a word with him/her. Usually It helps. Probably it helps me more, as "...my words but a whisper your camera's click but a SHOUT" it is not the case any more.
Take care.
Dimitris V. Georgopoulos, Athens, Greece.

07-09-13

falcotto56

Hi John thank you for your comment!
Leonardo

07-09-13

jrbelmuda

thanks Leonardo, exactly what I was seeing

07-09-13

lilia

For Jim, Leonardo, and John,
Please read my commentary.
I thank each one of you for your humanity and kindness.
Lilia

07-09-13

bwhitcomb1

Serene, beautiful shot, Jim. Love the colors.

07-09-13

ndr3n

Beautiful image and toning.

07-09-13

dierk

thanks, John and Steve :)
John, I use Nik Silver Efex (since the first beta version) and I love it. If you don't use it, you should give it a try!

07-09-13

ndr3n

Just beautiful.

07-09-13

dierk

thanks for your comments, very much appreciated.
with the 12mm and pointing down that much you have to keep your feet out of the picture :)

07-09-13

dierk

thanks very much for your comments!
I use the 18mm finder and have to guess the rest - and try again, if it is not ok. :))
For the sky I use the red filter emulation in Nik Silver Efex and some other tools and UPoints

07-09-13

ndr3n

Good composition and great B&W.

07-09-13

ndr3n

Great perspective. Beautiful picture.

07-09-13

handgun

very nice

07-09-13

wuffstuff

My sort of photo. Lovely

07-09-13

friedeye

Wonderful photo, Lilia. What Leonardo said X2.

07-09-13

skogkatt59

J'aime beaucoup cette photographie. Bravo Diane.