The Thinker

Posted by Craig Persel (Montreal, Canada) on 1 January 2007 in People & Portrait.

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Comments (15)

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Wow!!!

1 Jan 2007 3:21pm

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

what a compsotion. the blackness is at first almost void-like, but on closer inspection it's like a puzzle, in which each viewer has different pieces and can constuct as they see fit. fine work.

1 Jan 2007 3:37pm

H.O from Victoria, Canada

Very photogenic and great start 2007 :)

1 Jan 2007 4:16pm

Angry Buddha from United States

Wow, phenomenal.

1 Jan 2007 5:50pm

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Beautiful composiiton! Happy New Year, Craig!

1 Jan 2007 6:32pm

Daniel from United States

Nice compostion. I think this needs more contrast. The thinker's tones are muddy looking.

1 Jan 2007 7:06pm

@Daniel: Thanks. During the post-processing I tried increasing the contrast, but because it was taken in extremely low light and with an ultracompact too much of the noise was highlighted. Also, the whites become "blown out." For the conditions+camera this was the best possible outcome.

Martine from Québec, Canada

Quite simply beautiful! Happy new year, Craig. :-)

1 Jan 2007 7:31pm

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Great shot.

1 Jan 2007 7:54pm

shutterfirefly from Singapore

deep and thoughtful. great placement of subject and use of black.

1 Jan 2007 8:04pm

Still from Valence, France

Superb composition and treatment! I like it a lot!

1 Jan 2007 8:55pm

jc from Tokyo, Japan

fantastic image! i think the greyness of the figure actually adds to the atmosphere here. would make a great book cover. i keep scrolling back up to look at it. well done!

1 Jan 2007 9:05pm