contemplating life
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Winner in BW portrait TTH Photo Challenge
People's Choice in in_contemplation Photo Challenge
People's Choice in #compleshumanpersonality Photo Challenge
Winner in Stunning black and white portraits Photo Challenge
Winner in Portrait Photo Challenge
Winner in Any Portraits Photo Challenge
Winner in Bring In The Light Photo Challenge
Winner in Portrait Photo Challenge
Winner in LIFE IS A LONG WAIT Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Rule of Thirds on Portrait photo Photo Challenge
Winner in Emotion Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Black & White portraits Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Faces that Changed My World Photo Challenge
Winner in Black & White Portraits Photo Challenge
Winner in Hat on Photo Challenge
Winner in Interesting people Photo Challenge
Winner in Best Portrait Vol 2 Photo Challenge
Winner in Monochrome Portraits Photo Challenge
People's Choice in wisdom come from age Photo Challenge
Winner in Strike a pose Photo Challenge
Winner in Street Portraits Photo Challenge
People's Choice in your best black and white portrait Photo Challenge
Winner in Half lighted portrait Photo Challenge
Winner in B&W Portraits Photo Challenge
Winner in Inspiration in Black and White Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Shades of Shadows Photo Challenge
People's Choice in why i love photography Photo Challenge
Winner in Emotions of human nature Photo Challenge
Winner in Portraits Photo Challenge
Peer Award
Absolute Masterpiece
Top Choice
Superb Composition
Magnificent Capture
Outstanding Creativity
Superior Skill
All Star
Genius
Virtuoso
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p_eileenbaltz
May 13, 2017
Congratulations on winning another award for this beautiful image, Eelco. :)
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yvonnechristinebannister
May 13, 2017
Wow, I'm not surprised on your win, another amazing image, you have really captured his mood, cheers I raise my glass to you :)
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KevinGPhotography
May 14, 2017
This is a fabulous B/W, congratulations on all your awards, well deserved
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tmtburke
August 08, 2017
Brilliant image, congratulations on yet another win with this one. Well deserved.
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KevinGPhotography
December 07, 2017
Congratulations Eelco on the challenge win, Hat On. Aways loved this shot
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MK-Nige
January 08, 2018
An incredible image of what appears to be a fascinating subject. I would maybe cropped the image tighter, but that's me. I somehow seem to crop all my images to 16/9. Well done.
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critique
March 14, 2019
Great expressiveness. Skillfully and thoughtfully composed and captured. Thanks for entering it in my challenge.
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Aeri
June 11, 2019
stunning shot with great composition with perfect timing .... Congratulations Eelco for your another challenge win..... :) :) Regards Lokesh Aeri
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Joviaal
February 15, 2020
Hi Eelco, Congrats on your ongoing winning with this beautiful portrait. Fascinating!
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Katnott
December 11, 2020
Such an epic portrait!!! I love the lighting and mood this photo really tells a story. Nicely done congrats on a well deserved 1st place!!!
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Joviaal
December 12, 2020
Hi Eelco, Congratulations on another win. This photo was right on the topic!
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Behind The Lens
Location
I was walking through an outdoor market In Malveira ( Portugal ) looking for a nice typical photo to shoot.Time
It was late in the morning, about 11.30 I think, I had just finished my coffee when I saw this old man at the closing of the morning market.Lighting
The natural lighting struck me, the late morning sun created deep and dark shadows with wonderful highlights.Equipment
I wanted to capture this old man without disturbing the moment. I liked the pose and his expression very much the way it was. Therefore I decided to take this photo "from the hip" at a distance of some 7 meters. It was just a lucky try, I took about 8 photo's without him noticing me, obviously without any extra equipment...Inspiration
I was inspired by the way this old market vendor was contemplating his life between the remains of his days work. The sun casted deep and dark shadows over him with beautiful highlights, wich added wonderfully to the drama of the scene. The tent cloth behind him was a great support as a background with lovely textures and fading shadows.Editing
Originally this was taken as a color photo but when I saw the possibilities when I got home, I decided to edit this one as a black and white photo... I edited in Lightroom and tuned many details and light intensities. I also cropped the photo from a much larger original because I had decided to take the photo "from the hip" without seeing what I was doing.In my camera bag
I don't have any equipment in my bag (yet) I am a beginning photographer and I am learning to use a camera, to look for the good light, composition and point of view. One day when I know how to use and set the camera well enough, I will start to think about a bag filled with technical things instead of the need to understand how it works first...Feedback
f you want to take a candid photo you have to be creative... look for a place to hide behind or like this one when there is nowhere to hide; take it "from the hip" while you look the other side, not to attrack the attention of your subject. I was holding my camera in one hand, beside my leg because I was standing excactly in front of this market vendor in plain sight. I always feel a little uncomfortable photographing people I don't know, so I try to take candid photos to avoid the eye contact. Because you can't plan the framing, you always have to crop a blind shot, that's why you have to shoot a wider area then the result you want to achieve. The settings of your camera can be done by choosing another subject at the same distance and the same light intensity, nearby the subject you eventually want to shoot... Crop and edit the photo in different ways, so you can choose the best one the next day when you can have a fresh look at them!