the shadow of the skater

Posted by eydryan (Bucharest, Romania) on 8 January 2007 in Cityscape & Urban.

I like it how something like this can exist in a city. A skating ring filled with people out to have a good time... I like this photo as I feel it captures the spirit of the skater, the freedom, no care in the world just motion... Moving at the speed of soul...

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Comments (11)

Petr Jaskovsky from Ostrava, Czech Republic

Except of the ghost(spirit) of the skater... I would say that this is toooo much saturated and contrasted... You should do less post processing... Really horrible colours... But as I see you are novice here... So welcome...

8 Jan 2007 11:26am

eydryan from bucharest, Romania

friend i thank you for your comment, acidic as it may be.

the extreme contrast is because i wanted to give it a shadow world view, like a ghost would see the world, and that's either very hazy which is boring or extremely intense which i tried here.

most of the colours are as is with just a little levels and a hue-based blend mode. i like to push colours past the normal limit because it gives them a different meaning. it's like bw, you focus more on the textures than the colours...

while it no doubt could use improvement, especially a crop on the upper side, i'm somewhat happy with it the way it is.

thank you for your welcome and if you wanna see my photos you can check like... eydryan.deviantart.com and this one too... .

btw, i'm not exactly a novice, i've done my share, i've even sent you a comparison photo for you to look at.

well, cheers mate ;)

8 Jan 2007 1:25pm

tetsu from Tokyo, Japan

Impressive contrast. Interesting!!! :-)

8 Jan 2007 7:46pm

eydryan from bucharest, Romania

you know i've got a lot of mixed input of this one. two people told me it;s not so good (the guy above and myself... :D) but some people really liked it a lot. i've even got a few faves on dA for this one... i was going for that extra contrasty style you know, especially to capture the skater shadow and accentuate it. anyway thanks a lot for the input man :)

9 Jan 2007 2:52am

Petr Jaskovsky from Ostrava, Czech Republic

Youre welcome... Hmm I saw your another web and there some great photos... Sometimes you did a great work with post processing here... And the devils car??? absolutely brilliant... You were lucky to capture it... I would be happy to see your comments under my photos.

9 Jan 2007 12:04pm

eydryan from bucharest, Romania

petr thank you again and i'm sorry for the tone of my reply but i get defensive when i join some new place... come to think about it i'd love it if you commented on my stuff because i really need a critical eye...

so let's make a deal, i comment your stuff and you do mine :)
and no mercy :D

btw: is there a way to watch you here? add you to some update list or so? or do i just have to bookmark you and keep track myself?...

9 Jan 2007 1:12pm

agathe from pau, France

very interresting picture...amazing colors

9 Jan 2007 1:25pm

eydryan from bucharest, Romania

thanks a lot agathe :)

i really like this daily photoblog thing, makes me brush up on my photography, gives me new ideas...

9 Jan 2007 3:37pm

jc from Ireland

i really like the oversaturation and high contrast here - it helps to evoke the mood. as you say, a slight crop off the top might be a good idea but it is a wonderful image nonetheless

9 Jan 2007 4:00pm

eydryan from bucharest, Romania

yeah, i'm just sorry i didn't get around to cropping it before i posted it. then again i didn't see that it needs cropping until it was shining on this page...

9 Jan 2007 4:36pm