Entanglement

a beautiful image that would have meant nothing without the hiker...

This photo is awesome.

What a intensity of black/white great. This is ART.

thank you very much.

 

Rajat, yes, absolutely agree, without the hiker there would be something missing here.

 

Flavio, welcome, glad you like this b&w conversion, I think the play of light and shadows in this very contrast lighting helped a lot to get such intensity here.

 

Best regards to you.

i have made my own satisfying interpretation of this image... man is a very small thing before nature's vast complexities... man seeks his path through the entanglements (of the world) and surely finds his way through the forest into the open glade... hike he must... choices he must make... his experience and his wisdom guide him on his way... sometimes he takes a wrong turn, and corrects himself as he gets his bearings... ...

really appreciate you've taken the time to interpret this shot, glad this landscape says also something about life:-}. A big thank you my friend.

The vantage point of the secret onlooker, hidden behind a screen of leaves. We contemplate the passage of a single hiker. He continues down the trail and then is gone and we are alone again.

Thank you so much for your visit and reflection.

at a first wiew, i thought that this photo was worked with high contrast to have thise effects of depth, and also this order in the confusion. but, enlarging, i see there are not high contrast, but, as always, a great traitment of the light. wieslaw, not to stole a secret, but you misured exp. on the person?

thank you for your comment and your question. There's no secret at all, I'm happy I can share the details you asked me. I'd prepared the settings on my camera before the hiker appeared taking one or two shots for this composition and then checking the histogram so that to record all the tone range. As I remember, in manual mode the camera showed underexposure -0,5 but honestly speaking I wouldn't bet my life on it. When the hiker came into the frame, I locked focus on him (I usually set my focus mode on AF-single), recomposed and shot. Later I strenghtened the contrast in gimp using mainly the curves. Hope my explanations are satisfying for you, if not, please don't hesitate to ask more, as far as I know the answer I'll always give it. Best regards.

Thank you for your comments.

Excellent composition. Beautiful BW work. Nice tonal quality. pp is superb.

 

regards.

welcome and thank you for your comment. Best regards.

wieslaw, your explainetions are complete, thanks.. so complete that yesterday i tried to do as you do, i mean prepare the shot having a look to the histogram.... well, monday i will post the photo. my problem is that, after have seen the histogram, i didnt know what to do.. so, i just gave this look at it. but close to me there was a tourist, with a big canon, and she was very admired for all this.... so, it worked well. ciao!

I find histogram a very useful and, what's important, quick and easy tool to check exposure. It's objective and helps to set the camera so that it records all the details. Having such 'correct' exposure is imho a good starting point to further adjustments in an editing program. Hope you enjoy your experiments and I don't have any doubts the results will be interesting. Looking forward to seeing them, ciao.

ok wieslaw, now i understand. of course you use matrix and manual.... you know, i never used matrix. normally, when there is time, i explore the wiewfinder's area with spot exp. and aperture priority, to see the differents light's condition, then i choose where to expose. your way seems to be easier (mine is more funny...). i will try. ciao, grazie

it is very easy and gives me more or less what I want, after all the kind of style isn't so important, much more concern is the best possible result and to achieve it everyone looks for their own way. Thank you for divulging the details of your style and for this discussion. Grazie!

I think that the hiker's mind was a little bit 'entangled' so he decided to begin his journey in order to clear his thoughts.
I like the mood of this image. Very nicely done. Pozdrawiam :)

I like the way you see it and I'm happy you've found a story in this simple composition. Thanks so much. Pozdrawiam.