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#124 Monochrome (Gray Scale or Toned)

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Mepo
May 7, 2013

You are obviously in the wrong part of Australia :-) but come and visit anytime, just bring your fur booties LOL Thanks for the comment, That storm caught a lot of people unprepared.
Edited on May 7, 2013

NEAT
May 7, 2013

I love this it's awesome, wish it would snow here sometimes just so I could get some awesome pics of people playing in it.

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mrsawyer
Mar 11, 2013

I like the action portrayed here. A lower camera angle would have grabbed more of the grimace though.

Mepo
Mar 11, 2013

Thank you all for your comments. I'm so glad so many liked it. I was happy to capture the falling flakes but it did take several tries. This was a student leaving our local college. When he left for class this morning it was a bright sunny day; the afternoon storm caught most people off guard. Notice that he does not have any gloves. Typical of most students - at least he has a hood on his jacket. I decided long ago that students do not wear gloves and hats simply because their mothers remind them to do it every day. LOL

LaRee - yes we do walk around in this - we have no choice. This was the heavy wet snow that gets into every crack in your clothing and then melts. I happy that several of you liked the expression on his face. Catching it was pure chance - in most of the other shots I took that day the snow destroyed the facial expressions. Next time I will sacrifice the RAW capture and go to burst mode.

doto: I do have a storm hood for my camera but it's flexible plastic and gets rigid in the cold. I cheated this time by parking my car in the parking lot across the street and took some shots through the open window. Got a lot of snow in the car but myself and the camera stayed pretty dry for a change.
Edited on Mar 11, 2013

johncomyn
Mar 11, 2013

Good capture of falling snow, quite difficult to achieve.

Lo
Mar 10, 2013

The expressions says it all - Caught in a freak blizzard with white out conditions that brings traffic down to a crawl. Gotta love winter!

SpecialGuestJudge
Mar 10, 2013

First Impression - 5/5
Contrast - 5/5
Composition - 5/5
Tone / Texture - 4/5

Brrrr a great shot of a snowy day, good composition and crontrast.

forkcandles
Mar 9, 2013

no words needed B........Cold.................

LaRee
Mar 8, 2013

Dang that is a blizzard! Do people really have to walk around in that kind of weather?!? The grimace on his face kind of tells the story doesn't it.

Jade O.
Mar 8, 2013

An effective treatment of the monotone medium and the subject and framing are so good I feel a little like this is more of a snapshot that a well caught candid.

JaneyKay
Mar 8, 2013

Excellent! There's a story going on here. Battling against the snow ... the cold ... great expression captured. In my top 3.

Steven T
Mar 8, 2013

Nice black and white from a high contrast scene. The pained expression and body language tell the story. Good work.

Mepo
Mar 8, 2013

doto: Coming from you that comment is highly valued. Your work with monochrome portraits is inspirational!

doto
Mar 8, 2013

I like this one very much, hope you and the camera survived :)

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