bluechameleon
appearances
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 12 November 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
"The skies of day and night
colours, densities, forms,
may-be these are
(as doubtless they are)
only apparitions, and the real
something has yet to be known"
(excerpt) Walt Whitman // Of The Terrible Doubt of Appearances
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Pradeep from Chennai, India
Ahh, this is awesome. Very noir, luv the tension in it :)
12 Nov 2008 5:22am
Liang from San Francisco, United States
Lovely glow, very mysterious and amazingly processed!
12 Nov 2008 5:48am
Sien from Netherlands
Very good composition .
Well, I think this is brilliant work Sharon!
Grz Sien
12 Nov 2008 5:54am
lisa v from Gawler, Australia
I can't decide if he's coming or going. A haunting and intriguing image. Love that glow and that flooring.
12 Nov 2008 5:57am
Lydie et Roland from BESANCON, France
Nice "dark" atmosphere here... We can imagine a story - before - after... I like that !
12 Nov 2008 6:35am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Good illustration for the verses of Whitman, or good verses to this image :)
I like the b/w and the shadows that give sense to the idea of a different kind of knowñedge. It remembers also te platonic cavern.
12 Nov 2008 6:36am
Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia
wonderful image Bc. masterful work from you. very inspiring !
12 Nov 2008 6:41am
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Fantastic image! Darkness sandwiched between light. Flesh and form against brick. Could that be Rod Serling in the passage way?
12 Nov 2008 6:53am
Elaine- from Vancouver, Canada
i would have a terrible doubt of appearances if i was in a dark alley and a shadowy figure showed up and blocked the exit lol... your subject matter is always just as incredible as your technique.. just masterful bc!
12 Nov 2008 7:09am
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
A cold draught is blowing through the wet passageway, how many people have passed this way...! A good thought provoking creation.
12 Nov 2008 7:19am
Sergiu P from Romania
beautiful contrast! Great shot. The mystery is overwhelming..
12 Nov 2008 7:41am
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
GOODNESS this is awesome! it has just gone into the ring of TOP images of yours that i just absolutely adore!! amazing light, texture, directional lines, composition... bravo in every way!!
12 Nov 2008 7:43am
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
Beautiful photo, love the compo and the silhouette of the person ... would make a great cover for a thriller!
12 Nov 2008 8:06am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Wonderful image bc!!! I love the persons shadow stretching out towards us!
12 Nov 2008 8:28am
Vink from Grasse - French riviera, France
So beautiful ! Mysterious atmosphere in this passageway !
12 Nov 2008 8:38am
Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom
mysterious and moody...brilliant work!
12 Nov 2008 8:54am
Catalin from Bucharest, Romania
I like the feeling in this shot, very dramatic, excellent work
12 Nov 2008 9:46am
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
You really have surpassed yourself with this photo - it is just magnificent!
12 Nov 2008 10:05am
kylie from Shanghai, China
Wow, this image almost has a sinister feel. Is the person at the end a friend or a foe? Great job creating an amazing tension in this image!
12 Nov 2008 10:57am
headlessness from London, United Kingdom
Is that two people? I think I can see a second head (and maybe a leg), just to the right of the front guy's. Thanks for sharing.
12 Nov 2008 11:21am
@headlessness: Thanks so much James. Yes, this is actually an image of 2 people :)
FLOOG from United Kingdom
I was going to say it appeared as two people, also. A real optical illusion in silhouette. Superbly effective, and full of intrigue. Very creative
12 Nov 2008 1:09pm
dan from Paris, France
Mysterious and nevertheless so explicit.
Very beautiful image !
12 Nov 2008 1:39pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
What a dreamy and mysterious image! Inspiring!
12 Nov 2008 2:03pm
beanow from Poland
The unusually mysterious place... Beautiful perspective and light. Bravo!
12 Nov 2008 4:48pm
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
After a long journey through the dark and narrow passage it feels overwhelming and possibly relieving to enter this bright infinite world somehow familiar. All he has been is a shadow all he will become is a light.
12 Nov 2008 5:09pm
Suzanne Cummings from Huntington Bch, United States
Like a scene from an old Hitchcock movie...I can easily imagine the scary music. Great shot, Steph.
12 Nov 2008 5:35pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Looks like a nightmare. You work wonders with images like this.
12 Nov 2008 6:39pm
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
I agree with Paco. The verses of Whitman match this image or vice versa.
12 Nov 2008 6:57pm
Florence from Paris, France
I wouldn't be surprised to see this image be spotlighted... !
12 Nov 2008 7:07pm
Pixim from Nice, France
Hello Sharon, if I can allow, this photograph is the obvious result of the photo “He contemplated his fate”, indeed, I find there all these “moment of life” represented by these bricks, except that this time, they are behind. The man arrives at one key moment of his life, a passage to be realized, another life to be found. I adore the unfolding of the person so much, surely that will start again, worse, it will have tested. Death is the life, perhaps… I excuse myself in advance for the length of my comment, that expresses my opinions when I see your photographs ;)
12 Nov 2008 7:27pm
Claus Petersen from herfølge, Denmark
Love the mood in this one, dark and dangerous! :-)
12 Nov 2008 9:52pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
An image full of drama and more than a touch of danger . . love the presentation and use of light here.
12 Nov 2008 10:52pm
Leslie from United States
Beautiful! I like the contrast and blurry form of a man at the end of the tunnel.
Also the herringbone brick against those on the wall.
12 Nov 2008 11:23pm
Wolfgang - vu@granby from Granby, Québec, Canada
There is light at the end of the tunnel! You expressed the atmosphere really well!
12 Nov 2008 11:32pm
Alejandro Caballero from Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Bestial, me encanta el dramatismo que le has aplicado, saludos.
12 Nov 2008 11:51pm
JJ from Jersey City, United States
brilliant sheer brilliance, love this capture, wonderful lighting and shadows such a atmosphere to it
13 Nov 2008 1:43am
Pepper from Montreal, Canada
Remind me of Hichcock movies, mysterious! As always, very well captured!
13 Nov 2008 3:55am
John from Durham, United States
I love the play on light here! I am a huge fan of B&W - The bricks in this shot have the texture you can almost feel them.
13 Nov 2008 4:20am
Peety from Amersfoort, Netherlands
Great play on shadows. You never cease to amaze me!!!!! =)
13 Nov 2008 7:05am
LGB from Portugal
At first sight seems to be one person. A second one shows two... that's, despite the ligthting and excellent composition, what makes this great photo.
13 Nov 2008 6:49pm
Sean from Champaign, United States
Love the way the textures of the brick walls and pavers come alive here. The silhouetted figures give the shot a sense of foreboding.
18 Nov 2008 3:35pm
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