Morning Contemplation at the Wave

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted May 21, 20072,036 views13 comments

Another shameless self portrait

The conditions were really bad, the wind was whipping. This is the same morning I lost my favorite lens to a brutal gust of wind. I was thinking about where to go next and thought I'd take a photo of myself.

I had a lot of fun playing around with PS CS3, the new B&W tools as well as new tonality tools are a lot of fun.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Guy Tal on May 21, 2007 at 7:18 PM

Talk about making lemonade... this is a superb image, Zack!

Guy

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Comment posted by Jude Haase on May 21, 2007 at 10:54 PM

Mighty fine shot Zack!! I love how the lines and textures really make you stand out big time!!

Registered on April 3, 2006, 236 Posts, 1657 Comments

Comment posted by John Lehmkuhl on May 22, 2007 at 1:46 AM

I like this !! It looks like you're looking at the windy water and wondering if it will ever get glassy smooth for "The Shot". Looks like it didn't happen

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Comment posted by Verena & Georg Pop on May 22, 2007 at 2:51 AM

nice shot! nice to see this familiar place somehow different. is that the twig that Jack D. forgot to take away?

georg

Registered on July 5, 2006, 272 Posts, 2823 Comments

Comment posted by Eric Good on May 22, 2007 at 4:29 AM

You're a better man than me... if I had just lost my favorite lens, my self portait would be of me jumping off some tall ledge.

Seriously this is one of the most interesting self portraits I've seen. I too can't wait to get my hands on the new CS3 B&W tools, thx for the feedback.

Registered on March 17, 2007, 116 Posts, 4764 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 22, 2007 at 1:25 PM

The best landscape self-portraits I have seen. The composition really FLOWS.

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Comment posted by Mark Hudon on May 23, 2007 at 12:49 PM

Great portrait, Zack, but it would have been a good shot without you in it also.

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on May 23, 2007 at 10:20 PM

The problem with self-portraits is that they are, by nature, contrived. That doesn't keep this from being a compelling and nicely executed photograph. It's too bad you couldn't set up a camera with your chosen composition, stand in front, and have the shutter release when you least expect it

. This is getting to be less of a critique/comment and more a random musing...sorry.

Registered on September 4, 2006, 237 Posts, 4748 Comments

Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on May 24, 2007 at 5:03 AM

Amazing image.

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Comment posted by Wade Hardy on May 24, 2007 at 11:26 AM

Cool shot Zack - this image turned out great and i really like the B&W

Registered on May 2, 2006, 121 Posts, 1824 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 28, 2007 at 11:52 AM

Nice shot Zack. I agree, B&W conversion in the new CS3 is a breeze. Sorry to hear about your lens, but congrats on the EP.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on May 28, 2007 at 12:09 PM

Great shot, Zach. Congrats on EP, too.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on June 4, 2007 at 12:34 AM

What a great shot, Zack.

Makes me dizzy just looking at it.

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments