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30-JAN-2004

The face of wind

I was walking to my office from another building and suddenly strong wind started to blow raising snow from the ground and roofs. Under low winter sun this snow formed glittering swiftly changing patterns. I stopped, took out my G5 and made a few shots, here is one of them.
If I look carefully to the right third of this shot I see the face formed by golden patterns of flying snow, complete with forehead, two eyes, nose, mouth and chin. This is the face of the wind, who else it can be? Or is it only me who sees the face?

Canon PowerShot G5
1/318s f/4.0 at 28.8mm full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Adalberto Tiburzi20-Oct-2009 14:53
Not surprising for me, almost six years after my first comment, your capability to see an order in the randomness, given the kind of mathematics you deal with ;-))
Dan Chusid06-Mar-2008 06:27
Looks like my old English Professor!
:^O
Maaike Huizer05-Mar-2008 19:34
You are right. Strange things can happen. Beautiful.
Guest 26-Feb-2007 16:06
Fabulous!
Guest 13-Dec-2006 11:39
wow, I can see the face too, it's someone try to make contact, great catch,v.
Ronald Gale Johnson16-Jun-2006 06:39
The lighting and composition have made for a great shot.
Guest 13-Feb-2006 17:22
Hi!
Funny...Yes I see the face also, maybe a ghost who try to speak you you!!
Thanks again for your shots
Fred
akleja06-Feb-2006 16:15
This wind I met face to face today... You have really caught the feel of it! Great shot! Vote!
velvet6212-Sep-2005 06:45
wonderful
Anna Yu18-Mar-2005 17:41
A true masterpiece alexeig! Do some dodging work to bring out the face more, enlarge it, crop out the building on the left and the handicap parking, and this could hang in a museum! Superb.
Didier Vanderperre29-Dec-2004 23:56
Pretty cool !
Dave Wyman06-Dec-2004 05:50
Like the others, I see the face of the wind, too. It's quite clear in the thumbnail. However, I can also see several faces in the full size of the picture! They are all strange faces, and they seem to shift and change as I let my eyes drift across this fantastic and phabtasmagorical photograph.

Dave
Barri Olson31-Oct-2004 21:32
I will now have the chills for the rest of the evening. this is a supurb shot. Amazing!
Adalberto Tiburzi24-Sep-2004 06:21
vote.
Guest 21-Sep-2004 15:17
Wow!
Salman Ahmed09-Aug-2004 19:23
Simply stunning.
Vinay10-Jun-2004 10:36
Super picture
Carolyn B.28-Mar-2004 06:37
An incredible picture - and so aptly titled. Wonderful!
northstar3723-Mar-2004 02:02
Spooky indeed! The face is much clearer in the thumbnail (small) version.
alexeig04-Feb-2004 11:00
Thanks a lot for appreciation, Adalberto. Now I realized myself that it reminds the Munch painting
alexeig04-Feb-2004 10:58
Thanks a lot, Brian. I tried and it definitely looks better
Brian Gorrell 01-Feb-2004 04:51
Very spooky! I would definitely crop the left side up to the right edge of the parking sign. It won't be 4x3 anymore, but that shouldn't matter when it comes to photography. It also brings the viewer's eye to the face quicker due to less distraction. Great shot!
Mark Elert31-Jan-2004 10:57
Very scary! Could be used to illustrate a horror novel. I think you should cut away the parking sign, or is the ghost of someone looking for parking space?
Best regards Mark
Richard 31-Jan-2004 01:08
The face of the wind is not easily caught for he is a sneaky devil. But catch him you did! Nice Pic.
Adalberto Tiburzi30-Jan-2004 21:36
Well, this is an astonishing picture. And the magic in the snow, is enhanced by the face I can clearly see. And I can tell you that I not only see an everyone's face, but a particular one.
E. Munch, The Shout.
It is clear that also Munch saw the face of norwegian wind, at least once in his life.