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28-NOV-2003 Smatty

.:Solitude Road:. *by Smatty

Southern China

Photo taken in southern China. I was resting on a dirt road when this guy came speeding by on his motorcycle.

This is for all of you who wondered, if my A1 can also shoot colour photos ;-)

Minolta DiMAGE A1
1/640s f/8.0 at 17.5mm iso100 full exif

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Luminus 12-Mar-2004 16:14
Oh I see completely the "2 people in the middle of nowhere going 'what the heck'". It's great. :) As to the closed-helmet version...I still get the sense of his body still turning towards you, perhaps it's the fold in the sleeve being too close to the back shoulder...I dunno. With the same posture and the helmet facing forward, it looked a bit unnatural to me. Maybe I'm just reading too much into the little figure. :P
Smatty 12-Mar-2004 09:21
Luminus,

on special request: www.hamburgcam.com/Test/ClosedHelmet.jpg
What do you think?
Smatty 12-Mar-2004 09:07
You are right Luminus. The sense of alone would have been stronger if he would have looked straight at the road. I cold have PS his helmet to make it look like he did not see me. This was, however, such a funny coincidence. 2 people in the middle of nowhere each of them thinking "What the heck!" I always have to snicker when I see this. Actually, I just ordered a 80 X 60 cm print of this photo :)
Luminus 12-Mar-2004 05:17
Great simple composition and color contrast. Too bad he took a look at you!