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The Smoker [2 of 2] - The Condemned Man
Posted by Stu (Home: Scotland | Residing in Kyoto, Japan) on 11 January 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.
H.O from Victoria, Canada
タバコ・シリーズ とってもいいです！（＾＾
love this your the smoker series.
11 Jan 2007 7:35am
@H.O: ありがとうひろさん！
Adiemus from Christchurch, New Zealand
Really lovely images - the expressions on their faces is wonderful, and the processing is perfect.
11 Jan 2007 8:45am
@Adiemus: Thanks Adiemus!
Lucca's café from Cologne, Germany
For me this image has a strong expression. It looks like a movie-scene. I wonder what happens here. Cannot read the faces of the two women.
11 Jan 2007 9:43am
Lucca's café from Cologne, Germany
Oh, I forgot to say: I'd like to see a photo no. 3 of this series.
11 Jan 2007 9:45am
@Lucca's café: Thanks Lucca! Yeah, I've been looking for another one but with no success sadly. Will keep my eye open though.
Srinivas Koduri from Visakhapatnam, India
interesting photo this is. i still wondering what is in the minds of the two women watching the guy smoke. did u ask them to pose?. it is a good one.
11 Jan 2007 10:40am
@Srinivas Koduri: Thanks Srinivas! No, there's no posing here. It's all natural and to be honest I don't quite know what to make of it either :)
Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan
Hey stu, great mini series here. Were these two ladies with this guy?
11 Jan 2007 11:51am
@Duncan Galbraith: Thanks Duncs. no i don't think so. the guy just wandered over and paused to light-up and then i noticed the women there, watching. weird....
@Makoto: ありがとうございました、まことさん！
Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada
Wow! such a dramatic and well-lit composition: Really cinematic. And congrats also on the provocative title.
11 Jan 2007 3:03pm
@Damon Schreiber: Thanks Damon! Really appreciate your comments.
Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States
Those women don't look happy with the smoker to me. And, the smoker doesn't seem to be concerned with the women or the photographer. Just my read. Great series!
11 Jan 2007 6:23pm
Kerstin from Paris, France
There is a lot of emotion in this shot. It's all the more brilliant since they did not pose for you. Excellent shot!
11 Jan 2007 6:31pm
Still from Valence, France
Iteresting exchange of regards! Superb capture of the scene!
11 Jan 2007 10:04pm
Kate from Kyoto, Japan
Great capture, and good title too. Love the combination of cigarette, headstone and spectators !
11 Jan 2007 11:47pm
Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia
Nice, mini-series; cool title too. I like how it seems he has an audience watching him. Nice takes Stu!!
12 Jan 2007 12:07am
jc from Tokyo, Ireland
classic take, stu! the expressions of the womesn and his posture ... really great!
12 Jan 2007 12:18am
@Paulo Oliveira: Thanks Paulo!
Sash from Adelaide, Australia
I haven't seen them all (yet) but I reckon this one's somewhere at the top of the heap. You've condensed a rollercoaster of a 'hyuman durama' into an epic single frame. Gob + smacked = me right now.
13 Apr 2007 12:03pm
@Sash: Wow! Thanks Sash! Yeah I was really lucky with this one. Some people asked me if this was staged but it honestly wasn't. It does seem to tell a story, but to be honest I prefer the portrait shot The Lord of the Manner (the previous post). It's so candid.
Thanks for checking back through my backlog mate.
Canon EOS Kiss X
1/250 second
F/11.0
ISO 400
55 mm