Excellent job as always Mike. I'm sure with your expertise you could add a glowing red tip + ash to the 'cigarette' and a touch of curling smoke for greater reality (I speak from previous experience but no longer partake).
Bill Sutherland wrote:
Excellent job as always Mike. I'm sure with your expertise you could add a glowing red tip + ash to the 'cigarette' and a touch of curling smoke for greater reality (I speak from previous experience but no longer partake).
By the way, where do you get all your props from?
Hey Bill, Thank you. I appreciate the thoughts my friend. I purposely did not have the cigarette lit for a couple of reasons. I wanted it to be more about perception, regret, reflection, and contemplation, one of thought. That and the promotion of blowing ones self up might not be a good idea.
This prop was from an oxygen setup that belonged to my Mom a few months back.
What a stunning, thought-provoking, and emotion-filled shot. When last week you talked about being bored and wanting to reach deeper, this shot sure answers that call. As fantastic as so many of your others shots have been, this is my absolute favorite. It displays your typical awesome technique, but also packs a walloping emotional punch. It shows you could be quite the actor as well. I don't know how to be more laudatory, so I will just end with exceptionally well done. Bravo and encore next week.
Awesome shot ... of course, I too want to see the way it would look with the decision already made (the descent, as it were); and the cigarette lit ... but this is excellent. Does he? Doesn't he?
This would make an outstanding series for many other substances too. It's powerful. Addiction is so very much in the brain, you've captured that so well.
With the oxygen mask he probably thinks "Should I light it now and risk explosion are wait till later?" Well, that's what sprang to my mind when I saw it.
The lighting, the composition, the expression, all great and all compose to an awesome pic.
What a stunning, thought-provoking, and emotion-filled shot. When last week you talked about being bored and wanting to reach deeper, this shot sure answers that call. As fantastic as so many of your others shots have been, this is my absolute favorite. It displays your typical awesome technique, but also packs a walloping emotional punch. It shows you could be quite the actor as well. I don't know how to be more laudatory, so I will just end with exceptionally well done. Bravo and encore next week.
Best wishes,
Steve S.
Thank you Steve! I took to heart what you and mentioned last week. It helped. Thank you my friend and I'm glad you like it. You and others helped create it.
Carolyn1250 wrote:
Awesome shot ... of course, I too want to see the way it would look with the decision already made (the descent, as it were); and the cigarette lit ... but this is excellent. Does he? Doesn't he?
This would make an outstanding series for many other substances too. It's powerful. Addiction is so very much in the brain, you've captured that so well.
Carolyn
Carolyn! I'm glad you stopped by. Thank you.
I was so tempted to shoot it with the cigarette lit, but you’re right, I did not want to make that decision for you. However I do think it would have been more powerful that his addiction was stronger than the potential danger of blowing himself up. Ironically it would be a faster way to go.
Addiction was going to be the original title but I didn’t want to label it as a literal piece. Which would have worked fine, but to me it was more about controlling ones fate. Which again lead to the cigarette not being lit.
CDalessandro wrote:
Thought provoking! Out of the box! Creative,imaginative, WOW, you teach me so much from your post.Another incredible entry..Bravo Mike...well done!
Carolyn, you’re too kind. If anything I do inspires anyone, it's all worth it to me. Thank you.
Thanks!
