'The Mysterious Side'
This self-portrait wouldn't be half as Hitchcockian if it wasn't black and white stylization. I used solely tonal treatment to up the contrasting drama to its fullest. Colours would take that away. The shadows already speak for themselves. The man's shadow is placed directly on top of the light background. The areas close to the frame are darkened. Doing this, I was able to accentuate the contrast in the middle of the frame. It also concentrates observer's attention on the most dominant part.
The lamp is very important. Without it, the effect wouldn't be half as interesting. What do lamps usually do? They light the surroundings. But this one doesn't light anything, right? We have exactly the opposite - the shadow of a lamp lights nothing. The shadow of the lamp works well with the mysterious shadow with a strange hand gesture. Then, the stairs going up. The man's shadow is straight on, while the lamp, being away from the lenses, gets way more distorted. None of this was done in the post. The whole magic is at the chosen angle.
Why did I do this? Every person has something mysterious within. This was a way to portray that fact and I was the closest model. There was no special reason for it to be me or not be me. Also, I'd be seriously bored if I was to put my face up against a mirror, clicked it and then start calling it a self-portrait. :D
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This image looks like a shadow of a thief or a man in horror movies. Good work.
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I agree. To me, the image looks like "Jack the Ripper" (notorious London serial killer) ...all it needs is the shadow of a knife in his hand. Talented photographer.
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It looks like the cover of an old mystery novel.
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hehehe maybe! now you got me thinking!
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That’s really amazing 😉 how you @velimir could use the light in the opposite way to make that shadow reflecting the mysterious aspect of a person. Deep and touching !
@josteem
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nice :)
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Well done, for more creativity
I liked your style .. Thanks for the picture
Thanks for sharing
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Do not cease to amaze with original photos! Thank you!
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Nice post @velimir.
For an unknown reason, i cant view the picture. I have tried refreshing my browser so many times but to no avail. But from your excellent description, one can even grasp more than intended because you have a way of letting our imaginations do the job :), and i think it did the job this time.
From your description, i really would return to make sure i view the pic. I would like to see how the above statement turned out, because right now, its all my imagination which i already like :)
When i was little, i was afraid of the dark. Most of us were. And I doubt we ever thought to question this fear. We were almost naturally taught to be afraid of the dark, because the dark is full of unknown things that might hurt us and that mysterious side you are talking about. But what usually happened when you turned the light on? You learned the unknown things were not so scary. And they were not so unknown. They were just part of the environment. I believe that because there was no light from the lamp, that was what revealed the dark side of the lamp.
Our mysterious side can show itself as weakness or strength. Becoming aware of our complete self, however, grants us the opportunity to express strength.
As a result of past experiences, we have decided to negate and hide this mysterious and dark side without exploring it further. And so in return it keeps us from truly expressing ourselves.
In many ways, hiding our shadow can be considered the highest form of betrayal. By concealing this part of us, we are saying we don’t deserve to show our complete selves, thereby betraying ourselves. In return, secrecy, manipulation, and pretending take over large parts of our lives, out of fear of being ‘exposed’ and rejected for the part of ourselves we are hiding.
Thank you for sharing @ velimir. I am sure the readers liked it.
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Can you see it here?
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Yes i do now. :)
I edited my comments. Thanks. I even achieved more after i decided to used my imaginations. I think one can even get great results from using imaginations. That is the intent of a writer i believe. Where the reader is able to picture what the writer intends to achieve. What do you think.
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Hahaha .
@velimir nothing is done without any reason .
But its a real fun .
I can not explain that the pic look soo real to me . at first i think that was of any movies scene .
But read that this your own so i am surprised .
Such a Awsome photography
And the lamp, lamp make your pic more interesting like a horror scene . .
Very well done . very appreciate you for such a amazing photo .
Hope fully you will do your best like this .
Best of luck .
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Great work!!
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This photo reminded me of an old movie - the exorcist. A dark atmosphere and, of course, a lamp. The lamp plays a major role in creating the atmosphere.
I would pass it as follows. Every person has a light side that everyone sees daily and which is lit by an "internal" lamp. But u have a dark side. The dark side is not visible to anyone. It keeps the most secret secrets. There's no lighting, but only shadows :)
In my opinion, it is the lamp in this photo-graph that tells us about it. Without it, photoraphy would have a different meaning :)
Thank you.
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This is your best shot among all your photographs you taken in your long travel till now. This shadow picture i like the most and personally my favorite picture.
Good @velimir
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Sometimes you get the powerful images with the light effect and here is the perfect example, Look at the way this shadow is dominating , its looks like a powerful soul
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your art photography skills really nice.black and white photo a shadow of man.your art photography very remarkable.i like this photo very much. i am not doing compared your art photography any each other person.this art creativity quality very high level.i am inspired of your good art photo.thank u very much for your good post of art photography sharing.good job sir.. @velimir
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This black and white contrast is making this image more horrible :p
but They way you captured it, is amazing, again bright and dark side of life.
And you know Shadow is something who never leaves you alone.
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Truly impressive and mysterious indeed. You can use it as title page for a horror novel, in case you decide to write one in future :D
Awesome job!
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That's a sick image :)
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Wow!Excellent photography.You are really creative photographer dear @velimir
With this shadow picture you prove that you are actually a creative and a skilled photographer.
I saw these pictures in different movies but in reality I have seen this picture today. It looks like one horror movie. . What a shot :)
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💕
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It looks Really amazing But its a real fun .
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Your photography series is very nice...@velimir
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Awesome!
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Amazing photography & art thanks for sharing
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Wow what a great photography this shadow image you show that you are truely a innovative and a professional photographer.
I saw these photographs in unique movies however in fact i have seen this photo today.good job
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Great photo and really interesting reading about your thoughts behind it
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nice post
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nice shadows, reminds me of the Nosferatu movie in Black an White
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Nice post ?
@velimir vote/upvote :)
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Mysterous things always attract everyone shedow on stairs is looking like old ghoste
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Great work @velimir! I love the german expressionist vibe coming out of it. Thanks for sharing this cool content!
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Real artist :) Great photo my friend
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Shadows that say many things, what is there after the stairs? Is it day or night? Thank you for sharing such a beautiful work.
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It is a very amazing dear
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I love this shot! It reminds me of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Thanks for sharing! @journeyfreedom
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Good
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Beautifull but it also looks like a piece of a horror movie LOL
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@ velimir excellent photography, very original, good resolution and focus, greetings :)
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Everywhere the mystery is always there and sometimes it is difficult to explain. One of the mysteries that often encountered is the mystery of the results of a photograph..
I like.. :)
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Nice pic! It kind of remind me of a private detective movie haha. Great job!
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yes,is true that lamp light our surrounding,but the shadow does not do anything because is just the reflecting of the light.
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Upvote Velimir..........
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Great.thanks for sharing with us.jope people will be like on this post.keep it up. I've to say that it is awesome picture.too good dude.waiting for your next post.thank you
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Nice your post
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It's amazing
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What a beautiful tones <3
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Great work.
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I was going to say something about how this reminded me of a Hitchcock-era-style shot, but you already covered that ! This is one of my favorite ones of yours, it's rad. Cheers!
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different shadow and good post. Thanks for us sharing.
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very interesting photo , like the shadow work and yea its really good for a cover i think a crime one would be good for it :) keep doing a good job
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bravo my friend
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Interesting how your playing with the light and especially the symbol of the lantern. So what is throwing the light in the dark?
Keep mysterious and true to yourself, hidden things are always more exciting ;)
good shot!
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amazing, the way you take a Photo-aged this very nice @velimir, good luck always be my friend @velimir
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I can only congratulate you. That is very interesting and like an horror film :) Good work my friend.
Good Luck...
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the black and white a palette of colors to detail .. What a great work
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A truly wonderful festival and a great wish to bring like him
You are a wonderful person and offer a wonderful article
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interesting shot makes you hold your gaze for a while and the longer i look at the photograph the more i notice little details
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Beautiful mysterious photo!
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It is impressive the form as it narrates the content of the photograph, so much so that without needing to see the graphic, one perceives with his words, the magic of the moment captured with the lens of his camera. Congratulations. Great job!
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Looks like a movie cover, very cool :)
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A cover for a book by Alfred Hitchcock, Congratulations!
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Ovo je predivno! Bravo ;)
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Good and interesing post think you
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This is sick! I dig it ! , Can you please give your honest opinion on my post ? @pluse
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I like that, Velmir. It has the look of a terra cotta warrior to me, a silhouette out of time:)
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I love how you can kind of tell when someone is in to filmmaking when you look at their photography. I was looking for quality photographic content and your account is one of the first that poped out. Awesome work!
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Hi, Awesome photography.. Thanks for sharing. very helpful and informative. Hope you could share some tips about photography blogging. Have a wonderful day.
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An arresting image. It looks like the title shot of a noir film or the cover image of an old noir detective novel. Well done.
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it looks like a shadow when we see movie on a big screen and when we moving over the screen then our shadow looks like same it.
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Also bloggers ACTUALLY do matter! Thanks!!
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A self portrait always talk about the author. of not appear your face, your silhouette says it is you. i love this kind of selfportrait, rhe shadows explain the other face of you, in a good way, oir like you said, a misterious way
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