possibility. own it. [Explore, Front Page, Aug 7]
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Our Daily Challenge: black and white or sepia
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Fatboy Slim, That Old Pair of Jeans, for fun.
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the geek behind the curtain: all shots and layers in this assemblage were taken and developed by myself.
2 - 3 hours to clean the background grass, sidewalk, and cars away from the guy on the bike.
6 hours of trying different backgrounds, all of which failed.
threw in a white layer that i was going to use as a square gradient when the stark simplicity of the white caught me off guard. built a little multi-directional shadow and then moved on into thinking about what it would mean to be here.
in terms of technique this has grown into my normal "favorite" method of image construction that i've been pushing over the last couple months. i was in the car, took a candid of someone on the sidewalk with the point-and-shoot camera, got the image home and started playing.
![how many shirts does the sky own? and who does the cleaning -- the long-armed trees or the alien stars? [explore, Aug. 8]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8303/7746328580_0774b49577_s.jpg)
![same as it ever was. same as it ever was. [explore #216, dropped]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8289/7740032918_183d9958d7_s.jpg)
![possibility. own it. [Explore, Front Page, Aug 7]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8292/7736833252_de78cf24a7_s.jpg)
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Domenic Bartlett Roylance, Ricardo General N. CriadoR®, Laurarama, steeladw, and 163 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Ricardo General N. CriadoR® (9 months ago | reply)
This is a masterpiece!
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photonarium (9 months ago | reply)
I agree, very nice!
Snuffy (9 months ago | reply)
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peterpics1 (9 months ago | reply)
On white looks very cool. Reinforces the look into nowhere. Rockin image Garth.
bethrosengard (9 months ago | reply)
Perfect simplicity.
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Laurarama (9 months ago | reply)
Garth, the effort you put into this was very worth it. The pure white background is very powerful. All the more so viewed on black.
steeladw (9 months ago | reply)
Your killin me .... great work...love this!
smartyarty41 (9 months ago | reply)
this is fantastic. especially like laurarama said, seeing this against black looks amazing. If you you could put some black bands at the top and bottom even, it would pop even more. sorry, not trying to be rude, your work is always impressive, but seeing it against the black background in the light box makes it even better imho. excellent garth
Mad_Butterfly (9 months ago | reply)
i like the lack of background to emphasize infinite possibility!
mazzmn (9 months ago | reply)
nice work with the white out
souchaks (9 months ago | reply)
fantastic work...brilliant treatment.
kenny barker (9 months ago | reply)
Fabulous work
Ricardo111213 (9 months ago | reply)
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skippys1229 (9 months ago | reply)
well done - i really like the white background here - like others seem to agree that it expresses infinite possibility/potential, yet his stance seems almost to convey some hesitancy which may lead to said potential to be left under realized.
siriusdebbie (9 months ago | reply)
well worth the effort. the white background is fantastic. I didn't think skippy's suggestion made sense - the white is so powerful - but looking at this on black it does stand out. either way fantastic work!
txdragonfly11 (9 months ago | reply)
Excellent. It's got great depth, even though it uses so much negative space. Love his posture. Very well done!
Proprionegato (9 months ago | reply)
This is a masterpiece!
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Proprionegato (9 months ago | reply)
in the same group
imagejoe (9 months ago | reply)
HUge !!!! FAV !!!! JOE>
samglover99 (9 months ago | reply)
nice! love how you isolated the subject with negative space, puts me in mind of a Nike ad!
Wes Iversen (9 months ago | reply)
Stark simplicity, indeed! Spectacular work, Garth!
Shahzad Feroze (9 months ago | reply)
Great shot :)
Love the minimalism :D
Reminds me of GTA San Andreas xD
Turbo666 (9 months ago | reply)
great negative space!
uhx72 (9 months ago | reply)
Thumbs up !
This is a masterpiece!
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Lubenstar (100,000 views, thanks all!) (9 months ago | reply)
He looks like he's staring right into his future, which he has to shape for himself. This is pure brilliance!
billythefishwebsites (9 months ago | reply)
Fantastic BnW And great that you left it without any background. beautiful in it's Simplicity
SpartaKriss (9 months ago | reply)
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Siggi007 (9 months ago | reply)
Great BW. A stunning shot :-)
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devonteg (9 months ago | reply)
whehey!!!! such effective use of that plain background, even of it did take ages!
It really leaps off the screen, stops you....
and raises all sorts of questions of possibility very nicely indeed :o)
pukunui81 (9 months ago | reply)
The fake shadows don't quite do it for me ... however, I still like this shot. I like the story that is suggested here. He is facing the great unknown and is hesitating on the threshold, as it were. And we are left wondering what it is he sees. Very nice.
timcorbin (9 months ago | reply)
excellent work here , well done!
Bep1956 (9 months ago | reply)
Glad you stopped with the white,awesome !!
tleroith (9 months ago | reply)
Fantastic! I actually really like the fake shadows - after all, he's looking into the light....
Catskills Photography (9 months ago | reply)
Awesome image.
Яah33l (9 months ago | reply)
i see this image being a book cover one day. stunning work
RubySnaps (9 months ago | reply)
I absolutely love this, great work Garth!
cbiiidesigns (9 months ago | reply)
let's see - high key, minimal - just plain over the top garth! congrats btw :)
~Craig~ (9 months ago | reply)
ride~
nice work
kelsk (9 months ago | reply)
magnificent work
you did some nice playing here
congrats on frontpage Explore
Antoniociro (9 months ago | reply)
Great composition and light. Nice work!
SergeyCher (9 months ago | reply)
Cool shot
Ferdousi. (9 months ago | reply)
Wow!
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VanGoffy (9 months ago | reply)
A superb example of how to use negative space - brilliant Garth!
Towfiq ( New_Day_New_Life) (9 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot my friend
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R Joanne (9 months ago | reply)
It is wonderful..wonderful masking and shadow work!
And, congratulations on that front page Explore!
Hooray!
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Marco de Waal (9 months ago | reply)
Like the concept!
Tilak Haria (9 months ago | reply)
Congrats for being on E X P L O R E !!!!
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dfedor1963 (9 months ago | reply)
Superb, Garth! Congrats!
Zainab AlS (9 months ago | reply)
congratulations on Explore