Self Portrait, August 24, 2005

drop this?

i agree

I totally disagree with dropping that. Are you guys kiddin? Why would you crop or cut that part? The lights makes the picture and is a great contrast to the silhouette. It also makes the artist seem more "towering" or taller, giving him a sense power as his hands are confidently in his pockets.

Nothing In This Image Should be dropped...This is a fantastic image

Self Portrait, August 24, 2005 by Thomas Hawk.

Foggy night tonight in San Francisco.

For those of you who would like to be part of a new critique group started today I would encourage you to check out

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Edit, June 15 2009: after many years, the critique group mentioned above started on August 25, 2005 was unfortunately destroyed by a few rogue admins who did not believe in it's uncensored charter. The new reborn group can be found here.

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*MarS says:

I like this very much because of the fog and the framing. The dark lower right corner is a bit disturbing, but I can understand that you have to stand upon something. ;) Maybe you could crop it a bit, then it would be really perfect.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

*MarS says:

Okay the above comment was given before it was in the DeleteMe-Group. So unfortunately I have to vote DeleteMe. Sorry. (Some people will complain about you being too far on the right, but I like this.)

-voted as "deleteme" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

maradong [deleted] says:

MarS919 I do not understand your problem with the person being to far to the right. All those "centric" pictures are boring.

I like this picture a whole lot. Esp. because of the fog over the city.

-voted as "saveme" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

lightmanx5 says:

Ooooh, the mystery :-D

~JOSh-X

-voted as "saveme2" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

*MarS says:

maradong: just read and don't fantasize.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Danny Playami says:

It would be better if you where like looking into(toward) the city, it would look more mystere.

-voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

dooda says:

This just screams "I'm a wealthy board of director".

I'm not sure why you'd call a picture of your pet mule a self portrait.

deleteme
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

mecan says:

the pic and all the tech stuff is fine i think... i just think a portrait should say something about the person. if ur the godfather of some mafia family in SF or someone with suicidal tendencies i would would say it was a good portrait. b4 i vote either way how were you portraying urself and is it accurate?
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Erwin Kodiat says:

Nice composition (I like the person on the right), good tonal, good idea.
Some possible improvements: if you facing the city would be better, crop a little bit the dark area on which you stand.

-voted as "deleteme4" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

(Mo) says:

Wow, pretty cool picture!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

DoubleGrande says:

I like the composition, and don't mind the extra curve and highlight on the concrete. The wash monotone of the city just doesn't work for me. The fog hides what I like about night cityscapes - the variety and color. As always a good shot, you don't do crap, I just don't want to save this one.

-voted as "deleteme" (from the Delete Me! group)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Gespür für Licht says:

An underexposesd fatty in a suit? Is this the expression of your true self?

Sorry, but if you are a person with a little self respect left, I would not recommend to publish this anywhere, not even in your private folder....
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Charloto says:

A fatty? This guy looks fat to you? I guess if you're not a bean pole you're a fatty... I love the city lights, I've always wanted to go to San Francisco.

I would never have the nerve to join the deleteme group.. I'm not mean enough I guess :)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

omnia says:

moving
evocative
the glinting city lights are touching

save me 3
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Orlando Furioso says:

Mulholland drive?

Well, I think is the person turns 180 deegrees, that makes the image much more... Inspiring...

-voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

wit says:

Did you flush this down a sewer to get that hideous all over brown tone?
-voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

thetourist says:

looks too much like an advert for an investment firm.

-voted as "deleteme9" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Sebastian-Lewis says:

A little too portly for my taste.

-voted as "deleteme10" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

hira3 says:

Cool!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Renata Baião says:

beautiful!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Treasures says:

Nice! I love the city lights! more pictures please!!!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

myla kent says:

absolutely fabulous. :D
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Hudlu [deleted] says:

Like a dream!!!

...great my friend!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

>< ( ( (º >---petita says:

cinematic
:)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Tbngr says:

jeeeezzzz.....stunning!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

neloqua says:

Amazing moment!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Guac Air [deleted] says:

I actually really like the area where you're standing. I would burn in the light spot so it's all dark. Wouldn't crop anything. Wouldn't trash your efforts with no sense of civility in the comments either. Anyhoo, nice work.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

aqui-ali says:

dammit. everytime I go there I see nothing! Nice work Thomas, it feels very James Bond evildoer-like.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

crizco says:

very nice
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

RicPlan says:

99% Blade runner
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

GuGaa | Visit me! says:

wonderful view!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

angemon says:

great shot!!!!!!!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

!efatima says:

wow!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Techuser says:

just perfect =O
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

vice1 says:

great, awsome!!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

RezNyce says:

I'm speechless.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Shavar Ross says:

Excellent work here.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Mark Interrante (aka pinhole) says:

Excellent shot, don't change the crop. Quite the Master of the Universe shot.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Aleem 3.0 says:

Haunting Image!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

schmod says:

i like the crop. I think it would work better if you were turned the other way facing the city
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Guy Flâneur says:

I'm not disturbed by the sodium vapor haze (it's SF fog, after all), but I'm wondering why you (if that is you) decided to face the camera rather than look out over the city. But I have a much more important question: on what are you standing and just how far is the descent if you take one step to the right?
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

epiphany15 says:

very matrix like. i love it! i say "no" to cropping!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

18mm says:

An extraordinary portrait.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

kuro_rakko [deleted] says:

Light of an uncertain town.
Dignified man.
I think that it is interesting comparison.

Nice!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Chalkstar [deleted] says:

eerie and mysterious.

i love it
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

D.James | Darren J. Ryan says:

awesome.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Treasures says:

Don't you dare cut anything on this pic! It's perfect the way it is... That's why you take pictures to capture the moment...
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

crystalclears says:

this does something to me, in my tummy. it;s a good thing
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

slight clutter says:

Excellent!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

miss cleopatra says:

Great.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

photofixation says:

I agree with Shavar ..

Navdeep
http://photofixation.blogspot.com/
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Rage66 says:

Love this pic, I am a real fan of natural light and this is just great.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

* cate * says:

interesting
excellent
love it
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Solitaire1 [deleted] says:

very very nice indeed :)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

bellylou [deleted] says:

absolutely stunning!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

_schadenfreude says:

i have no words!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

ygormarotta says:

wondering!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Ralf Stockmann says:

THIS was a "deleteme10"? At times I just don't get it. Perfect crop, don't change anything - by far the best I've seen in a while.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

pquinn says:

beautiful. absolutely stunning. =)

what is with this deleteme group? every time I see a shot that I love they're there, trashing away.

my theory? jealousy ;-)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Harvey Kneeslapper [deleted] says:

this is so fkin cheesy....im glad it was deleted...
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Victor Geere [deleted] says:

Stunning.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

xxl says:

kewl shot!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

astrocruzan says:

brilliant.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

cuellar says:

This is really a mars shot.
Excellent work.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

crystal johnson says:

If you faced the lights i would feel i was looking out through your perspective, but you're facing the camera as if you own the city. Sometimes it looks like a toy doll was placed there in an awkard manner...also, your shirt looks like it's coming untucked. interesting though
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

patia says:

The tie ruins it for me. I think you need to find some cool goth chick with flowing skirts to pose for you.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Guy Flâneur says:

OK, I've looked at your Twin Peaks stream. No, it's not a favorite, but it's the best of the series and would be better if you'd 1) gotten someone else to pose; 2) went for a complete silhouette (just a little too much detail in that figure); and 3) had your subject (in the last resort, you) turn around to gaze out over that wonderful view (more wonderful than the picture reveals, I'm afraid). As for "fatty in a suit" - GIVE ME A BREAK! I'll put down odds that the Flickr group is far from buff.
Oh yeah, gotta tell ya a fog story. I was living in London some year's ago when a "pea souper" came in. There was an eerie light all about, but the fastest medium I had to work with was Kodachrome 64. I used a flash. Result: polar bear in a snowstorm.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Kees Smans says:

Congratulations!
This image is Flickr - Interesting #1 photo for August 25th 2005.

Would you please add it to the group Flickr - Interesting daily #1 moments?
It will be a great addition!
Please read the conditions of the group first.

Thanks you all, for uploading your #1 Photo.
Kees, Administrator of the group Flickr - Interesting daily #1 moments.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Bob Duck says:

Riveting...wonderful image.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

melastmohican says:

Nice, I would not crop it ;-)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Elinesca says:

Where is the cherry pie comment? Was it deleted?
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Thomas Hawk says:

It was have been deleted when they deleted PPWP.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

B e r n a says:

... a beautiful view, a beautiful picture ... I will be in the area of san francisco in 3 weeks!
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Mark Griffith says:

#1 Most interesting "me" photo :>
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Elinesca says:

Thomas, comments aren't deleted when people are banned from Flickr. I still have my PPWP comments. If you block someone, however, the comments will be gone. Did you block PPWP over cherry pie?
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Thomas Hawk says:

nope. Perhaps he deleted it himself. Hmmmm now that I look at it all of my delteme and saveme tags are gone too. I didn't take them off. Not sure what happened there.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

DBCondit [deleted] says:

@ngudu and others...are you guys nuts? This is brilliant! How anyone could delete this I don't know. To each his own, I guess. And no cropping needed. Hey Thomas, what were your exposure settings on this?
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

SidGee says:

i think its an excellent shot...little too much detail perhaps...a total silhoutte would have totally rocked!!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

perhapsme03 says:

marvelous; reminds me of an old bw pic of oakland . . .
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Jardel A says:

what exposure you use on this photo?
nice!!!!!!!!
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

brandonj74 says:

greatness...
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

yausser says:

Is this by Diamond Heights?
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

♥ shhexycorin ♥ says:

You've got the 2nd most interesting me shot on Flickr, Thomas.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

♥ shhexycorin ♥ says:

Ha, so you've dropped a place, should have read the comments.

Was this the cherry pie shot? Heh heh heh. Excellent. PPWP had good taste.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

makelessnoise says:

Everyone: Before you smile at this, please become aware of the disaster of light pollution.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

mr_la_rue says:

Wow! Stunning shot.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

schnitzeljagd says:

What a shot
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

duconihilum says:

Awesome picture.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

SilverHorse says:

Matrix Revolution :)) The Central Processor
very nice!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Earlette says:

Excellent - love this
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

_Rachelle says:

Awesome self-portrait
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

I Am Nietzsche says:

"It would be better if you where like looking into(toward) the city, it would look more mysterious"

I agree.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Desired says:

cool shot and looks dangerous too, watch your step!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris, says:

Very cinimatic. I love the atmosphere.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Jorge Vázquez says:

Thomas, this is a great pic!!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

masters.tim says:

I am jealous! What a great image
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Robin Blair [deleted] says:

Yup
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

peachyyy says:

it's great.. I don't think you should crop things
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Elinesca says:

Particularly not that one thing....!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

CNR CLLNS says:

nice suit
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

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