Original Art Photography Series by @velimir #224 'The Mysterious Side'
'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.
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.
It looks like the cover of an old mystery novel.
hehehe maybe! now you got me thinking!
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 !
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nice :)
Well done, for more creativity
I liked your style .. Thanks for the picture
Thanks for sharing
Do not cease to amaze with original photos! Thank you!
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.
Can you see it here?
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.
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 .
Great work!!
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.
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