Asiké at the waterfalls

cocasana

Somewhere S/W of Wamena, Papua Barat, Indonesia
Canon 1DMK2, Canon 85mm f/1.2.
I know its a bit dark! Is it too dark?

Thanks, Carlo

destes

I like the darkness of it, it make the whole picture for me. :ivar

cocasana

Hi destes, thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I'm with you, but I was curious to know if I was the only one!!!

SitterS

I too don't think it is too dark. Wonderful photo.

Shane

salazar

It works for me too. Great shot.

I'm enjoying your posts. My wife is too, I leave one of your photos up on the computer from time to time for her to find. They always get a reaction. Please keep posting.

Nikolai

Carlo,

cocasana wrote:

Somewhere S/W of Wamena, Papua Barat, Indonesia
Canon 1DMK2, Canon 85mm f/1.2.
I know its a bit dark! Is it too dark?

Thanks, Carlo

Great capture!
Hard to say about darkness, really depends on what you were going for.. One can tweak it in various ways to get different results...

dogwood

Works for me too-- not too dark at all. Nice capture.

cocasana

Thanks dear dgrinners for stopping and commenting!
Nikolai: I've already enlightened the darkest parts of Asiké's face. I rather like dark images, but I was wondering what you were thinking about...

tlee

I like the "darkness" of the image--gives it added drama. Excellent capture!

Nikolai

Carlo,

cocasana wrote:

Nikolai: I've already enlightened the darkest parts of Asiké's face. I rather like dark images, but I was wondering what you were thinking about...

And it looks great!

I was only speaking about the rather mundane fact that every image holds unlimited number of possibilities, so it is theoretically possible to tweak it in a numbers of ways and still produce a different great image. :-)

LiquidAir

I don't think the shot is too dark at all. However, I do find that the hightlights on his chest and shoulder compete with his face. I'd burn them as far down as you can get away with and then I think the face and waterfall will pop all on their own.

Seneca

cocasana wrote:

Somewhere S/W of Wamena, Papua Barat, Indonesia
Canon 1DMK2, Canon 85mm f/1.2.
I know its a bit dark! Is it too dark?

Thanks, Carlo

Are you kidding? THis is a great shot...the darkness adds so much to this picture...the mystery...the wonder...amazing...I like it. Good job.

Ted Szukalski

This is a very good shot, leave it as it is.

macmac

The pictures on your website are awesome. You seem to travel a lot. You have great work. I especially like all the people shots.

LilleG

Marvelous image, and the darkness of it makes it so.

richtersl

A positively wonderful image!! Yes, it's dark in areas but you can still make out plenty of detail. In the lighting that you have, his headress almost looks like a halo.