He is smoking his life

Awais Yaqub

He is my friend he was smoking in front of our university. I shot him.

OsirisPhoto

Awais Yaqub wrote:

He is my friend he was smoking in front of our university. I shot him.

Wow, strict anti-smoking laws

Great shot!

kisi

great shot! i like the crispness of the cigarette in comparison to the smoke clouding the background. it has a stark feel (in a good way )

Awais Yaqub

Thanks
Oh forgot to mention no :argue

schmoo

Hi Awais! I love this shot. Even if I wasn't sure of your intent taking it, I get a strong anti-smoking message from it. Not only from the tone and the gritty details in the ash, but in how you made his face a huge contrast between light and darks. The fact that his eye is an empty black space behind the cigarette is so haunting.

Ted Szukalski

Awais this is an excellent shot.

Elaine

This is a very striking shot! Very well composed!

pete w

Great shot Awais
good comp, and dof.

twinsmom

Very striking! I love this shot. Care to share how you pp'd it? I've been browsing your galleries and love your work.

Yuri Pautov

Awais
Great work, Awais!
Yuri

Awais Yaqub

twinsmom wrote:

Very striking! I love this shot. Care to share how you pp'd it? I've been browsing your galleries and love your work.

Thanks all and twinsmom
i used opticverve's Virtual photographer plugin on one layer(photocopy effect) played with some contrasts and setting. Then added new Gradiant layer to convert in BW and reduced opacity. finaly some burnning

here is link to free download of plugin

Hope that helps Thanks

OsirisPhoto

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Thanks all and twinsmom
i used opticverve's Virtual photographer plugin on one layer(photocopy effect) played with some contrasts and setting. Then added new Gradiant layer to convert in BW and reduced opacity. finaly some burnning

here is link to free download of plugin

Hope that helps Thanks

Excellent link Will be playing with that for a while

twinsmom

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Thanks all and twinsmom
i used opticverve's Virtual photographer plugin on one layer(photocopy effect) played with some contrasts and setting. Then added new Gradiant layer to convert in BW and reduced opacity. finaly some burnning

here is link to free download of plugin

Hope that helps Thanks

Thanks, I forgot all about that plug-in. I had it on my old computer but lost it transferring to new. Time to get it back.

PhilCollum

Fantastic composition, I love this shot! Well done.

saurora

A very effective anti-smoking message comes across in your processing and composition. Great job (as always!) Awais!

Awais Yaqub

Thank you friends love to hear from you

JenGrace

An awesome shot. Definitely makes smoking look un-glamorous.

tlee

Great image!