Take a turn and see his smile

Made of nothing but loneliness

Just take a walk and be a friend

To the shadow man...

Hi everyone!

D80, AF 1.4/ 85mm, extension tube, torch light

I've been crawling on my belly

Clearing out what could've been.

I've been wallowing in my own confused

And insecure delusions

For a piece to cross me over

Or a word to guide me in.

I wanna feel the changes coming down.

I wanna know what I've been hiding in

My shadow.

-MJK

One evening I was intent on photographing a row of coast giant cypress. In trying to find a vantage point I looked down to keep from tripping on rough ground. This is what I saw at my feet. The painted centerline of the rural road can be faintly seen beneath the shadows.

Christmas Eve Walk to the Church and Pub. Northam. Merry Xmas

'Shadow lifting' is a very popular term used in many internet photography forums such as dpreview. The usefulness of this is hotly debated as well.

If you are not familiar with the term this is what it means.

In high contrast situations when you have set your exposure to preserve highlights (setting sun in this case) you end up with some very dark areas. In the past you couldn't do much with these dark areas because if you wanted to make these areas bright in Photoshop then all you got was a noisy mess. The situation is not that bad now. Exmor sensor made by Sony and used mainly by Sony and Nikon, is best in this regard. See the next picture.

I was having a slow day in the woods, so I used the subjects at hand. The snow was far too deep and soft for the tripod, so this was the closest that I came to taking a selfie.

While walking, I capture my shadow.

I was sitting at my computer at work and I happened to look up and I saw Rudy's shadow on the wall in front me. He's looking out the window from his cat tree

Shadows .... At the pool at Fort Jadhavgarh near Pune ...

Surrounded by shadows this guy in Chinatown enjoys the first sunlight of the day.

Taken with my Rollei AFM35 in 2016

Shadow and pillar of concrete Jesus statue in Munich, Germany.

1953 Vincent Black Shadow Touring Model, in its day it was "the world’s fastest standard motorcycle"

Out of the shadow Portland, Street photography

book: shadow

Silhouette-shadow：柏の葉公園・つくし_15120

At the Kashiwanoha-park in Kashiwa-city, Chiba, Japan.

つくしと散歩中、久し振りに影撮りしてみました。

A week ago today, my father was involved in a double write-off motor accident which could easily have taken him from us. 2 days later, my older son, Alex, was admitted to hospital for major spinal surgery, only to be sent home the next day because of a shortage of beds in Intensive Care. Yesterday, Shadow's already failing health took a dramatic turn for the worse. He had a major seizure in the morning and two more later in the day, leaving us no choice but to have him put to sleep.

Possibly the worst week of my life.

Shadow has been part of our family since Alex and Nick were 9 and 7. They are now both young men.

He was a playmate for Nick and a loyal guardian for Alex. He was also our baby. We will all miss him more than words can ever say.

Goodbye, old friend.

Pablo Neruda

Sonnet XVII (100 Love Sonnets, 1960)

I don't love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz

or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:

I love you as certain dark things are loved,

secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that doesn't bloom and carries

hidden within itself the light of those flowers,

and thanks to your love, darkly in my body

lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,

I love you simply, without problems or pride:

I love you in this way because I don't know any other way of loving

but this, in which there is no I or you,

so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,

so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.

A model poses with a hand bag and dress by designer Andreas Tsagas, from a fashion show at the Denver Epernay Lounge.

The other sides of me that are rarely seen but are often thought about, and goals of what I want to be always walk with me wherever I go.

anatoliyagapov.com/shadow

A view out of the airplane window: as the plane flies over Petaluma, California en route to San Francisco it is about to pass through a thin layer of clouds, and for a few moments the plane's shadow, surrounded by a glory, becomes visible.

shadow from a ring

www.paradisephotography.co.uk

Shadow Box ~ Shrine

... just some plain shadows in bright daylight.

Spotted on Spadina.

This photo was featured on Torontoist's 'Photoist' for March 25, 2015:

torontoist.com/2015/03/photoist-shadow-play/

Shadows from the fence complement the 'herringbone' brick pattern. Garden on the grounds of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia

Dancing in the shadows, gracefully en pointe in a dark corner of the stage...

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and faded colours

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

The colours of the picture are edited. But the shadow isn't. I was playing with my light and then I got this result.

shadow in abbey ruins, i thought it looked quite cool :P

Our Daily Challenge:

BLACK AND WHITE is the topic for Saturday, August 20 2022

Lighting Essentials Workshop.

Shot in full sun, which was giving f/16 @ 1/200 (the f/16 rule). The speedlights were set to give an exposure of f/22 to overpower the sun and I synch'd at 1/160 with Cactus triggers. Three lights: one in front of the model, illuminating her face, one to camera left and one to camera right.

Photoshop: I opened this image in ACR and "yikes!" all the shadows were clipped to black. So I set about bringing up the exposure...then it dawned on me: we deliberately set this shot up to drop out the background. So I left the exposure alone and let the background fall out. Contrast adjustment with curves, some skin smoothing and blemish removal. Light sharpening.

Model: Kirsten (Model Mayhem #635766)

MUA: Markita Marie (Model Mayhem #455400)

Me on the way into work. This day was full of those good morning shadows.