Interstellar Overdrive - Nikhil Sarma




Exposure made in a Metro (underground) station in Los Angeles. Please click on the photograph for a slightly larger version. Your comments are welcomed!

Camera:   Contax G2
Lens:   Carl Zeiss Biogon 28mm f/2.8
Film:   Fuji Neopan 400
Exposure:   f/4, ~1/10s
Flash:  
Support:  
Filter:   None
Adjustment:   Slight levels/curves adjustment in Photoshop CS2
Posted:   08-Nov-2007

Rating: 8.33 (12 ratings)

Comments

How haunting!

Excellent work, sir!

Roger Wilcox     09-Nov-2007 at 00:39

Cool

I like it you did well to hand hold this shot and not get any camera shake....nice one. It would have been a good shot for the movement competition.

Ian James     09-Nov-2007 at 11:10

Very nice title

and excellent photograph. I like how the curved flash on the window and the smooth metal convey a sense of "warping" and of speed. The "ghostly" person inside the car adds much to the image as well!

Jarett Baker     09-Nov-2007 at 11:33

Thank you...

Roger, Ian and Jarrett! Your comments are much appreciated. I love the metro stations in LA (pity I don't live there anymore) and had a couple of nice afternoons making photographs and riding the trains. It's a bit of a surprise that nobody really questioned me while I was doing this... not that they had any reason to but such are the times we live in. I have wondered several times about the "ghost"-like person in the car, Jarrett... I wish that I had gotten a look at him after I made that exposure... but now I am just left to make up stories. Not a terribly bad deal ;) Nikhil

Nikhil Sarma     10-Nov-2007 at 00:46

Brilliant photo, the curved flash of the train, and her 'step back' body language gives it a sense of movement and drama

Ibbi     10-Nov-2007 at 02:27

and this should've been eneterd in the competition

Ibbi     10-Nov-2007 at 02:27

Agreed

Very nice shot, with lots of elements working together in making it effective. Plus a Pink Floyd reference--what could be better? Rick

Rick Dreher     10-Nov-2007 at 12:17

I really like the convergent lines here. The shiny curve provides interesting relief. Really peculiar expression on the woman's face.

Stephen Jaspar     12-Nov-2007 at 18:09