Ghosts, a photo from London, England

Photographer's Note

Not really ghosts. Obviously. Placed the camera on some marble thing to keep it steady whilst slowing the shutter speed to create a bit of blur of the people. British Museum again.

Nobody ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

Critiques | Translate

Paolo (41258) 2007-06-29 4:05

Hi Mark, beautiful image, with the ghosts waling around.
but the thing that most i like is the green light.
thanks, ciao

Davidh34 (838) 2007-06-29 4:06

Hi Mark

Was that a valueable marble thing, or an exhibit! Nice feel to this shot, the play of the shadows of the roof, the blur of people coming and going, the lines of the stairs and stonework. Typical London, a backpacker, kids and a 'suit', all sharing a space.

all the best

rossy85 (2879) 2007-06-29 4:14

Hi Mark
Superb picture. Again the British Museum and its impressive interior. You used very well the shutter speed to capture these people and the shadows. Great job!
Have a nice day!

Rossy

Budapestman (82620) 2007-06-29 4:33

Hi Mark,
Very interesting and fine impression. I like the effective composition and the particular atmosphere. Beautiful lights and soft colours. Creative realization, Congratulations. Have a nice weekend
George

marianita (3455) 2007-06-29 4:54

Mark
great work! nice POV and composition..nice atmosphere between teh strangers
marianna

Gustaw (21670) 2007-06-29 5:24

Hi, my friend!
I like your artistic photo. Nice composition with people. I like your shadows. Good idea and well done.
Marek

chc (1468) 2007-06-29 7:17

A good idea and nice result. With one person fixed, the result would be more striking.
Christophe

Porteplume (4036) 2007-06-29 8:05

Bonjour Mark,
The picture is especially attractive because of the balanced repartition of the ghosts/people in this composition. Less is definately more here and very worth to be enjoyed!
Amicalement - Viviane

pgorod (1019) 2007-06-29 8:22

Hi Mark,

of course I could comment on your choice to blur the people, it actually turned out quite good, but what's capturing my attention is the space you decided to photograph, all that white, the bricks, all the geometry coming down from the ceiling... it's really great.

No rotten attic for these ghosts - these guys lurk in stylish, designed places...

ndb1958 (9289) 2007-06-29 9:21

Hi Mark,
really nice image of the goast walking thrugh the hall. Good light and nice shadows of the roof-construction. The greenish tone is great.
Have a nice weekend,
Nino.

michiels (4170) 2007-06-29 10:38

hello Mark,

Great play of the lines and the monotone colours. The perfect movement blur here. I really like it, so beautiful.
greetings, inn

dougie (2523) 2007-06-29 13:02

Hi Mark,
This is brilliant! An inspiration to be sure - must go and try that somewhere. Beautiful light and good technique expertly applied. Thanks.
Dougie.

xavshot (69835) 2007-06-29 14:00

Bonsoir Mark
j'apprécie les teintes et le graphisme minimaliste de cette photo. Un excellent résultat. Bravo
Xavier

Photo65Net (43144) 2007-06-29 14:01

Mark,
The idea is great, and you made it perfectly !
Blur is pleasant, creating dynamics through these geometrics lines shapes.
Very nice, a picture I'd have love to shoot !
Regards,
JB.

syd1946 (1167) 2007-06-29 14:53

Hi Mark,
Quite interesting shot and composition!The ghostly motion of the people which placed in a very good random in your composition works very well to enjoy the moment.Another different work,my congrats for this one...

wishes for a nice weekend,
Thomas

sothy81 (9646) 2007-06-29 23:13

HI Mark,

This is a very beautiful image. Very well done with the slow shutter speed. 13 is slow enough to make moving blur. What also interests me is the graphic reflected inside, creating a very nice texture. A very well framed with great sharpness and beaitiful light.

Greeting from Cambodia

Sothy

salvator (19110) 2007-06-30 2:01

Hi Mark,
Nice composition with three people moving one way and 1 the other. The emptyness, and the allover white color is very nice.
I wşsh you a great weekend. Best regards. Salvator.

battousai (827) 2007-06-30 4:00

Man, it's a pleasure for me to comment on good photos, to comment on photos of someone, who has a vision.

Is this picture good? Yes it is. It might not be telling a moving story, but it's one of the best British Museum pics I've ever seen. From a photographic point of view, the way you've captures the play of shadows, the whole geometry, light and those people is something that has to be appreciated and admired.

I went to British Museum in April. I took some wide angle shots but they're so crappy that I won't ever post them anywhere. And the solution was so simple :)) Place your camera on a piece of marble and wait for some interesting folks to come... Arghhhh... :)

What I like about those people is that they present different attitudes. You can read from their postures. The gentleman on right is strolling amiably, he's obviously interested in what's happening around, in the building etc. The boy in white strapped t-shirt, he doesn't look so interested. His head is down. He looks Asian to me, probably Korean. Two remaining characters are hard to read. The girl looks like frozen... she's going somewhere. She doesn't look interested but maybe she's in a hurry to check out the mummies... I can't tell...

All in all... it's a splendid photograph. I want more. You won't give me, I'll come to London, trace you down and force you to go out with you damn EOS 1D Mark II or anything else and shoot...

Best

Pawel

JoeyE (178) 2007-06-30 5:40

Hi Mark,
a brilliant shot.
Excellant effect.
Well done,
Joe

delnaja (2056) 2007-07-02 1:30

superb one... the motion blur and the light in this place are really great. A succesfull one : )

Glint (6171) 2007-07-02 6:52

Helo Mark,
a classic. Top marks!
Bev

ALSOM (6616) 2007-07-04 7:20

Hi Mark,
[thanks for stopping by, I can discover your photo]

We used to see lots of photo of this place with the same framing. This one is different and show the lighting design over this graphical place. Like the strips from the shirt echoing the the different lines: from the top roof, the ground and the wall.

Just a question:why f22, was it purposely to get a slower shutter spped ?

Thanks, Alain -

ben4321 (9875) 2007-07-05 9:02

Great idea here Mark, the hint of movement blur adds a lot to the effectiveness of the image, and I like the positioning of the figures in the frame. It would have been good to have a bit of a gap between the guy on the left and the edge of the frame though.
I also think it wouldn't have worked nearly so well without the shadows - good stuff.

Cheers,
Ben

bantonbuju (51815) 2007-07-23 0:26

oh, this one is really good, this is so obvious to take such a photo while in the b.m. but nobody does it...well, not exactly nobody - there is one guy who dared...
simple yet most powerful image, mark,
best wishes, j.

pablominto (53746) 2007-08-12 0:37

Hello Mark,
You make well use of shadowplay and blurry movements!
I like the capture, framing is very accurate and the image is pleasant to look at!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Anna-- (7801) 2007-10-02 9:04

Ciao Mark,
very nice blur in a world of shadows :)
Excellent graphic effet, very good lights and colors
Anna

sebinho342 (19329) 2007-10-02 10:54

Great result once again !!
I think this is perhaps the first time i visit your gallery and it seems there are a lot of pearls hidden there ;)
Excellent

colinbrenchley (6431) 2008-03-01 4:01

Mark - The British Museum must have been designed with photographers in mind. The splendid roof and the sahows that it castes are great. I like everything about this shot.
Regards Colin

cobbydale (1958) 2008-03-16 6:19

Nice effect Mark, you kept the background nice and sharp and have just enough blur on the people without it being OTT. Great effect from the shadows off the roofing. Only thing missing is a few nice sheep - bet you're missing 'em down there in t'big city eh? ;-)
cheers
Leon

Fusion09 (95) 2010-03-30 20:01

Excellent image !!