Silhouette
Wednesday, April 13. 2005
La Jolla, CA (Jan 13, 2005)
After the end of the American Astronomical Society meeting in San Diego, California, I went with Jennifer and Alessandro to La Jolla, to watch the sunset on the Pacific Ocean. We arrived at the seaside walk one hour before the sun started to set, so I had some time to snap a few photos on the rocks on the side of the beach before it was too dark. At the end of the stairs going from the road level to the beach there was a sort of “grotto”, like a tunnel, with the beach on one side and the sea on the other. I asked Jennifer to pose for me in the darkness, to experiment with her silhouette, against the wet rocks at the end of the tunnel.
I quite like the result, especially for the way her arm is separated from the wall thanks to the tangent light. Unfortunately the same trick didn’t work on her legs that are merged with the ground. Sure there is a lot of black in this photo, that I didn’t crop because I wanted to keep the reflections in the wall at the right, and on the pavement on the bottom. Of course I could have made different choices in the composition and exposure: what do you think of the result, and what would you have done differently?
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No hubiese hecho nada diferente, para mi la foto es perfecta de esta forma, me gusta muchisimo el alto contraste. La luz en el brazo hace que Jennifer aparezca como ‘libre y separada’ del mundo, y a la vez ‘unida’ por los pies a el.
beautiful silhouette... and you have a very pretty subject. i like the expression on her face... just the perfect mood for the photo.
This is a very nice silhouette. And you’re right about the tangent light on her arm. That’s the element that makes it work.
It is a wonderful portrait. Her pose is perfect and I love how she is framed by the rocks. I wouldn’t do anything differently because I think the composition is ideal as it is.
This is lovely! i love the composition, how the woman’s silhouette is framed by the rocks, and her arm reaching across and against the rock. Maybe it’s the abstractness of her figure; it relates her more strongly to the rocks - because it does seem that somehow she is interacting with the rocks here. wonderful!
i absolutely love how there’s only a little negative space in this picture. the strong shadows and the cutout white sky make a striking composition.
I like this very much, especially the way the curve of the rock on the right helps focus attention on her face. The merging of her legs with the ground is not a problem, and in fact may even be an advantage. Light around her legs might have distracted attention from her face. Beautiful!
Very good photograph. Perhaps the only thing I would do is crop out the bottom starting just below the last bit of light. Below that point the blackness doesn’t add to the picture and looks a little dead....so to speak.
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