Image by Raymond Larose
A stranger I met at the International Steampunk City in Waltham, MA today.
Nikon D700 + Carl Zeiss 85mm
The journey is the reward. Please, no group invitations or badges.
Steampunk – a Stranger
Last modified: January 2, 2012
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Great capture Raymond! He looks like quite a character.
Hells yes Ray!!
This is superb my friend. Great light and atmosphere. Im a sucker for blur like this. The background is killer.
awesome shot, I love the smoke action from his pipe.
Now that is cool. I wish I had know about this event.
Very cool! I like his clothing and those keys and chain are great! Awesome capture and the smoke is great!! Nice background too Ray! Hope you’re having a great weekend!
What a character indeed ! You’ve captured him well!
Wooooowwww awesome shot, light is suberb !!!
Focus point on him is top , like the Bg as well.Good one
I hope he warmed up more to you than this picture suggest – a great pose of nonchalance!
A great portrait. The focus is perfect. Love the clarity and DoF control!
fantastica iluminacion
excellent !!!
Beautiful portrait Ray! Well done!
very good portrait Ray!
Excellent!
this is a cool stranger! nice shot!
Excellent portrait.
Wow, neat looking get up he has on haha
man he don’t look that happy raymond 😀
Excellent light and colors.
Fabulous clarity and bokeh.
Great processing and depth here ! a real cool looking guy 🙂 10/10
i just love the outfit….
Fantastic portrait!
Estupendo retrato.
The smoke is the moment !!
only a gifted eye can capture such a beauty. you have the gift my friend. your photo stream is superb and wonderful as well. keep shooting.
good portrait
Perfect photo my friend !!!! Congrats ..
what a cool guy, great details here:))
superb details…excellent portrait !!
There is a steampunk city? I need to visit…
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilektrik] Just once a year…
I am no portrait expert; however this is excellent. I really like the different subtle colors, plus the excellent detail.
Just the right amount of background detail. Excellent!
fav
I am speechless!
Another nice one, Mr. Larose!
nice !
Lovely portrait and love the guys outfit – very photogenic.
this rocks
OK this photo is awesome. I love the whoel steampunk concept int he first place, lots of fun. The overal image quaklity is spectacular. that’s why I’m saving up for an upgrade to the D700. the composition and framign are spot on. I like th ebackground, busy enough to be interesting, simple enough not to be distracting. the smoke from the pipe is a perfect touch. OK I’m trying hard to think of any suggestions at all. ALl I can come up with is that I wish his pipe were a little bit to the side so that we could see the smoke a little better.
Awesome. I love steam punk, I often see it at comic conventions and I always like to photograph them. I think this is a cool shot, the subject has a great stare, confident pose, and the smoke just adds more to the overall mood. The only thing I would say is that I think this would really benefit from a square crop, the background itself isn’t that interesting and it takes up too much room. Centering the subject in a square and letting him take over would work better, in my opinion. Awesome portrait!
Very nice photograph, very sharp and great colours. The DoF s right and the slightly derilict looking building behind add to the effect. I agree with above- I think the effect would be much more powerful if the crop was square and the character central to this? I think this would add to the power of the photograph. The smoke is caught well. His left hand could be raised and what he is carrying made clearer.
Overall i like this photograph.
There isn’t much I can say about this picture except awesome…….
I really like the bokeh, the color the shallow DoF, I am not sure if a square crop would look better. I rather like the picture as it sits, the use of the rule of thirds is nice. I do not know what a steampunk is, maybe it’s a term not common here in Oregon. Or, I just have never heard it before. Either way perfect picture and an absolutely perfect portrait.
Original and different portrait. I really like his clothes the textures on it, and the smoke of his smoking pipe. Great focus and expression. Maybe the photo need a bit more illumination. I like the background to, looks like a vitange scenary of 20th deacade. Really nice shot, great work.
awesome stranger :)) love the way you composed it!
Now that is an interesting portrait! Glad he let you take his photo.
i like the direct contact, the way his eyes are staring right at the camera (although he’s giving us a bit of an eerie look). he looks like an interesting character..and although i’m not a smoker i do like the smell of cigars and pipes!
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simply amazing
Very nice! Just the right amount of background detail to get a sense of the environment.
Authentic, interesting man.
Great light and focus here. Very cool shot!
nicely spotted and captured!