Moment in time

[Akira]

Tried some snapshots in the manner I don't usually do.

1. Woman in black
2. Human benzene

[Bruno Schroder]

Human benzene   Great match

[Olivier]

Sometimes stars align... You must have spent quite some time until you got that marvel!

[Akira]

Human benzene   Great match

Thank you, Bruno!

Sometimes stars align... You must have spent quite some time until you got that marvel!

Olivier, quite interestingly, "the moment" came right after I had started shooting.   

I would think it is rather impossible to expect such a bizarre moment!   

[Jakov Minić]

It looks like a surveilance camera from thriller movie, cool

[Akira]

It looks like a surveilance camera from thriller movie, cool

Thank you, Jakov.  I like the way you put it. 

[Thomas Stellwag]

does the lady in black wear even a black aspirator?

the 2nd pic looks like a folk dance group in a circle

[Akira]

does the lady in black wear even a black aspirator?

the 2nd pic looks like a folk dance group in a circle

Thomas, no, the lady wears a black single-use mask.  The Japanese-made masks are white, and I've heard that the Korean-made ones are black.

The hexagonal formation remineded me of the benzene circle which is kind of a circular dance of the carbon molecule. 

[Jacques Pochoy]

The hexagonal formation remineded me of the benzene circle which is kind of a circular dance of the carbon molecule. 

Gee, I wish my teacher of biochemistry would have thought us that, I would have remembered it better (though we still call those "Aromatics" (or whatever the english word))

[Akira]

Gee, I wish my teacher of biochemistry would have thought us that, I would have remembered it better (though we still call those "Aromatics" (or whatever the english word))

 

[Airy]

Surprize - people rather than cityscapes.
Delight - the benzene stuff. You caught the instant décisif, it seems. HCB lässt grüssen.

[Akira]

Surprize - people rather than cityscapes.
Delight - the benzene stuff. You caught the instant décisif, it seems. HCB lässt grüssen.

Thank you, Airy.  These images were shot during the meeting with Jonathan (JJChan here), and I was trying out his style of shooting.

The "benzene" was totally a beginner's luck, I would say.  Aber hoffentlich lächelt HCB. 

[Erik Lund]

Bleak and striking at the same time,,, interesting

[RBSinTo]

Akira,
While the second shot was truly a bit of serendipity, the first one in my opinion is not particularly interesting. As the central figure is your subject, I suggest cropping vertically to eliminate the persons on our right of her, which I think tightens up the composition.
Additionally, both shots suffer from a serious lack of contrast.
Robert

[Akira]

Bleak and striking at the same time,,, interesting

Thank you, Erik!

Akira,
While the second shot was truly a bit of serendipity, the first one in my opinion is not particularly interesting. As the central figure is your subject, I suggest cropping vertically to eliminate the persons on our right of her, which I think tightens up the composition.
Additionally, both shots suffer from a serious lack of contrast.
Robert

Robert, thank you for visiting and your suggestion.

As for the processing, I lowered the contrast intentionally to make them look like the old B&W films shot with the uncoated lenses but I may have done that a bit too far.

As for the first image, I decided to leave the frame uncropped, because other figures placed in radiating manner seemed interesting compositionally.  I'm not sure if it is as effective as I wished.