Inspiring Photo: Mysterious #13178567

Mysterious

Uploaded: July 25, 2012 10:18:19 | Entered: April 02, 2017 12:06:50

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This guy, under a hot sun, was taking a "Smoke-Break" outside of the Dallas Auto Show.

Tamron 28-300 - Mid-Day. Adjustments with PS Elements and NIK SIlver Efex.

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Kevin P. Kreischer July 25, 2012 0

Excellent B&W jeff! #1476773

Tammy M. Anderson July 25, 2012 0

Great tones and treatment. Cool shot. #10243270

Paul E. Earl July 25, 2012 0

What a great shot. Excellent work. #10243283

Gord MacEachern July 25, 2012 0

Very well seen and captured Jeff! #10243289

Mary K. Robison July 25, 2012 0

Excellent capture of the essence of COOL on a hot day, Jeff! Great use of "negative space" in your composition. #10243314

Danny B. Head July 25, 2012 0

Great capture...bad habit. :) #10243316

Ken Smith July 25, 2012 0

Your effects take this over the top, Jeff. Super work...excellent portrait! #10243319

Jack Gaskin July 25, 2012 0

Wonderful B&W

Jack #10243339

Ujjwal Mukherjee July 25, 2012 0

Outstanding presentation and B&W,Jeff!! #10243379

Carolyn M. Fletcher July 25, 2012 0

Great catch! I love this!! #10243388

Lynn M. Whitt July 25, 2012 0

cool capture. #10243392

Lorna Shutter July 25, 2012 0

Now THIS is cool!!! Love the lighting and shadows and the B&W presentation! Very eye-catching! AWESOME photo op and capture, Jeff! A FAVE for me! :) #10243421

Robert R. Goodman July 25, 2012 0

Hi Jeff,That is a awesome B&W my friend.Excellent capture!!!! #10243434

Tiia Vissak July 25, 2012 0

well done! #10243456

Monnie Ryan July 25, 2012 0

Outstanding, Jeff! #10243544

Rony Sagy July 25, 2012 0

Fantastic capture, Jeff. #10243643

Ann H. Belus July 25, 2012 0

Great eye to catch this candid scene, Jeff! Excellently captured! #10243696

Katherine Kuhn July 25, 2012 0

Great capture! Love the stark black & white! #10243707

David M. Montero July 25, 2012 0

Interesting shadow. I like it. Nicely done Jeff! #10243775

Stephen Zacker July 25, 2012 0

I agree, makes for a really interesting image #10243812

Anita Hogue July 25, 2012 0

Outstanding capture, Jeff! #10243829

David Phalen July 25, 2012 0

Excellent B&W image with outstanding light, shadows tones and contrast!! #10243879

Claudia Kuhn July 25, 2012 0

Wonderful portrait Jeff, looks like he'll be napping soon #10243889

frank w. degenhardt July 25, 2012 0

I think you got a winner here my friend. I love that you took advantage of the intense sun light which gave the picture a high key look. The black and white is awesome and the pose with the hat down is fantastic. A work of art my friend. Way to go. #10243957

Carol L. Fowler July 25, 2012 0

Looks cool in B+W #10244049

Barbara Waldoch July 25, 2012 0

Excellent! #10244083

Ann Coates July 25, 2012 0

This is awesome Jeff. Love the feeling of mystery that you get from his face being covered. #10244116

John Connolly July 25, 2012 0

An excellent candid capture Jeff! Your lighting here is fantastic! #10244136

Lori Carlson July 25, 2012 0

Well seen, Jeff!! Love the b/w!...especially for this neat portrait! =) #10244187

Shelly A. Van Camp July 26, 2012 0

Great capture in B&W!! #10244274

Stefania Barbier July 26, 2012 0

Gorgeous! #10244304

Randy D. Dinkins July 26, 2012 0

Pretty talented, taking a nap and smoke at the same tim :); great capture and B&W treatment. #10244336

Terry Cervi July 26, 2012 0

Fantastic composition in black and white, Jeff! #10244463

Robert K. Bemus July 26, 2012 0

Great black and white portrait, Jeff!! #10244600

Renee Doyle July 26, 2012 0

Very cool b&w Jeff!!! #10244658

Jeff Robinson July 26, 2012 0

Thanks Everyone!! Jeff #10244695

Lorraine A. Cook July 26, 2012 0

LOVE the pose and the HAT, Jeff! I think he may be a 'Jim Morrison' fan...

Excellent B+W image, My Friend!!<:)) #10244752

Douglas Pignet July 26, 2012 0

very nicely done Jeff #10244796

Marijana Fajgl July 26, 2012 0

Great capture and treatment, Jeff! #10245117

Bojan Bencic July 26, 2012 0

Cool portrait, Jeff. Fantastic use of B&W. #10245188

Nancy L. Green July 26, 2012 0

I absolutely love the B+W presentation and the plain BG, this is just too cool!!! <>< #10245462

Tammy Espino July 27, 2012 0

Bad habit, awesome work and capture :) #10245770

Jeff Robinson July 27, 2012 0

Thank You! Jeff #10246136

Ellen Hodges July 27, 2012 0

Super hot capture, Jeff!!! #10246465

JO ANN CLEVELAND July 27, 2012 0

What a great find Jeff! I too think you have a winner here...hey Ken...what effects? The stark simplicity does not appear to be effects to me friend..lol

jo ann c. #10246647

Patrick Rouzes July 27, 2012 0

That's one exceptional image & work, Jeff! Good luck with this, indeed!
#10246742

Jeff Robinson July 28, 2012 0

Thank You - No effects other than turning it B&W! Jeff #10247421

Rona L. Schwarz July 29, 2012 0

Fabulous composition, Jeff! Great eye to see this and wonderful photographic skill to present this so artistically. Love the graphic simplicity and the high key effect. Bet we see him again! #10248394

Jeff Robinson July 29, 2012 0

Thank You Rona! Jeff #10248502

Gail Sullivan July 29, 2012 0

Lots of impact in this fantastic b/w...love it, Jeff! #10248753

Gail Vitikacs July 29, 2012 0

Love this Jeff! This is wonderful! Have a wonderful Sunday! #10249051

Julianne Bradford July 30, 2012 0

This is terrific Jeff...couldn't ask for a better pose! #10249718

Lynne Morris July 30, 2012 0

Fantastic work Jeff. #10249753

Jeff Robinson July 30, 2012 0

Thank You! Jeff #10249852

Max Aureli July 31, 2012 0

Great portrait, Jeff!! #10254614

Jeff Robinson July 31, 2012 0

Thank You Max! Jeff #10255905

John Koepfer @PresentPleasures June 01, 2017 0

Congratulations on this cool Finalist Jeff and good luck in the gold round!!! #11602061

Joanna Kovalcsik June 01, 2017 0

Ultimate chill! Congratulations on your Finalist, Jeff! #11602067

Patrick Rouzes June 01, 2017 0

Congrats on the well-deserved finalist, Jeff! #11602560

Ujjwal Mukherjee June 01, 2017 0

Congratulations on your excellent Winner,Jeff!! #11602739

John Koepfer @PresentPleasures June 01, 2017 0

Huge congratulations on your gold winner Jeff!! #11602784

Deborah Lewinson June 01, 2017 0

Striking and excellent image, Jeff! Congrats on your win! #11602785

Joanna Kovalcsik June 01, 2017 0

Jeff, congratulations on your Second Place GOLD! #11602910

Ann H. Belus June 01, 2017 0

Huge congratulations on this fantastic Gold Winner, Jeff! #11603028

Karen E. Michaels June 01, 2017 0

Mazel Tov, Jeff! #11603034

Terry Piotraschke June 01, 2017 0

Congratulations, Jeff, on this fantastic black and white portrait. Love it. #11603036

Terry Cervi June 01, 2017 0

Very cool work, Jeff! Congrats on your win! #11603041

Martha R. Mazon June 01, 2017 0

Great mood and processing in this fine street portrait, Jeff! Congratulations! #11603066

frank w. degenhardt June 01, 2017 0

Such a cool presentation Jeff. Congratulations on the Second Place Win. #11603152

Gerda Grice June 01, 2017 0

Delightful fun shot, Jeff! Many congratulations on your win! #11603202

Emile Abbott June 01, 2017 0

Congratulations Jeff on your Gold Winner. WTG my friend. #11603212

Carol Quina June 02, 2017 0

Congratulations on your GOLD for this great shot. #11603382

Janet Daniel June 02, 2017 0

How awesome is this, Jeff...! Congratulations on winning! #11603395

Patrick Rouzes June 02, 2017 0

Congrats on this super cool Winner, Jeff! WTG! #11603510

Ed Lauderdale June 02, 2017 0

Congratulations, Jeff!!! #11603642

Bojan Bencic June 02, 2017 0

Great one, Jeff. Congratulations! #11603770

Val Feldman June 02, 2017 0

Love the gritty b/w presentation of this cool and laid-back dude. Ya gotta like him despite his bad habits of smoking and sun-broiling! :) Great work, as always, Jeff - congrats on your Gold! #11603851

Joannie Bertucci June 02, 2017 0

As they say Jeff, "this dude is smokin' "! Congrats on a unique portrait and gold badge win! #11603884

Teresa Burnett June 03, 2017 0

Love this one, Jeff!! Huge Congratulations on winning the Gold!! #11603987

Jeff Robinson June 03, 2017 1

Thank You!! #11604003

Christine Greenspan June 04, 2017 0

Wow, Jeff! Congrats on this win. It is so well done! Love it! #11604387

Gail Sullivan June 07, 2017 0

Just great, Jeff...congrats! #11605906

Jeff Robinson June 08, 2017 0

Thank You! #11606223

Nadia Paul June 09, 2017 0

Very cool - congrats Jeff! #11606350

Jeff Robinson June 09, 2017 0

Thank You Nadia! #11606654

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