My Understanding

Michael Kienhuis

My Understanding

I snapped this man at the Getty Centre Art Museum in LA. He was deep in thought and lined himself up perfectly.
L.A USA October 2007

My Understanding by Michael Kienhuis
  • John Segon-Fisher,  RPA

    John Segon-Fis...

    Excellent

  • elliewinds

    elliewinds

    beautiful capture.

  • justlinda

    justlinda

    Wonderful b/w shot, just love all those verticals!.

  • Juilee  Pryor

    Juilee Pryor

    great shot. very bold but still simple

  • Chris  Willis

    Chris Willis

    Makes you wonder what he was thinking? A fantastic image….bold, striking, strong, clean cut, minimal.

  • Mark German

    Mark Germancommunity host

    Brilliant work , Michael.
    This is a close as I’d come to calling a shot a masterpiece.
    Everything about it is beautiful – the vertical and horizontal lines, the size-decreasing figures, the shades of light, textures …

    You have a winner with this one, and I suggest you try it in a few competitions. Congrats, mate.

  • David Harris

    David Harris

    Great image and great comp! This would look great as wall art! Great work Michael! I realy like this!

  • PhotogeniquE IPA

    PhotogeniquE IPA

    nicely spotted opportunity! really great shot.

  • Elana Halvorson

    Elana Halvorson

    Fantastic.

  • Dave Aarons

    Dave Aarons

    Excellent

  • Yago Veith

    Yago Veith

    Excellent composition!

  • Gregoryno6

    Gregoryno6

    Brilliant.

  • Jeremy Harrington

    Jeremy Harrington

    this is fantastic, love the silhouettes

  • sinfilm

    sinfilm

    Great capture

  • H M Bascom

    H M Bascom

    You have a very good eye for the perfect composition.

  • Murray Newham

    Murray Newham

    brilliant play of light and shadows

  • Trinx

    Trinx

    I love the combination of sharp black and white shape next to the undulating silhoutte of the man.

  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellafounder

    Great composition – just perfect!

  • shanghaiwu

    shanghaiwu

    shapes/line position/wonderful

  • Paul  Milburn

    Paul Milburn

    the shape of the man against the austerity of the architecture…simply fantastic

  • Calum

    Calum

    Love the simple shapes and design

  • Adam Cohen

    Adam Cohen

    great shot!

  • ~ Ademac

    ~ Ademac

    Great capture….........well done.

  • micmac

    micmac

    Excellent play of light ,lines and shadows

  • Keeli

    Keeli

    Very well done ;-)

  • nicholas

    nicholas

    Makes me think of a museum curator in lak of funds. Great capture. Thank you.

  • Nanmarie

    Nanmarie

    Contrast is amazing. The contract in color as well as the coldness of the architecture against the warmth and deep thinking of that man. This is going straight to my favs.

  • t1nyskert

    t1nyskert

    excellent…very hard to determin the mood of the man in the shot…

  • dehk

    dehk

    What a great moment that you captured!

  • ragman

    ragman

    very Churchillian ~ great perpendicular strength ~ well done

  • Adrian Donoghue

    Adrian Donoghue

    Fantastic contrasts here, LOVE that white negative space.

  • Paul Thompson

    Paul Thompson

    Very interesting compopsition Michael. I like the image. Cheers.

  • andreasphoto

    andreasphoto

    great visualization of modern art

  • karma monero

    karma monero

    i liek this.. one of dem thinkin photo’s.. how ever deep ur mind is.. the more u can bring to this pic.. wow.. keep up the great work

  • Mbernard

    Mbernard

    Excellent ambience and so gentle a reflection.

  • Paul Tupman

    Paul Tupman

    This is brillinat Michael.. or perfects I should say perfect! Simple in its elegance, this has all the elemnts that you need.. fantastic lines, excellent contrasts and human interest in the figure.. I love how he and the column are silhouetted.. yet the wall and column to the right retain their stark white brilliance! A definate favourite!

  • Michael Kienhuis replied

    Thanks Paul.

  • Susan Trigg

    Susan Trigg

    As others have said, a fabulous image! The interplay of black and white elements is just terrific. The black object (column?) next to the man seems so ominous it almost makes you catch your breath.

  • Michael Kienhuis replied

    Hi Susan, Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you like it. It’s a fav of mine. I was waiting for a long time for someone came into view. He was perfect.

  • Cathy Middleton

    Cathy Middleton

    Wow Here’s a shot I could look at for a long time. Thought provoking, brilliantly executed yet simple. Love it.

  • Michael Kienhuis replied

    Thanks for your comments cathy and for stopping by. M:>

  • coffeetea

    coffeetea

    Hi morning ! oh what time ….:) excellent bw! Thank you for visiting

  • Nicholas Richardson

    Nicholas Richa...

    Love the composition and use of light in this one – great photograph!

  • amarica

    amarica

    Excellent B&W Michael, great composition, lighting and contrast

  • Wanagi Zable-Andrews

    Wanagi Zable-A...

    the composition and lighting is great! a shot perfectly suited to b&w

  • Glenn Stephenson

    Glenn Stephenson

    Like it!!!

  • Michael Kienhuis replied

    Cheers M:>

  • localhero

    localhero

    Very strong image! The comp. is just perfetto)

  • DiannaLee

    DiannaLee

    such a clever piece…great contrast of light…and the figure has such an interesting feel to him…upper body looks forward of gravity…giving it a intensity…thinking man!

  • photoloi

    photoloi

    Love this one!

  • Michael Kienhuis replied

    Thanks Photoloi, I had to wait for him to come into shot but the patience paid off.
    M:>

  • photoloi

    photoloi

    Sure I hear you:) One time I had to wait half an hour for someone to get out of my shot:)

  • Michael Kienhuis replied

    Ha Ha! Oh yeah but that’s the fun of it hey!
    M:>

  • photoloi

    photoloi

    True that:)

  • Bruce  Dickson

    Bruce Dickson

    Very cool image.

  • Pascale Baud

    Pascale Baud

    GREAT capture !

  • bensound

    bensound

    Great ! Well spotted & executed.

  • transmute

    transmute

    Sacred simplicity.

  • Caterpillar

    Caterpillar

    Excellent composition!

  • roybarry

    roybarry

    Exceptional Art.

  • Scott  d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    outstanding,

  • jiba

    jiba

    Great composition and tones!

  • Erika Gouws

    Erika Gouws

    Excellent shot!

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