Stairway to Heaven
by HawkinsT

Comment by hesitant:
just great

Sport (...and Photography)
by HawkinsT

Comment by HawkinsT:
Thanks everyone for the great comments.

Kevin: The use of f/2 with focusing a little way back in to the crowd was deliberate, in order to draw the eye in to the image and round, instead of getting stuck on what would be the most prominent figures in the foreground. I believe this works better when the image is larger than 800 pixels however, or if you take a step back from your monitor. Whether this is better than having the foreground in focus though I guess we can't know, since I only shot it like this. Thanks for the constructive feedback.

Sport (...and Photography)
by HawkinsT

Comment by blindjustice:
Just as a purely monochrome abstract, its really good, and its transformed from a snapshot into something special by the black and white.

Sport (...and Photography)
by HawkinsT

Comment by Bensted:
Now that is a great photo!

Sport (...and Photography)
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Comment by SaraR:
So impressive!

Sport (...and Photography)
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Comment by PaulFrocchi:
Terrific lines!

Stairway to Heaven
by HawkinsT

Comment by nixter:
This is fantastic!

Just on the woman's face, personally, I think I'd prefer it to be left in.
It gives me the sense that there are many more people out of frame about to enter the stairway. That this is just the begining...

Sport (...and Photography)
by HawkinsT

Comment by Denielle:
Cool black and white! Never seen anything like this before. Well done!!!

Sport (...and Photography)
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Comment by wwjdwithca:
Like the idea and the B&W, but I don't understand the soft focus on the foreground, was that on purpose?

Sport (...and Photography)
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Comment by posthumous:
beautiful swirl of humanity


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