Enter The Umbrella Man
by Quigley

Comment by colorcarnival:
I love seeing the light on your face. It draws my eyes in away from the dark and then allows me to look around at all the details in the scene. Very cool.

Enter The Umbrella Man
by Quigley

Comment by posthumous:
Posthumous Art Gallery

Timber
by Quigley

Comment by roz:
this series of photos max are like a glimpse into your world .. :)
this is my fav .. !!..:)
have i written to you since christmas and new year ?
i cant remember .. !!!!!!!
if not hope you had a good one and this year is fantastic for you and your family .. :)

Enter The Umbrella Man
by Quigley

Comment by SandyP:
I really love this. I love the dark mystical feel in that urban grungy setting.

My Sweeties
by Quigley

Comment by colorcarnival:
Beautiful photo :) And that's probably the problem for this challenge lol. You did such a good job in capturing the spontaneous moment that it looks posed. It's a joy to watching you develop into this amazing photog!

Enter The Umbrella Man
by Quigley

Comment by LVicari:
Damn!! Look at that lighting! You must tell me your secrets. Coley you never cease to amaze! Oh wait that's Coley in the pic. If that's Coley then who took the..,oh I'm so confused. No Vote.
I keep coming back to this masterpiece. Amazing that this was shot in midday.
Straight into my Favs. (and not because of the model, Coley)

Enter The Umbrella Man
by Quigley

Comment by bmartuch:
Excellent job. I'll bet that graffiti looks cool in the daylight.

Enter The Umbrella Man
by Quigley

Comment by Art Roflmao:
That's no umbrella man - It's JtR! ;-) Awesome job!

Enter The Umbrella Man
by Quigley

Comment by MsAmbrosia:
Dramatic. I little too low key for me.

Enter The Umbrella Man
by Quigley

Comment by Paul:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives:This has a very dramatic feel about it, I really like the composition and the lighting is really top notch. DOF and sharpness is pretty amazing for this light level.

Critical stuff: In some ways the scene looks a little too contrived - I wonder if the smoke (was it a canister?), if I use my hand to mask of the left hand side of the image, with the man's back being adjacent to the left edge it becomes (for me) a more effective image.

Overall: Very, very competent work - well beyond the likes of me, but I can't help thinking that less may have been more. Still, I do admire it. 8.