photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Kal Khogali | all galleries >> Beyond The Seen - Book Preview >> BEYOND THE SEEN >> The New > Through The Looking Glass
previous | next
06-AUG-2005

Through The Looking Glass

Sometimes the fantasy is right next to you

Canon EOS 20D
1/10s f/2.8 at 24.0mm iso800 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time06-Aug-2005 11:43:53
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length24 mm
Exposure Time1/10 sec
Aperturef/2.8
ISO Equivalent800
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Mode
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programshutter priority (2)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium large original auto
share
Bruce31-Aug-2006 15:00
Fantastic!
Guest 11-May-2006 17:24
Bubblegum curiousity.Stretching the unforseen possibilities.Peering around the edges of dubious credibility.Reflecting with uncommon fascination.While playful convolutions of nonsense charm our notions as clowns.Rousing our child to laughter once more.
Guest 13-Sep-2005 11:45
Incredibly creative image.
Kal Khogali07-Aug-2005 01:05
Thanks Phil for your usual rewarding and detailed feedback. Robbie, I am glad your are back and visiting, and am glad you like it!! Funny how the ordinary can become the extraordinary if we open our mind, and look at things from a different perspective. There is no post processing in this image except a slight crop, levels and curves. What you see and feel as the viewer is what I saw and fealt as the image taker. By releasing the shutter when I did, I have allowed you to share the moment with me. That is becoming the joy of photography for me.
Robbie D7006-Aug-2005 22:19
Ouch ! this is so thought provoking it hurts ! Just had to comment on this one
Brilliant work.
Phil Douglis06-Aug-2005 18:25
An Alice in Wonderland image, Kal! The fantasy, as you say, is not only in what he sees, but what we see. This is one of the most surreally profound images you have ever made. The incongruity of the kid using his imagination to explore every nook and cranny of his existence while his own head explodes in wonder and a person he does not even see is simultaneously vaporizing into fantasy, is mind blowing (pun intended). The distortions abstract the image, helping to define the human value here: the imaginative. This image is all about the human imagination at work. And the more we look at it, the more our own imaginations will work as well.
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment