the dark side
By yi-ching lin
Tags: brick wall, cropped, dark, dark side, darkness, delicate, face, halved, self-portrait, shadow, shadows, sun, sunlight
Category: art, city, nature, nyc, photo challenges, photography, poetry, portrait, postaweek2012, street photography, structure, weekly photo challenge, writing
yi-ching lin photography 
on the darker side,
the side that fingers
static lovingly, treads
a bottomless ache
for your smile, attempts
day’s equations without
proof, there is a magnetic
pull stronger than that
Allegretto, no,
perhaps stronger, you
must hear it too
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Beautiful 🙂 big like
(smile) thank you!
The photograph with the soft light … or slightly stark light in contrast with your thoughtful gaze is magnificent. You have certainly touched the core of emotional longing (a delicate moment) in this post.
thank you so much – i appreciate your “read” on it.
LIKE the etching of your profile very much. The ear in shadow and the pupil illuminated. Shall we make a pairing of this and the prior post “delicate” or is that pushing tin too far?
(smile) well, same kind of challenging light…natural sunlight coming in from stage left. thank you!
Great picture and lighting…why the dark side?
the side of my face that is in the shadows…(smile)
I am SO literal- funny- I thought you were having a bad day and you were not smiling!! Love the shadows and those eyes of yours!!
(smile) and i’m being very literal – the darker side… (smile) thank you!
y,
Don’t know if I can explain this well enough but if you look at the shadow on your face, it looks like the right side profile of another face… It’s like one of those illusion drawings “what do you see” things. If you stare at the shadow on your nose and your right nostril, it may jump out at you.
On a separate note, I like the way the light lights up your iris, very pretty eyes. I also like the fading of light to dark on the bricks. Good choice for background… it’s interesting without taking away from you.
Peace,
Stephen
hmm…i don’t quite see it, Stephen, but thank you for trying to explain it (smile). and thank you for the compliments!