The Fencers

 

Each week, I'll be featuring famous and not so famous photographs that in my opinion deserve to be seen by as many people as possible.  Some will be widely known shots that have been circulated repeatedly over the news and the Internet, while others will be unknown to most, but exceed the prerequisites that this blog is about: good photography.

For this week, I'm featuring one of my favorite photographs that I discovered last year. This is a picture of two fencers from the Baltimore Fencing Center captured by David Hobby. I believe this is part of Mr. Hobby's series of pictures documenting the people and places of importance in his county and the surrounding areas.

Simply put, this is a fantastic shot! The low angle and the black lines lead up precisely to the skirmish between the two fencers at the exact moment of victory (and defeat). It's very simply lighted (or it may seem that way; Mr. Hobby has a knack for great lighting), and the plain background and neutral colors contrast perfectly with the dynamic duelists. The two white figures also pop out of the dark foreground as if this were live video instead of a still shot.

This is a great photo to start off what is hopefully to be a series of good photographs I find over the Internet. You can find the original, as well as more of Mr. Hobby's photographs here.

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  1. Has a sort of eerie "empty" look... Hit me back! alphabetalife.blogspot.com

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  2. This really is an amazing shot, I don't know how he captured it so perfectly.
    I can't wait to see what else you post!
    I just want to point out that your links match your text, so you might want to change the color or underline them so they're noticeable.

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  3. @Raw: Thanks for the info! I've changed the text to bold to make them more noticeable. :)

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  4. very nice. It is really cool how the lines lead you right into the action that is taking place.

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  5. Even more amazing than the photo is the acrobatics of the fencers themselves. It's something I would love to learn.

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  6. in your face!!
    great photo and i always liked fencing.

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  7. what a great shot! i love me some good photography

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  8. An absolutely gorgeous shot. Hobby's work is truly incredible.Thanks for sharing this.

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  9. Nice photo. I look forward to more of your posts. :)

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  10. cool photo - i love action shots that capture that perfect moment of action

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  11. Mr. Hobby captured the moment in a fantastic way!

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  12. nice photo, caught at the perfect time.

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  13. must have been a pain to get it just perfect, great picture.

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  14. Absolut amazing post. Especially the picture

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  15. It is indeed a nice photo, and you illuminate it well in ur blog post. followed.

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  16. Reminds me of Picard fencing on star trek.

    Cool blog, I'm following :)

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  17. haha this is one of those photos where you know you cant take a better one of it in your life

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  18. What a nice photo! thank you for sharing

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  19. very good. thanks for sharing.

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  20. awesome shot. got it right where the hiatus of emotion is drawn from.

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