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Ok, as promised, here's something a bit different.

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12.16pm on 18/12/05
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comment by Kev Rosie at 07:57 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

Fantastic image; although fake, the faces look almost alive. Brilliant tonal quality!

comment by roberman at 08:03 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

Remebers me Stanley Kubrik's Clocwork Orange.

comment by otomi at 08:18 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

that's fantastic ...

comment by payam at 08:29 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

stunning!

comment by SteveO at 08:33 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

Wow, weird. I like it, i love the crop too.

comment by ninu at 08:38 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

interesting way you've made this shot. I really love the way the black and white makes it appear very mysterious. nice job djn

comment by tobias at 08:46 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

I like this. I can relate to this image more. I like the contrasting expressions and the subsequently contrasting dark and light.

comment by nuno f at 08:47 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

Trully fantastic and excentric shot! Looks like something related to theater has one face is smilling and the other one is sad.

comment by goon at 08:55 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

third man? you must be speaking of the one missing on the left part of the pic! ;)

comment by Darkzule at 09:27 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

Cool, its a neat pic!

comment by Charlotte at 09:29 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

Eery, original and fantastic.

comment by joan at 09:38 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

chilling

comment by George at 10:25 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

This cannot be true! First of all I have to say, that I am visiting your site every day to get a glimpse at your fantastic new images and as a photography-interested guy I share great respect for the time you put into this and the high quality photographs you put out all the time.
I wish I had enough time to maintain a website dedicated to my hobby, too and hopefully will have it in the future. I especially like your site, because the way you photograph and look at things with the camera is in a way similar to my photographic approach, but still different enough to be a huge inspirational source.

But anyway, this shot made my jaw drop, since in my normal work I see these two guys every day and I have probably made thousands of photographs of these masks! And since you did not reveal too much information about the shot I am desperately wanting to know where, how and why (okay, the last one is nonsense probably) you took this shot! So please, tell us more.

comment by nogger at 10:28 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

That's freaky. Makes me think of Richard Nixon for some reason.

comment by andyp at 10:29 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

freaky powerful :o

very nice!

comment by Kristyn at 10:47 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

What a shot! Great DOF and choice of tones, and fantastic subject, kinda creepy really.

comment by barmagenta.com at 11:04 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

I like it a lot, interesting image and great tone and lighting.

comment by djn1 at 11:08 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

goon: yep, that's the one I had in mind :-)

George: this was taken in a shop on Blackpool's seafront. By the way, I had a look at the maskworld.com site and couldn't work out which ones these are. Could you let me know?

comment by emily at 11:14 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

WOW!!! I am not a photographer but visit your site every day (almost) to see your wonderful shots.
Would it be possible to use photoshop to distort ordinary faces to look like this?
I am continually blown away by your photographs. Thank you!

comment by Rock at 11:50 PM (GMT) on 20 December, 2005

Not a lot like the 1949 movie "The Third Man", directed by Carol Reed, except for the dark, moody lighting. But it certainly reminds me of the Major Calloway (Trevor Howard) quote to Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), "You were born to be murdered." It is one of my favorite movies and this is on of my favorites of your shots.

comment by tristan at 12:09 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

What does 'chromasia' mean anyways?

comment by Noushin at 01:07 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

I like the amount of detail on the right face. It looks like the reflection has a different expression, am I missing something?

comment by Rob at 01:59 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

Nice comeback from yesterday. A bit different for Chromasia and very nicely done. As already noted, the tonal quality is superb. Your artistic range Dave is just terrific. That you can "see" all of these different image styles is really impressive and inspiring. Thanks once again.
Rob

comment by rick at 02:24 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

This one is at or near the the top of a long list of all-time favorite djn shots.

comment by FLYING COW at 03:51 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

WOW

this is a stunner

comment by d at 05:30 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

i love it!

comment by peter at 07:37 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

Excellent shot with an almost disturbing atmosphere.

comment by nemi black at 08:42 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

President Nixon

comment by Alessandro at 08:58 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

>By the way, I had a look at the maskworld.com
>site and couldn’t work out which ones these are.
>Could you let me know?

It looks like Mr. Berlusconi's mask.

comment by Adriana at 08:59 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

The reflection is lovely. I mean you chose the right angle to get, and wonderful use of light also. Where was it taken?

comment by Jessyel Ty Gonzalez at 10:03 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

Ha! Nicely done, David.

comment by pierre at 10:21 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

nice n'creepy

comment by Wolfgang at 10:31 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

great shot!

comment by stephanie at 11:04 AM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

OH Fantastic shot!!! It is very creepy but I love it! They look like they just walked out of one of those NASA tools that tests what mach speed you can stand. Wow..what an amazing picture!!!

comment by Budi at 12:56 PM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

Yay! It's really caught me for the first time. Yes, it's chilling!

comment by CEC Students at 02:52 PM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

Awesome, groovy.... Cool.

comment by Marco at 04:44 PM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

aaargg...it's Berlusconi! misfortune for seven years!
Great shot however!

comment by Jide Alakija at 06:14 PM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

okay i don't get it...What and how did you do that?

comment by michael at 06:14 PM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

I'm seriously digging this something new. Great tones and amazing compostition. Amazing.

comment by djn1 at 07:25 PM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

Thanks everyone, I was pleased with this one too.

comment by RustyJ at 08:39 PM (GMT) on 21 December, 2005

Awesome David. Those two faces murderers for sure. The Third Man is the Mastermind.