Lawrence Ripsher’s - The Forgotten
I was rummaging through Pbase today and discovered this gallery as I was doing some research for techniques on action photography. All I have to say about this gallery is, it was actually quite breathtaking to view these photographs that have been composed in a sequential ordering as to frame a narrative along with it.
Awesome shots. To be honest, the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the above photograph was, The Ring.
That alone wins a few gazillion prop points from me alone. 
In my opinion, the color, the tones as well as the composition just makes it feel very surreal. To think that the concept in itself is relatively simplistic just drives home the point that photography has more to do with the artistic eye of the photographer versus the actual equipment used.
Anyway, a little digging in the EXIF data shows that he was using a Nikon D200 and a Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8G AF-S, the very lens that I’ve been eyeing as one of my purchases in the future.
I will admit, the saturation and the resolution in his shots are amazing. I wonder how he managed to squeeze in so much colors from his shots. I do wonder if it has got to do with his AWB settings but I guess I will have to experiment on my own to determine if this was the case. I also noticed that he had used a high ISO setting as well as slow shutter speeds for this shoot. Interesting but not surprising seeing how the natural lighting conditions in the photographs show.
His compositional eye on the other hand is simply amazing. Every shot in his gallery evokes somekind of emotion and heightens our sense of curiousity as to the hidden meaning behind the image presented.
I also noticed that he used quite a bit of exposure compensation in these shots. Its very interesting to see its actual uses seeing that I have not really used the feature in my shoots as of yet. Interesting results, I will make note of this for my future shoots as well.
Simply put, it was a very awe-inspiring gallery. Makes me want to seek out some abandoned and rundowned locations as well. 
Source
Lawrence Ripsher’s Photo Galleries (Pbase)
Lawrence Ripsher’s 2006 Collection - The Forgotten (Pbase)
September 14, 2006 at 2:23 am
superb photo!. As a photographer whenver I see such photographs I feel like dancing for eternity. Thanks for sharing this photo and wonderful links. I need to visit here often…
September 17, 2006 at 2:00 am
Suresh, you flatter me too much with your kind comments.
I am just glad to be able to share my findings with other like-minded people here.
Till further updates then, over and out!
January 9, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Hi there - someone forwarded me this link and was a pleasure to read your thoughts on my photographs. Thanks for taking the time to visit and share your thoughts - always welcome.
If you’re interested more about my photography, how I do it, what it means to me etc, feel free to visit my blog at http://scaredofthedark.typepad.com.
Thanks again - Lawrence
January 20, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Dear Lawrence, thanks for visiting and I am definitely extremely interested in understanding your photography along with your methodologies. I’ll probably link to your blog too, if you don’t mind.
Do please keep up the great work! I can’t wait to see even more ‘ring-esque’ photographs from you!