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un homme, un café et une cigarette
un homme, un café et une cigarette
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: Oct 19, 2006
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100 s
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 8, 2007

This is my interpretation of what European cafe life is all about. Taken at Brussels Midi station in the Häagen-Dazs cafe en route to the second Amsterdam GTG.

PP:
* crop
* curves and levels
* light dodge & burn around edges
* spot healing to remove crumbs on table
* sepia tint
* noise ninja
* size for web with 2 pixel border
* usm

This is a different take to one posted on DPC last year.

Statistics
Place: 290 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.8732
Avg (commenters): 7.2778
Avg (participants): 5.7615
Avg (non-participants): 6.2069
Views since voting: 3769
Views during voting: 454
Votes: 347
Comments: 23
Favorites: 1 (view)


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07/14/2007 10:35:01 AM
Love this image, very classic look, might have some commercial value, nice angle, perfect dof...well done!!
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03/04/2007 02:30:07 PM
Your description says it all. I liked this, gave it a 7.
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01/26/2007 08:21:52 PM
It's funny how I really can't put my finger on just exactly what it is about this shot I like so much. I was right about my hunch that the voters wouldn't find enough wow in this to get it up the scale where I thought it should be, but top 1/3 in such a challenge wasn't too bad of a finish, and you just about nailed a perfect bell curve in the vote spread.
Well done and congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/24/2007 11:59:24 PM
nicely observed, appropriately processed. good work!
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01/24/2007 11:22:25 PM
You have a terrific eye for a commonplace subject yet a unique perspective.
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01/24/2007 02:10:33 PM
Fine taste in espresso. Quite. Cool shot.
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01/22/2007 05:10:46 PM
Film noir. Nice shot.
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01/21/2007 09:05:21 PM
It is just like a picture moment, out of everyday life.....
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01/21/2007 02:06:09 PM
Nice ad-like shot. A moment subtly captured with tones and treatment to add to it.
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01/19/2007 10:53:19 PM
Would make a good print 9
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01/18/2007 04:55:02 AM
Beautiful. Very simple, serene, and classic looking.
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01/17/2007 03:15:20 PM
I remember this shot during the year and loved it then and love it now.
Hope it does well in this huge challenge and adding to my favorites.
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01/17/2007 01:19:00 PM
Carl, right? I remember commenting on this image - great selection for the Best of, by the way.
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01/16/2007 10:16:16 PM
This shot takes me back to Paris (a trip I made 24 years ago).

Perfect ad copy.

Bravo.
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01/16/2007 07:00:46 PM
B&W works really good with this picture.
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01/16/2007 10:44:53 AM
... just like an commercial :-) nice toning
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01/16/2007 07:35:04 AM
great. I like it.
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01/15/2007 06:52:17 PM
this is great....I really like this.....the icing would have been smoke coming from the cigarette....8
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01/13/2007 08:34:55 PM
the same brand of slow death that my husband chooses.
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01/13/2007 12:58:23 PM
simple, straight forward, excellently shot.
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01/13/2007 05:06:56 AM
Sounds like the title of a Nouvelle Vague film .
I like the sepia tones , the "apparent" simplicity of the composition but I think that nothing is casual here.
Very interesting photo !
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01/12/2007 03:30:45 PM
I love that I can see the smoke from the cigarette
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01/12/2007 01:58:11 PM
well the title certainly captures what's in the photo. lacks any real interest though.
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