Celtic Craftsmanship
by Waitingsilence

Comment by Waitingsilence:

Originally posted by P-A-U-L: Superb score and well deserved. The photo is expertly captured and processed and absolutely perfect for the challenge. Congrats!

Thank you so much, Paul!
I'm more than glad you liked it.

Celtic Craftsmanship
by Waitingsilence

Comment by P-A-U-L:
Superb score and well deserved. The photo is expertly captured and processed and absolutely perfect for the challenge. Congrats!

Celtic Craftsmanship
by Waitingsilence

Comment by Waitingsilence:

Originally posted by MinsoPhoto: There was never any doubt that this would win, it's just in a whole other league. Congrats on a very well deserved score and finish.

Many thanks, Joshua :)

Celtic Craftsmanship
by Waitingsilence

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
There was never any doubt that this would win, it's just in a whole other league. Congrats on a very well deserved score and finish.

Celtic Craftsmanship
by Waitingsilence

Comment by Waitingsilence:

Originally posted by Neat: Whoa for you - two ribbons in two days!~ Loved this shot, and SUPERB EDITING! AND LOOK AT THAT SCORE!! Might take you a while to beat that one :)

I'm a happy boy today!

Funny thing about this shot is that I wasn't supposed to shoot it!

I was shooting video for work, then I saw this man doin' his business and thought it would have been a perfect entry for the challenge, so I switched the camera mode back to photo and quickly composed the shot.

I had only a few seconds to shoot, as I had to go back in video mode for an the medieval parade - which was approaching the main street.

So 85mm, 1/80s, f/1.2, handheld... can't say I was a bit lucky too :)

Regarding the score... now I have a new goal for 2017 :D

Thank you SO much for stopping by!

Celtic Craftsmanship
by Waitingsilence

Comment by Neat:
Whoa for you - two ribbons in two days!~

Loved this shot, and SUPERB EDITING! AND LOOK AT THAT SCORE!! Might take you a while to beat that one :)

Celtic Craftsmanship
by Waitingsilence

Comment by tvsometime:
Beautifully captured and rendered in old-timey format. bump

"Not Today"
by Waitingsilence

Comment by Waitingsilence:

Originally posted by Cyrilda: Wow, I am very impressed. I would love to know how you put this together. I love this technique. Big Congratulations Woo Hoo!

Thank you Susie!

The idea came to mind pretty easily, since both me and my girlfriend are huge fans of the "post-apocalyptic", both litterature and film.

I was oriented to a "modern" post-apo scenario, at first, but then I switched it to a more "grungy" one.

The grungy texture I used is to emphasize the "danger" feel to the overall picture. My original idea had zombies in it, so... :)

I initially shot this with my 85mm, but I noticed I couldn't quite get the background I wanted; than I switched to the 24-70 at f/2.8, so that I could have the background gradually blurred; this is what I was going for, as I wanted to show the scene, but not making it distracting.

The post-processing is a bit "aggressive", but is what I though would have fit the picture best.
I played mainly with desaturation (shifted green to yellow) and clarity, but not overall clarity, since it would have ebitter the background.

The rest is just grunge texture and sharpening :)

Thank you for your interest in this work :)

"Not Today"
by Waitingsilence

Comment by Waitingsilence:

Originally posted by vawendy: Huge congrats on your ribbon! Nicely done. :)

Thank you so, so much, Wendy :)

"Not Today"
by Waitingsilence

Comment by Waitingsilence:

Originally posted by Amedina: Excellent shot and my personal favourite for this contest. Being a "medication" contest, to summit quite the opposite -the absence of it- , was a very creative option. Congrats.

Thank you Alejandro!

What I had in mind here was medication = treatment (so self-healing through medical skills), rather than medication = medicine.

I'm glad this idea paid off :)