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Jay
Jay
Yo_Spiff


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2012-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Date: Jun 13, 2012
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2012

 Jay is one of the core members of a cycling group I occasionally ride with called the Night Riders. (They ride at night... duh.) This was taken while we were gathering for the monthly critical mass ride, where he is also a regular. Jay rides a 70's vintage Sears Free Spirit 10-speed (I think he's the original owner) and he keeps up just fine with the folks on their carbon fiber dreamcycles. It ain't the bike, it's the rider.

I've been trying to get a shot I liked of Jay for a while now and finally snagged it. I knew he would be a good addition to my "Old timers with big mustaches" collection.

Post-challenge notes:
Pulled a solid 6+ and not a single comment. Quite unusual.

Statistics
Place: 58 out of 243
Avg (all users): 6.2124
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 6.1233
Avg (non-participants): 6.3750
Views since voting: 526
Views during voting: 185
Votes: 113
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 01/05/2013 09:01:55 PM
Greetings from the Comment Bomb Squad!

Just looking through your profile finding a few images with a few comments only in order to give you some more feedback.

Here you have captured a nice, gritty, character portrait. I voted this a 6 in the challenge and the reasons for my vote were that it had great technicals with good exposure and sharpness. I found his face to be in shadow with the light coming in from behind his rightside making his eyes a little dark. The B&W conversion was very well done wth good tones and I like the gritty edge to this up close and personal capture.
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Ricoh GR III
Fujifilm XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR
 07/08/2012 09:35:49 AM
The lack of comments is surprising. Nice portrait.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA
 07/08/2012 12:43:22 AM
This got a high score from me, sorry for the no comment, (too busy commenting in the blur side challenge) great in your face portrait, full of character.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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