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PeterC


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candid II (Advanced Editing III)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE A2
Location: London, UK
Date: Dec 30, 2004
Aperture: f3.2
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Dec 30, 2004

A new direction for me wanted a grainy B&W to emphasis the mood, Hope it worked.

Levels
Contrast
crop
a little dodge and burn
cloned out some pins of light from background
resize

Statistics
Place: 81 out of 173
Avg (all users): 5.4455
Avg (commenters): 6.6364
Avg (participants): 5.3820
Avg (non-participants): 5.4918
Views since voting: 776
Views during voting: 321
Votes: 211
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
01/10/2005 04:06:13 AM
Thank's for your comments everyone, would have loved it to score higher but I'm well pleased with the 7 tens and 5 nines.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2005 11:07:17 PM
The graininess and B&W captures the mood well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/09/2005 04:20:11 PM
Love the miserry and graininess that you have captured here
a 10 from me
should finish top 10
but you never can tell on this site
well done
good luck

Kev
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/08/2005 01:40:48 PM
too grainy
01/08/2005 12:21:13 PM
While I like the grain and the subject seems very candid, there is a lack of detail lost to the shadows that detracts from the whole. Darker areas are blobs of black and not clothing or shadows. This can be adjusted in a way by using the duplicate layers in PS and switching to screen until you get to the exposure you wish to have, then just black out the overexposed areas on the layers to return the correctly exposed areas to normal. A 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/07/2005 11:43:03 PM
im sure im not the first person to say this, but the grain is just not workin for me
01/07/2005 03:37:15 PM
I really like the grain in this one. It gives a sense of agedness, which is perfect for the mood and title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/06/2005 02:10:56 AM
Was the grain in camera or added in processing? Are ya getting a lot of bad comments about it? I think it works well her, but the DPC community tends to not like it a lot. You definatly portray a feeling of waiting well here.
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2005 08:15:30 PM
Great tonal range, and I like the noise! Great composition 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/04/2005 02:20:24 AM
Strong & gritty. I like it, grain and all. His expression is extraordinary.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/03/2005 07:59:42 PM
Good one...really looks like he's in that trancelike state of zoning out the passing of time.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/03/2005 05:00:53 AM
I actually like all the noise in this picture....I don't think it would be as creative of a shot without it. Very nice! Looks almost like an old poster.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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