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Old Folks Home
Old Folks Home
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Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED
Location: Old Folks Home
Date: Jul 20, 2006
Aperture: f/6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jul 25, 2006

Viewed: 276
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

 Taken in the morning in front of an old folks home.

Greyscaled to soft focus with some dodge and burn.

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 07/28/2006 11:31:50 AM
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
the blurred background does look fake - if it truly isnt then I would dump that lens as it has horrible DOF. Too dark and flat overall


The background is just more grass. It is just there and nothing I can do to change that, but I could have taken it out completely and just made it all dark. I will have to see if I kept the original and rework it to Konandor's suggestions. It has two favorites so it looks like a few liked it :--)
 07/28/2006 04:44:56 AM
the blurred background does look fake - if it truly isnt then I would dump that lens as it has horrible DOF. Too dark and flat overall
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 07/26/2006 04:17:58 PM
No probs :)
I do like the dark, it works well, I just feel the tones are a little flat. Just bringing the whites out a little more would keep it dark, yet increase the contrast making the image "pop" more :)
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 07/26/2006 12:04:34 PM
Originally posted by Konador:
The photo looks nice, if not a little dark. Boosting the highlights in the levels would help I think. Did you fake the blurred background? It doesn't look real at all. I think the editing is a bit too in-your-face. I prefer subtle edits really. Overall a really cute photo tho :)


I liked it dark. I don't know why. Sometimes I just feel like being creepy. :--)

The background is not fake blurred, but it was given soft focus. It is real though. I like to play and play until I get it the way I like it. I think this photo in its original form was just to boring. Two squirrels eating. Whoooopee. :D It was dark to begin with because they were under a shaded tree. So I just processed it like this. It seemed to work best. Thanks for the comment!
 07/26/2006 10:44:30 AM
The photo looks nice, if not a little dark. Boosting the highlights in the levels would help I think. Did you fake the blurred background? It doesn't look real at all. I think the editing is a bit too in-your-face. I prefer subtle edits really. Overall a really cute photo tho :)
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 07/25/2006 01:41:43 PM
this is really nice i love the softness
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 07/25/2006 11:35:31 AM
Something to learn from this photo indeed. Very quaint composition.
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 07/25/2006 11:02:04 AM
This is very nice. Love that the squirrels seem completely unaware of you. I like the post processing too.
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 07/25/2006 10:57:01 AM
great shot, i like it a lot.
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