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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Good (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
Location: Fincastle, VA
Date: Feb 3, 2007
Aperture: 1:1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160 second
Galleries: Candid, Wedding
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2007

 A shot from my first wedding gig. I think I got some good ones - yippeee! I hope this fits the challenge topic well enough. I've had little time to shoot anything else.

This is actually the groom, but I thought the idea of a "best man" fit the challenge better... ;-)

PP included very little: NI, conversion to B/W, levels, sharpen, save for Web.

Statistics
Place: 70 out of 195
Avg (all users): 5.5415
Avg (commenters): 5.5556
Avg (participants): 5.4262
Avg (non-participants): 5.5833
Views since voting: 840
Views during voting: 286
Votes: 229
Comments: 11
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 02/14/2007 01:32:17 AM
Great tones Jimmy.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/11/2007 12:45:45 PM
A classic portrait, the b&w is an appropriate choice.
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 02/11/2007 11:58:33 AM
Very good shot.
Very crisp, clear, sharp, technically very accomplished.
One very small nitpick is to perhaps position him a little further left, so the curtain doesn't cut into him.
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 02/11/2007 01:23:49 AM
great take on the challenge! he looks like a nice best man.
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 02/10/2007 11:28:30 PM
I would question the cropping.
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 02/09/2007 01:40:39 AM
I guess a best man is good...but if I just look at the picture, it tells me nothing. It's just a distinguished gentleman wearing a pinstripe suit and a badass tie with a boutonniere on his lapel.
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 02/08/2007 05:39:14 PM
Hmmm... too much headroom, in my opinion.
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 02/08/2007 04:59:13 PM
This is nice, a tighter crop would have made it better though, imho. 7
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 02/08/2007 02:20:52 PM
He is definately a good looking man. It is a picture of "Good" to me :)
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 02/08/2007 10:56:51 AM
You'll get this a lot on this shot...a tighter crop would have worked better. Otherwise...you've captured his expression well, and the slightly OOF background pulls the subject out nicely.
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 02/07/2007 09:58:23 AM
did you try channel mixer? (for better bw conversion)
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