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Timeless
Timeless
Siggav


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Challenge: Street Photography (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon MF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AIS
Location: Barcelona
Date: Feb 16, 2007
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125 sec
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Feb 18, 2007

 I had to visit Barcelona for work, got sick while there but wandered out camera in hand a little bit. While walking behind the Cathedral I saw this old man walking around. I guess he was on a daily walk, he seemed to be having a good time and I snapped a few shots of him.

It was a really nice day for street photography and the air was filled with music from buskers playing classical spanish guitar. It was really hard picking what photo to submit but I ended up deciding on this one.

Post processing: crop, rotate, unsharp mask, curves and slight desaturation

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 288
Avg (all users): 6.5950
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.3802
Avg (non-participants): 6.8099
Views since voting: 2114
Views during voting: 378
Votes: 242
Comments: 27
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 03/03/2007 05:52:07 PM
Greetings From Critique Club

First Impression
You've definitely captured a nice scene which fits the genre well. You've without a doubt fit the challenge and scored well. I think you've done well with this low saturation scene.

Composition:
Very well done on the composition. I do have a minor nitpick with the lamps or whatever they are at the top of the scene on the back wall. They are a bit distracting to my eye. Not so much as wanting to change the crop to compensate, but since this was an advanced editing challenge, I might have cloned them out. However, I wouldn't disagree with your call not to.

Technicals
I can't find any flaw in your technicals. Lighting, exposure, focus, DoF are all well selected and managed.

Congrats on a nice score on a tough challenge.

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 02/26/2007 06:05:09 AM
Congratulations Sigga! Vel af sér vikið stelpa, ein af uppáhaldsmyndunum í keppninni.
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 02/26/2007 02:30:00 AM
I think you picked the right one, but you did have a lot of good ones to choose from!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/25/2007 11:51:32 PM
yes it is.
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 02/25/2007 10:06:28 AM
Wonderful scene. (10)
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 02/25/2007 08:50:13 AM
I really like this shot. Very well composed. It has such an old-world feel to it.
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 02/24/2007 01:48:40 PM
Great capture! Love the "oldness" of it all. The title is perfect.
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 02/24/2007 11:50:46 AM
Very old fashion looking. :)
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 02/24/2007 09:06:05 AM
oh cool! it makes you wonder about the man, what he's thinking, where he's going...nice, NICE job!
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 02/23/2007 01:04:49 AM
i like it
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 02/22/2007 08:10:53 PM
Lovely composition, light, tone, and texture. Really fine entry for Street Photography. 10
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 02/22/2007 03:16:47 PM
Perfect.
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 02/22/2007 10:35:03 AM
great old-world feel here. 8
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 02/21/2007 10:22:04 PM
yes it is - 10
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 02/21/2007 06:23:13 PM
timeless indeed.
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 02/20/2007 07:47:28 PM
A nice picture. Pretentious title. 7
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 02/20/2007 03:08:25 PM
timeless, that's exactly what the picture tells. These walls don't change
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 02/19/2007 04:50:43 PM
excellent mood
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 02/19/2007 02:49:44 PM
Perfect title for this! 10
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 02/19/2007 12:24:50 PM
This is great. The guy walking away makes this more dramatic in my opinion. I love the old old architecture around him, and the pigeons also add the perfect "street photography" touch. This is my new favorite one so far :)
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 02/19/2007 11:51:17 AM
Wonderful photograph!
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 02/19/2007 11:28:14 AM
Tiled street, old man with a stick walking, pigeons, beautifully textured walls, who can ask for more? Great shot!
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 02/19/2007 11:15:23 AM
i love the colours in this one and the composition is perfect. may be needs a bit more contrast and sharpening, tho.
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 02/19/2007 10:50:51 AM
Very nice picture, really love the tone and antique feeling to your shot. Very nicely captured.
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 02/19/2007 10:41:51 AM
Wonderful. The pigeons really make the shot. Lovely work.
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 02/19/2007 09:18:12 AM
10
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 02/19/2007 04:40:14 AM
had preferred to see this in black and white and with a slightly closer crop
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