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Face in the crowd
Face in the crowd
SoulMan1978


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-08 (Expert Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Location: Cathedral square, Peterborough
Date: Aug 30, 2007
Aperture: various
ISO: various
Shutter: various
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Aug 30, 2007

 This is a bit of an experimental one for me. I'm not too fussed about the score I get (unless I get less than, say, 4.5) but we'll see. The basic sense I wanted to capture is of one face, picked out of a large blurry crowd
I basically shot lots of the same spot (camera on a tripod), and overlaid them on to each other, masking out the bits I didn't want. The main subject was shot at 1/200 secs, the others at 1/5 sec (the slowest I could do under the conditions without the highlights starting to blow) I added some motion blur to some of these subjects to make them more blurry.

I shot about 30 "blurry" shots of other members of the crowd. and used about 5 or 6 in the shot. I could have theoretically used more, creating a scene of more people, but I was running out of editing time.

Once I'd finished layering and masking, I USM'ed the main subject, whilst slightly desaturating and softening the background.

In hindsight, I do wish I'd got more people in my scene, plus the main subject is not as strong as I'd like. I had planned to use myself as the main subject, but I was too far away to get in shot. Plus this was my second choice of location, I had planned to shoot at an indoor shopping centre, but the security guards stopped me before I'd even got my tripod out ;-) I will try and go back at some point but ask for permission first.

It didn't work out how I'd expected but I enjoyed doing it and will definitely have another go at some point.

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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/07/2007 09:18:11 PM
I hope this came from 2 pictures.
Canon EOS-30D
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 09/07/2007 07:31:19 PM
I think it would work better with a tighter crop, with nothing sharp in the foreground other than the woman and the black pollard.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/04/2007 09:01:37 AM
Good candid shot. I Love how the subject is in focus, but everyone else is blurred.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX-DC HSM
09/04/2007 02:22:31 AM
Nice selective blur, the composition looks a bit haphazard to me thou, Good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 09/01/2007 03:49:05 PM
Love the blur!! I might crop out the bushes on the left and right (yeah, it would eliminate that guy) and maybe convert to BW.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2007 07:24:22 AM
This is a pretty image, I wonder how you did that? Love it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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