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The Old Captain
The Old Captain
Tez


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2008-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Wales
Date: Apr 16, 2008
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1500
Galleries: Candid, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Apr 29, 2008

 A crop from a bigger picture. I was too far away to get this normally.

This dude was talking to another sailor who was on the jetty. Probably about the price of fish.

Processing:

cropped, levels, curves, convert to b/w via desaturation, coloured with brown/grey colour layer set to 15% opacity. Dodged, burned, usual bummage.

Statistics
Place: 116 out of 468
Avg (all users): 6.0493
Avg (commenters): 6.5714
Avg (participants): 5.8942
Avg (non-participants): 6.4737
Views since voting: 1086
Views during voting: 231
Votes: 142
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D600
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 05/07/2008 11:00:27 PM
My eyes are drawn to the blurred highlights in the background. This distracts from your main subject...The Old Captain...This may be due to the dark foreground slanting towards the background and not allowing your eyes to naturally pan down the main subject.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/05/2008 11:51:22 PM
ONe of my favs in this challenge. Great expression--real genuine.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 05/05/2008 01:47:47 PM
Looks to be a crusty, but likeable guy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 70-200 /2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM II
05/05/2008 11:27:37 AM
looks like an olden day photo
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 05/04/2008 02:16:13 PM
vry good indeed, like the tones that you choose, the colour suits this down to the ground. the face is full of memorys, well done 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7 V
Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II
 05/02/2008 11:01:50 PM
Very nice. The foreground left thingy may be a distraction. A crop to just the upper left third would make a great portrait.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 05/01/2008 06:17:17 PM
Oh what a touching capture of humanity! Your dof, detail and lighting rocks...so does the man.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM
 05/01/2008 04:33:43 AM
I really like this shot but think if it was cropped so that the black foreground in the left corner could be discarded and move in closer to that wonderful face it would have more impact.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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