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Camera: Olympus C-70 / C-7000 Zoom
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: Sep 26, 2008
Aperture: F/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2008

Viewed: 523
Comments: 15
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 I had hoped for a stronger image to kick off this side challenge, but this is what I got. I prepped it for the September Free Study but then changed my mind.

I caught this off the hip last Friday. I actually turned around and went back, as my first attempt "missed."

I'm experimenting with cross-processing here. In regular color, it was kind of drab, and in black and white, kind of flat. I think the subject matter is funky enough to stand up to it.

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 10/26/2008 05:43:59 AM
Great earthy colors, grainy texture and the angle gives impact to this very unusual shot.
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 10/05/2008 01:27:03 PM
Shooting from the hip often yeilds some very run results, like this one. I like the expressions you caught - and that's half the fun of street shooting!
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 10/05/2008 05:06:31 AM
Very cool. I really like the shoot-from-the-hip shots that come out well like this one did. Added to the interest of the angle are the great expressions you have captured. You can feel emotion and business in this one. I also like the cross-processing PP. That is one of my favorite treatments.
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 10/03/2008 10:19:56 AM
The processing works very well. What an expression on the gal on the right!!!
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 10/02/2008 12:09:41 AM
Very impressed at getting this all unbeknownst, and at the angle. Processing seems to fit.
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 10/01/2008 08:20:55 PM
Originally posted by crik:
Did you purposely try for that slant
angle or was it just the result of shooting from the hip?


Luck of the shot. I would have liked it not so intense.

Originally posted by Maggye:
pretty cool!!! would you mind explaining a bit more about cross-processing.. (sorry my knowledge in photoshop is basic), I really like the results on this one ;)


Cross processing is an old darkroom technique of using the wrong processing chemicals to produce wild (but predicatable) color variations. It can be simulated in digital image processing, though this isn't the best example of it. Check out this tutorial.

Originally posted by bassbone:
the pixelation from your processing is a bit troublesome for me though


Thanks. I see it primarily in the right lady's shirt. I struggled with that. Noise reduction only seemed to make it worse, so I left it.
 10/01/2008 05:25:23 PM
Works well for a candid. The heightened colors and expressions
do get the viewers interst. Did you purposely try for that slant
angle or was it just the result of shooting from the hip?
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 10/01/2008 04:34:20 PM
those are some characters - the strong colors, the cockeyed angle to place the ladies heads at different levels works together - the pixelation from your processing is a bit troublesome for me though
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 10/01/2008 04:29:07 PM
I like the angle of this shot and the high contrast effect - I like how this photo tells a story ( are these two ppl mad at each other? if so why? ) nicely done.
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 10/01/2008 02:32:57 PM
Such expressions! Interesting if not exactly flattering. :-)

A little blown out in places, but for a candid that's not so bad. The colors work for me.
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 10/01/2008 01:51:09 PM
Lady on the right looks a bit grouchy. Definitely works.
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 10/01/2008 12:46:17 PM
Quirky indeed and love the work you did on the colours!
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 10/01/2008 06:57:47 AM
It's quirky but it works.
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 10/01/2008 06:42:20 AM
The subject matter is funky enough!
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 09/30/2008 10:57:58 PM
pretty cool!!! would you mind explaining a bit more about cross-processing.. (sorry my knowledge in photoshop is basic), I really like the results on this one ;)
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