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Christmas drink with a friend.
Christmas drink with a friend.
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Challenge: Portrait Of The Elderly (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: St Ives, UK
Date: Dec 30, 2008
Aperture: 1.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Urban, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Dec 30, 2008

 I had my 580exII off camera bounced off the wall behind the camera. Lighting was tricky and so was the WB because of the floresent lights in the background. Thats the reason I converted to the brownish tones PP because the lights were coming out real yellow

PP Included: Black and White layer with blue filter and tint on to a brown tone, Curves layer, Curves Layer, Neat image on background layer, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 79
Avg (all users): 6.2134
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.0303
Avg (non-participants): 6.2427
Views since voting: 1064
Views during voting: 390
Votes: 239
Comments: 13
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 01/07/2009 09:11:27 AM
Nice shot!
The tones and the details and poise are wonderful!

Just a small nit-pick (a personal one on that): I feel, the shadow of glass on the face takes something away from his expression.

:-), Vikram
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/06/2009 02:27:54 PM
He's "elderly"? Great shot of a handsome man.
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 01/05/2009 03:03:56 AM
A little dark but I like the DOF -6
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 01/03/2009 05:37:33 AM
very captivating,8
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 01/01/2009 06:26:50 PM
Nice portrait, like the background as well here. It looks like there is a light shining through the glass though casting the shadow on his face, would have been nice if you could have avoided that as it takes away from the shot a bit.
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 01/01/2009 11:06:43 AM
Love this shot. The shadow of the glass really takes away from this shot's excellence.
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 01/01/2009 08:24:25 AM
I really like this shot. It's a great environmental photo...the background and the glass tell you where he is and his eyes engage you fully. The sepia adds to the feel of it, as well.
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 12/31/2008 09:49:08 PM
Nice. A storyteller I can see. -9-
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 12/31/2008 07:02:47 PM
interesting processing.. might be a tad too dark but it works.
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 12/31/2008 06:41:21 PM
really like this photo...like lighting, background, shadow of the drink on his face...to me everything is near perfect...so i am rounding up to a 10 :)
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 12/31/2008 02:55:01 PM
Classic and timeless look to it, like the color and tone as well as DOF
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 12/31/2008 07:22:24 AM
Great bokeh, love the dark shadows. The shadow on his face is a little disctracting.
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 12/31/2008 12:50:20 AM
Brillant.
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