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Thinking Of A Song
Thinking Of A Song
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Challenge: Free Study 2012-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4
Location: England
Date: Apr 27, 2012
Aperture: 2.0
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Apr 28, 2012

Something quite different from me this month.

This is from a wedding i photographed late April. The gentleman seated is the father of the groom and this is him catching a quiet moment before the ceremony. It kind of looks staged but is actually candid. The wedding was in Thornbury Castle in Gloucestershire, England. A lovely Tudor castle that is now a hotel and wedding venue. This is the library where the ceremony took place and the guitar is the father's. He played the bride in with a ballad.

[May. 1st, 2012 04:54:36 AM]

@ LydiaToo regarding focus. Yes, that is the really frustrating part about the image. Like i said in my notes, it was a candid and was in pretty low light. Plus it was with my manual focus 50mm so it was a tricky catch really. I would have loved to have got more of him in focus but his head is i think so that will have to do.

[May. 1st, 2012 05:01:21 AM]

To be honest i'm not entirely sure if his lack of focus is down to DOF, subject movement or camera shake. Examining different parts of the image different answers. I think my eyes are broke.

[May. 7th, 2012 07:04:26 PM]

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05/09/2012 12:13:44 PM
I love this. For me, the focus is telling the other story... the empty chair, guitar, old books... like the man is only here by chance.
Love the blue socks, too :).
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05/08/2012 12:29:50 AM
A wonderful moment, Clive. Focus is quite good enough in my opinion.
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05/07/2012 11:56:40 PM
Soda? Looks like a Port man. Good image.
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05/07/2012 10:47:40 PM
this is wonderful.. a story in the making.
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05/07/2012 02:27:59 PM
Really a pleasant and interesting image. Pro quality through and through. 9
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05/07/2012 01:49:19 PM
I'm not quite sure I get it, the man doesn't look like your typical acoustic guitar guy, lol. It's a well-taken and well-lit image anyway though, I'd so love to shoot a model in that room!
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05/01/2012 02:13:12 PM
Gorgeous texture and light .
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05/01/2012 01:03:23 AM
Contemplative. I'd be curious to see this in B&W.
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05/01/2012 12:56:51 AM
You should be thinking of... focus. LOL!

I LOVE this composition and the colors here.

The rule of thirds is wonderful here.

But... The focus should be on the man.. .and the rest should be a bit... off.

It's missing a bit.


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