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The Kashmiri.
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Challenge: Free Study 2015-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix X100S
Location: Jama Masjid, Delhi
Date: Nov 23, 2015
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2015

 Shot at Jama Masjid, Old Delhi. Great place for street photography. First batch of pictures with the X100S. What a nifty little piece of kit. Focuses a bit slow but I asked this guy's permission this time around so speed was no issue.
It may not appeal to everyone and I was really struggling with the post to make the image pop but this is the best I could do. Critique is welcome.

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Place: 76 out of 110
Avg (all users): 5.4035
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4419
Avg (non-participants): 5.2857
Views since voting: 325
Views during voting: 106
Votes: 57
Comments: 5
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 12/20/2015 08:51:49 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This image was already discussed in the forums, so I have little new to add here. The tones are interesting, though a little washy, and I never thought I'd see someone in India wearing a parka/anorak! I do have to admit that does throw me off a little as I'm expecting to see him in more traditional clothing, but ah well.

The unlevel horizon distracts from your subject; the blown-out part of his beard on the left is an additional distraction. Shooting at a slow speed while having the ISO jacked up to somewhat ridiculously high levels - it IS daylight after all, your subject is just a few feet away; ISO 200 to possibly 400 should have been perfectly fine. Then you could have had more dof and a faster shutter speed, which would have added more tones to your subject. Composition is a little on the safe side, with the subject centred and head-on to the camera.

Not a bad image by any means, but you may want to pay a little more attention to your settings and the light especially when shooting in ambient misty light like this.

Hope this has been helpful.

Susan
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 12/10/2015 05:37:55 AM
I am one of the people it may not appeal to as I don't really find any value in this type of image. However of its type its ok. The thing that puts me off big time is the anorak which seems so out of place.

Another guy in more fitting attire may have worked better in my opinion.

Had I have voted I would have awarded a 5 or 6.
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 12/09/2015 12:16:06 AM
when I take out that slanting vertical in the background it is improved. I have it a 6. Save your good stuff for DPL ;P

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 12/08/2015 03:07:59 PM
I like the pallet of this shot.
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12/07/2015 03:54:58 PM
A great face
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