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Hey Baby...where's the fire?!?
Hey Baby...where's the fire?!?
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Construction (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Kodak CX4230
Location: High School Renovation, Lynchburg VA
Date: Jun 7, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 140
Shutter: 1/39
Galleries: Snapshot, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 7, 2005

 Taken at work with the work camera. This guy is a plumber, and just before this shot was taken, he was cutting out the existing floor drains in the floor of the auto shop in the school we are renovating. I was walking by taking progress photos, he stood up, and yelled 'You gonna take my picture?'...and I said 'Yeah.'

Post-processing involved a crop to remove the date stamp, USM, conversion to greyscale, levels and curves to amp up the contrast, then converting to quadtone.

For those of you who don't know any better, the title refers to catcalls that construction workers are notorious for making. This guy isn't really the type to make those calls, but the pose he struck sure is loaded up with bravado, so the title fits...

Here is the original version for those of you who want to know...

Thanks for watching!

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 305
Avg (all users): 5.7958
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.3893
Avg (non-participants): 6.1329
Views since voting: 1330
Views during voting: 395
Votes: 289
Comments: 22
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/15/2005 11:43:58 AM
congratulations! you have to teach me some of this post-processing stuff.
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 06/15/2005 05:09:30 AM
I find your post processing skills very impressive. You created a great mood, one which I could barely have seen in the original. Thanks for sharing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/14/2005 01:05:53 PM
Nice picture, a bit dark, I like the angle.
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 06/14/2005 09:40:15 AM
What is his name, phone #, and address? Great shot. Good luck.
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 06/13/2005 07:33:38 AM
A little dark. On this one, a little fill in flash (place a handkerchief or some other transparent fabric over it to decrease overexposure) would have improved the image of the man a lot.
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 06/12/2005 06:12:11 PM
looks like a burnt up place which the man is ready to take apart... where's the constructions
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 06/11/2005 07:00:59 PM
Really cool shot. I might have said to cut some of the left side, but I like the reflection on the ground there. Great job.
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 06/10/2005 07:08:51 PM
Nice Composition, Cleverly Done.
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 06/10/2005 02:44:22 PM
I need to see some sparks here.
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 06/10/2005 06:58:48 AM
I like the the picture very much, but would have liked it not to be quite so dark. Perhaps a tighter crop to lose some of the free space on the left hand side.
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 06/09/2005 10:01:33 PM
Nice shot! A lot of emotion to this one. (Good choice to tilt the camera angle as well. It fits in nicely with the man's pose.)
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 06/09/2005 07:06:33 PM
Oh cool!! Looks like some 80's music video.
great construction site and model.
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 06/09/2005 05:35:28 PM
Dark areas are bogged down
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 06/09/2005 04:59:33 PM
A top shot in the challenge. Good luck.
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 06/09/2005 01:26:56 PM
interesting shot, maybe it'll be better less in pose...
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 06/09/2005 06:51:22 AM
I don't understand the title. He's holding a circular saw.
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 06/09/2005 06:02:49 AM
Composition a bit too centered for my taste but otherwise pretty good, good choice to make this b/w and I like the tones in it.
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 06/08/2005 11:57:42 PM
Good B&W rendition.
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 06/08/2005 07:16:24 PM
cool image, nice work, i like it!
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 06/08/2005 01:59:43 PM
Great image. Good luck.
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 06/08/2005 08:08:52 AM
Blue ribbon - The image really does stand head and shoulders above the others. Tremendous/ I'd give it 15 if I could
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 06/08/2005 12:19:28 AM
a bit dark...like the tones 7
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