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Challenge: Singled-Out (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 for Nikon
Location: Short Pump Town Center, Richmond, VA
Date: Jan 12, 2006
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/4000
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2006

I wanted this photo to have the old time '40's 4x3, grainy black and white, medium format Speed Graphic kind of feel.

I started with a ratio crop to 4x3.

I added a solid black overlay layer and then used a huge soft brush to paint away all but the very edges, and then turned its opacity down a little too.

I converted to B&W by selecting the green channel and copying that over to a new file.

After the B&W conversion the girl's arm was really high key, which detracted from the subject, so a curves adjustment on just her arm deadened it out a little.

The 'film grain' filter works great in CS2, which is also what gave this such nice high contrast.

That's pretty much it. I hope it evokes the feeling I was going for. :) I wanted a bigger crowd, but the weather has been so lousy here latley that three people constitutes a croud these days. :)

Statistics
Place: 63 out of 109
Avg (all users): 5.3321
Avg (commenters): 6.1667
Avg (participants): 5.0441
Avg (non-participants): 5.4258
Views since voting: 794
Views during voting: 370
Votes: 277
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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01/28/2006 11:43:23 PM
*Critique Club*

Play Time is a good example of the single out category. After looking at the photo and reading your photographer's comments, it makes much more sense as to why. I like the 4x3 approach, I don't know if I would have noticed without reading your comments, so I am very thankful you posted that. I also think people probably would have voted higher also if they understood what you were trying to do, like if we could see the comments during voting. I really do like the layer and contrast you used to give more depth the shot and single out the subject. The grain is probably a little distracting for some voters, they may even have thought it was a photographic error as opposed to the impression you were trying to achieve. Also I think black and white was a great choice, colors might have taken away from the subject too much.

I think this is one of those piece that you should be very proud of you defiantly captured the subject in a prefect manner.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/22/2006 10:00:48 PM
Lovely b/w: lovely facual expression. 7
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01/22/2006 07:55:27 PM
good looking kid captured at a good moment. i'd have liked to see a tighter crop on him; I don't think the background kid's face is necessary
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01/21/2006 11:46:41 PM
Nice use of shallow DOF to isolate your subject. Would have voted this even higher but seems a wee bit grainy to me. Good luck
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01/21/2006 06:38:08 PM
Beautiful, wonderful expression.
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01/20/2006 11:58:30 PM
Awwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love his hair but I love the other kids smile
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01/20/2006 12:22:57 PM
Not sure the noise/image grain works real well on this, at least for me.
Challenge was well met.
The black shadow/vignetting on the bottom and left side is a bit distracting. (6)
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01/19/2006 02:52:42 AM
The kid is cute, but why is this shot interesting to the others? The objects in the left part of the frame, whatever it is, does not add to the photo anything other than demonstrating how DOF works, and the same can be said about the kid no the right.
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01/18/2006 07:52:22 PM
A little grainy, but VERY nice! 9
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01/16/2006 03:01:25 PM
precious
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01/16/2006 10:45:05 AM
you did a great job singling him out but the light's a bit hot
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01/16/2006 01:18:33 AM
Nice shallow DOF and singled out of a crowd. Did the B&W really look better than the coloured one? I asked because the little guy looks a little lost visually and that maybe his jacket would help in his standing out.
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01/16/2006 01:10:02 AM
This could have been a good picture but either the ISO was set incorrectly or the post processing grain was just too much. 3
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01/16/2006 12:15:46 AM
this is great!
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