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Challenge: Free Study XI (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
Location: Renaissance Fair, Irwindale, California
Date: Apr 29, 2006
Aperture: 4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Humorous, History
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006

Went to my first ever Renaissance Faire, quite an experience.

This guy was flaunting his bare legs and I couldn't resist.

Editing:

Split into two layers. Desaturated and blurred background, saturdated and sharpened the three main figures.

Statistics
Place: 179 out of 211
Avg (all users): 4.9514
Avg (commenters): 6.3750
Avg (participants): 4.8077
Avg (non-participants): 5.1358
Views since voting: 741
Views during voting: 257
Votes: 185
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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04/20/2009 01:24:41 AM
Haha this is actually the first image I've seen captured of 'No pants man.' I work the faire and he is there every day of every year. I'm not sure exactly when he started his gallavanting as such. And to answer the question everyone is wondering, no, he doesn't wear anything underneath. He is going commando. I had a friend who was unfortunate enough to find that out last year haha.

anyways, Nice photo!
05/12/2006 09:15:42 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Let me begin first by saying "lol". I have been to many Renaissance fests and don't remember ever seeing something like this.

Now on to the comments. I think that the front two characters draw away from the one I belive you want to be the focus. At first reading the title my eyes go right to the front two and then I wonder how they correlate. It makes sense once I see the third character but he is secondary. I think if you had made the pantsless man a layer and everything else a layer, dropped the saturation on the everything else layer and kept the colors and sharpness on pantsless man the shot would have been different. It would have put the focus on the person you wanted. The front two people just dont seem to have anything to do with the other and thus takes away from the impact of no pants.

Beyond that - your layer work looks pretty good. The blur and desat is a good balance to the main characters. Its not painfully obvious that you did this work. Its just enough. The focus could have been a bit sharper on pantsless man. I think your score suffered because of the composition and the candid feel. Its too much of a snapshot to really do well in a Free Study. I do expect that most everyone who looked at this got a chuckle, which may have been your primary goal. Success comes in many forms. Goo dluck in your future entries.

Tim
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2006 07:48:23 AM
that's a fun shot...well done
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05/05/2006 06:31:03 PM
A nice candid.
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05/05/2006 07:08:05 AM
Angle isn't the best on this one. I think for shots like this you really do need to have faces in the subjects. Clothing is a good subject, especially period clothing, but on this image they are not the best highlighted part. They appear to be secondary.
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05/04/2006 02:46:16 AM
LOL, love your humor and it's a very nice photo too.
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05/03/2006 10:18:01 PM
Is that guy wearing any pants?
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05/03/2006 03:52:09 PM
Rofl!!!
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05/02/2006 06:24:03 PM
Good colors with the clothing. Based on the titel I asume that you are refering to the person on the right. I find it a little hard to focuse on the two people on the left or the one on the right. mabye a different angle, dof or crop would help. IMHO, good luck -7-
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05/01/2006 07:11:54 AM
LOL! What?!?! It's like a nightmare coem true! Soooo funny. I love it. hope its scores well.
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05/01/2006 01:08:27 AM
Ha... I like that the main subject is off to the side. It's like delivering a joke with a dry twist.
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