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Diginity of the Homeless
Diginity of the Homeless
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Olympic Plaza - Calgary, Alberta
Date: Sep 20, 2006
Aperture: 1.8
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Portraiture, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2006

Edits:
Rotate/Crop
Curves
Saturation
Dodging around eyes
USM

I'd been walking through a park where there are alot of homeless hoping to get a chance to take a couple shots but this guy and his brother came right up to me and said "Give me a picture!". I got it printed and took it to him at one of the shelters. Biggest grin I've ever seen.
I couldn't/wouldn't clone out the teeth and bits of food around his mouth. They tell too much of the story.

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Place: 443 out of 615
Avg (all users): 5.2199
Avg (commenters): 5.8750
Avg (participants): 5.1987
Avg (non-participants): 5.3000
Views since voting: 902
Views during voting: 265
Votes: 191
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/06/2006 05:23:40 PM
maybe it's just me, but i feel maybe too much dodging on the teeth? i understand what you were going for though. maybe adjusting the channel mixer to remove some of the harsh yellow?

* take into account, i'm not an expert.. mainly just speaking from what i'm looking at *

* do with it what you will!*
nice detail on the face though.
10/05/2006 11:01:49 PM
I take this title as mocking the homeless - I hope I'm mistaken
10/05/2006 07:23:23 PM
man look at those teeth! They almost look like the ones of the camel I just voted on hahahaa. Good portrait. Was he looking that way cause you asked? or he didnt want to have his picture taken?
10/05/2006 02:52:50 PM
priceless expression. smile and aggression at the same time. 7
10/03/2006 04:42:45 AM
I've never been a fan of homeless shots...sorry, just a personal preference...however, you've captured an interesting expression here...a very tight crop of his face and a b+w conversion might be something interesting to try
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/03/2006 02:51:58 AM
Great subject...
10/02/2006 12:59:51 PM
Ha...tought guy!
10/01/2006 03:00:15 PM
He's looking kind of annoyed. Well captured expressive face.
10/01/2006 09:22:01 AM
Yours is an odd title. Obviously the poor chap does not have much left.
10/01/2006 02:58:43 AM
He looks pretttttyyyyy mean!


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