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Challenge: Street Photography (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
Location: Toronto
Date: Feb 14, 2007
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Feb 16, 2007
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RAW export to B&W, Crop & level, Levels, Curves, Clone out some snow on windowpanes above the snowbank to get a flat black, resize, USM, border. Using the method so far rendered a perfectly black silhouette. I decided I wanted to see some face, so I used another layer of Levels just over her.
Downtown Toronto, though you wouldn't know it, just after a big snowstorm. I took a lunchtime walk to get a shot for this challenge and found this big snowbank in front of a scyscraper. I thought it would make a cool silhouette shot from across the road. I just had to hang out for a while and wait for a good shape to come by at the same time as a break in traffic.
Because of the 640 pixel limit, I kept fairly zoomed in, so you don't get the feeling there's a scyscraper behind the snowbanks. Oh well, maybe I'll get the pity of the quick vote. |
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08/15/2007 10:45:35 AM |
| Stunning use of black and white. |
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02/25/2007 10:19:35 PM |
| An urban Dr. Zhivago, a sharp shape of silhouette. 10 |
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02/24/2007 05:28:36 PM |
| Great photo. A little more PP could have made this a 10. 8 |
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02/24/2007 03:14:11 PM |
| Stark and enigmatic. I like it. |
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02/24/2007 08:26:00 AM |
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02/24/2007 07:18:16 AM |
| Quite lovely - very nice contrast. |
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02/22/2007 03:00:04 AM |
| great negative feel to this shot, looks like a african desert with a tribes person wondering. well done, bumping up a point |
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02/21/2007 10:23:05 PM |
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02/21/2007 10:09:50 AM |
| I like your composition. However on my monitor at least I see no detail in her clothing... do you agree? 6 Bump > 7 |
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02/20/2007 07:34:57 PM |
| A nice phase of movement, and the silhouette. Don't like the squarish format for such a dynamic shot. I'd go for a tighter shot, with the figure completely against the snow bank. |
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02/20/2007 02:32:27 PM |
| I like how this could either be a b&w or a color photo but just can't tell. Very dynamic the shape of the person against the mountain of snow. Nicely done! |
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02/20/2007 08:39:57 AM |
Many years ago there was a rock group named "Uriah Heep" that had a song titled "Lady in Black" I absolutely loved that song. This photo would be a fantastic representation of that song. The first verse is:
She came to me one morning, one lonely Sunday morning
Her long hair blowing in the mid-winter wind.
This is a very cool shot.
I'm also making this a favorite. |
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02/19/2007 04:35:31 PM |
| Great Contrast, Black against a wall of white, however there is no pure white, it may look better if there was. |
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02/19/2007 08:49:20 AM |
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02/19/2007 12:56:37 AM |
| awesome shapes...great contrast...excellent |
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