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Fading Away In A Bus On A Dreary Day
Fading Away In A Bus On A Dreary Day
Greetmir


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Low Key II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Kodak Z650
Location: On a bus in a small city in Central Belgium
Date: Feb 23, 2007
Aperture: 5.66
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/512 second
Galleries: Urban, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Feb 23, 2007

Stranger shot candid from the hip while on a bus.

Focal Length: 117 mm

Crop, Exposure +1, Noise Reduction X2, Neat Image X2, Contrast =10, USM, Brightness -10, Contrast +20 more, Colour Balance -> Reds and Yellows +30 (for sepia tint), Minor Gaussian Blur layer and Neat Image yet again. (Lots of noise was in this photo due to 400 ASA and heavy cropping)

Focal Length = 117 mm

Statistics
Place: 214 out of 359
Avg (all users): 5.0749
Avg (commenters): 4.2222
Avg (participants): 4.9167
Avg (non-participants): 5.1739
Views since voting: 1114
Views during voting: 242
Votes: 187
Comments: 17
Favorites: 2 (view)


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03/24/2007 09:26:40 AM
I love this girls expression and the emotion of this photo, but it is too soft for me. I am going to have to play around with shooting from the hip to see if I can come close to capturing the emotion you have here.
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03/08/2007 06:39:18 PM
I want to see it with the noise! The shot is great but I'm not sure you processed it the best way. Maybe you did, though. I want to see alternatives! :)
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03/07/2007 05:04:13 PM
I like the dreamy look you captured/created here. Creates a very interesting mood, and like Catherine pointed out, makes you want to know the story behind this.
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03/07/2007 02:10:39 PM
Really, really nice with the hint of detail and faraway expression.
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03/07/2007 01:31:17 PM
I like this. Rarely do I like shots that are out of focus but this one just seems to work.
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03/07/2007 01:22:09 PM
nice dreamy feely to this shot - well done, an 8 if I'd voted
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03/07/2007 10:45:40 AM
You REALLY got robbed with this. It was one of my favorites of the challenge. Makes me want to know the person's story.
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03/07/2007 10:20:35 AM
very beautiful tones and I understand the softness, but maybe would prefer more details beacuse I think she had a wonderful expression there, it woudl be great to see it clearly. beautiful and thought-provoking photo Greetmir! maybe the basic editing rules were not good enought for it, I understand that you wanted to remove the noise. I wonder though how it would look like with the noise?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/06/2007 11:14:52 PM
a bit to soft for me,
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03/04/2007 03:29:23 PM
Very nice but there's something about the composition
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03/01/2007 02:10:36 PM
A bit too soft for my liking, I can't focus on anything because my eyes feel strange. Maybe I just have strange eyes! A lovely pose and great mood though.
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03/01/2007 01:34:03 PM
Nice candid moment. Like the soft focus and the tonality.
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03/01/2007 12:42:58 PM
The focus looks soft and the face looks over processed.
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03/01/2007 05:18:44 AM
meets challenge, softness corresponds with the title (or other way round), some distracting grainy spots in the face, halo close to the border distracts, too
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02/28/2007 01:17:57 PM
IMO a little too soft
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02/28/2007 11:58:05 AM
I like the lighting, but I don't care much for the blur.
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02/28/2007 12:57:08 AM
to much photoshop
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