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Challenge: Candid IV (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Mystic CT
Date: Jun 8, 2007
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Candid
Date Uploaded: Jun 8, 2007

 took a few snaps of this guy before he came over to chat! He had quite an interesting story. He claims he was a professional photographer when he was younger. He says he had a photo on the cover of Vogue and Seventeen! He told me all about his film camera days, and we had quite the conversation. He reminisced a bit, then moved on to more current events in his life, like his jobs, his mom and dad (he passed away recently), and buying cigarettes for the local boys. We sat there and talked for about 30 minutes before he excused himself to go on about his business.

PP - rotate slightly to level. crop. curves layer to brighten. draganizer action. selective color layer, various burning just a touch. USM at large radius, resize, USM at small radius. added border.

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 448
Avg (all users): 5.9857
Avg (commenters): 6.4444
Avg (participants): 5.8878
Avg (non-participants): 6.2143
Views since voting: 812
Views during voting: 218
Votes: 140
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/17/2007 11:05:09 PM
nice composition. I like how the yellow jacket stands out from the rest of the picture
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 06/17/2007 09:50:24 PM
Good one.
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 06/14/2007 03:14:47 PM
I am not sure I like the color in this, i think it may have been better B&W... I like the positioning of the subject..
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 06/13/2007 04:46:59 AM
Lovely example of a grizzled old man'. There are plenty of these in this challenge, but the excellent sharpness and the lovely understated colouring makes this one of the better ones
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 06/12/2007 08:31:28 PM
Nice PP. Lots of great textures throughout the photo.
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 06/11/2007 11:34:51 PM
Hope to see in the first 10.
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 06/11/2007 08:59:50 PM
Nice angle but some processing haloing around the man. 7
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 06/11/2007 07:27:27 PM
I find the processing fake-looking and distracting. It's a matter of taste, I know.
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 06/11/2007 06:44:55 PM
This is a very emotive photograph. Well done.
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 06/11/2007 06:09:08 PM
Like the colours - Maybe just a tad over PP'd - You can see it round his head which is distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2007 08:22:04 AM
Old kindly wrinkly faces are always a winner with candids. This has been too overprocessed though, there's a distinct halo around the face. I don't tend to like photos where the crop runs through a joint such as the ankle. Could be cropped a little tighter on the right of the frame.
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