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Preparing to Ride (No he did not know)
Preparing to Ride (No he did not know)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candid IV (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Columbus, GA
Date: Jun 9, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Candid, Travel
Date Uploaded: Jun 9, 2007

 Photograph Explained
I would have to say one of the luckiest candid pictures I have taken to date. Downtown host several events, it also is part of CSU campus so candid pictures are easy to get sometimes but this one surprised me. Walking on the sidewalk to get to a picture of a bike police checking on a woman I saw this guy getting his gloves on as he was getting ready to ride. I walked within 30 feet of him with my 50mm f/1.8 lens. I had set my camera to take multiple pictures per second in hopes of catching a crisp candid, better to be safe than sorry. As I passed him I put the camera up to my eye and took about five pictures in a little over a second and continued to walk. He never looked up. When I loaded the pictures on my computer and looked at these I knew I had the candid I wanted.

I hope I don’t get low voted because people thinks it’s posed because it’s not, just a lucky shot in more ways than one. I would of hated to piss him off, as his forearms are larger than my legs. I had to tight crop due to distracting surroundings.

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Processing
Raw to tiff
Crop
levels
Border
Curves
Duplicate layer
blur new layer
Hue/Saturation to reduce green/yellow
Add mask to new layer
Mask to bring subject back to focus
Flattened layers
levels again
Selective contrast and blur on backgound behind rider
Add contrast
Sharpen and save full size tiff
Resize to 640x @ 150 for web



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Place: 133 out of 448
Avg (all users): 5.7172
Avg (commenters): 6.2727
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Views since voting: 751
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Votes: 145
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/16/2007 11:54:43 AM
Excellent composition
Very nice bike
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 06/15/2007 07:35:26 PM
Beautiful Motorcycle!!!!!
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 06/15/2007 06:29:59 PM
I'm always put off by the photographer thinking they have to explain their picture in the title...
TC
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 06/15/2007 03:13:21 AM
nice - it looks like something was removed from the background - the strong white is a bit overwhelming.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2007 02:13:10 PM
Good job filling the frame with this one.. This is a strong photo, although I'm not the biggest fan of the border, particularly the embossed edges.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2007 07:20:05 PM
the background is a little overexposed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2007 11:55:22 AM
Well the caveat in the title made me smile...Its good to know. Very nice study which I am sure the subject will love. Great use of colours
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2007 08:55:55 AM
Very cool shot! Great looking bike nicely framed, pink flowers in the background create a nice contrast with bike but match bricks, best of all is the reflection of the city in his helmet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/12/2007 08:33:35 PM
Nice composition, cool bike.
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 06/11/2007 09:00:09 PM
Nicely done and good HDR work. 7
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 06/11/2007 06:05:41 PM
Nice capture - Great colours, saturation and sharpness - Just lacking a little life and energy for a motorbike.
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