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In the Shadows
In the Shadows
BrianR


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candid IV (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Hervey Bay Australia
Date: Jun 8, 2007
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Family, Candid
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2007

 In the Shadows

Eldest step daughter Melinda who we have not seen for 4 years, arrived out of the blue with the new man in her life. While out showing them around set up the camera while they were talking and joking with each other, and took some shots, these are not posed for, being natural and candid in their actions.


Tone& crop in Raw.

Photoshop
B&W tone
Selective Color
USM
NI
Brightness/Contrast
Save for web.

Original zoomed in for shot.

The distance

Statistics
Place: 314 out of 448
Avg (all users): 5.1852
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0323
Avg (non-participants): 5.5238
Views since voting: 622
Views during voting: 219
Votes: 135
Comments: 10
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 06/18/2007 02:07:24 PM
I didn't see this as being posed at all - I thought it a wonderfully warm moment captured. It's very apparent she's quite taken with the gentleman! Beautiful light - very well processed to bring out the essence of the shot.
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 06/18/2007 11:57:01 AM
Hi Brian! That is a nice moment you captured! The connection between those 2 pours out of this photo. How nice to see your step-daughter after 4 whole years! They look so happy!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/15/2007 10:11:01 AM
With the woman so much lower than the man this photo seems unbalanced to me..
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 06/14/2007 11:15:30 AM
From the thumbnail, I thought he had on a batman costume. :) I like the diagonal set up between the two people.
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 06/13/2007 07:45:58 AM
Great counterbalance between the heights of the two subjects and the expression in her eyes speaks volumes of the way she feels about him
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 06/13/2007 05:15:30 AM
the size differance feels rather unnatural, if she is sitting then perhaps we need to see that. If he really is that tall then perhaps he could kneel :) I like the dappled light
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 06/12/2007 05:21:02 PM
Candid, but not too interesting. Nice tones for a b/w though I wish the two shirts didn't blend together so much.
TC
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 06/11/2007 10:56:30 PM
great composition and it fits the challenge, would like to have seen the mans shirt with a little less N/Image
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 06/11/2007 07:53:55 PM
doesn't feel like a candid. I feel like I've already been allowed in. oh, but maybe that's a good thing. and I do like the shadows.
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 06/11/2007 05:05:44 AM
Tones need some work...but good angle.
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