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Praying To The Cell Phone God
Praying To The Cell Phone God
Sammie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candid IV (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Salida, Colorado
Date: Jun 9, 2007
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2007

 This young man was sitting at a table all by himself at the park in Salida. He was just staring at his cell phone as if he was expecting someone to call or send him a text message. There are so many young people who are so attached to their cell phones - sometimes, I think it's a bad thing. It would be better if they had "in the flesh" friends instead of cell phone friends.

Editing: Crop, adjument layers for levels and curves; flatten; change to black and white with channel mixer; selective color to adjust black, white and neutral tones; noise removal with Helicon Filter; crop again; resize; smart sharpen; dodge and burn his face a bit and use blur tool a bit on background.

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Place: 398 out of 448
Avg (all users): 4.7826
Avg (commenters): 5.1667
Avg (participants): 4.7312
Avg (non-participants): 4.8889
Views since voting: 669
Views during voting: 210
Votes: 138
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/15/2007 05:13:34 PM
I think this is a little overexposed and in this shot it does not help...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2007 03:05:26 AM
Lovely title for a very good image....Totally absorbed!!!! A bit blown out on some of the whites (especially top leading forearm) but a good shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2007 10:10:13 PM
Nice light but it looks a little soft and the contrast is a little too high.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2007 08:24:37 AM
I really like this shot, for a mono/duo tone though, I think it needs a little more contrast. Otherwise, you've captured the way folk look at their phones well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2007 05:54:03 AM
A little blown in the light areas.
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 06/11/2007 05:23:09 AM
lacks focus and impact...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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