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Challenge: National Geographic (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Princes Street, Edinburgh
Date: Jan 17, 2004
Aperture: F20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.8 Sec
Galleries: Black and White, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Jan 17, 2004

A beggar and his dog sitting on Edinburgh's famous Princes Street. Not very many people seemed to notice him!

Took about 60+ shots of the guy from three different angles. The first was practically looking into the sun, so too much overexposure, the second produced some good shot, but this angle, I think, gave the best shot. The only thing I'm not sure about is the are above his back, that's a little overexposed for my liking...

No advanced rules used here, cropped a bit off the top, upped the contrast and brightness and a little USM.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 124
Avg (all users): 7.0905
Avg (commenters): 8.5500
Avg (participants): 6.9186
Avg (non-participants): 7.2097
Views since voting: 3285
Votes: 210
Comments: 50
Favorites: 13 (view)


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07/26/2005 09:04:59 AM
I love the "march of the masses" to the left of the shot. This is very effective. Good use of black and white. Nicely done.
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07/26/2005 05:12:07 AM
Top quality shot. Love it!!!
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07/06/2005 03:23:22 AM
This picture is one of my absolute favorites at DPC. It conveys a very strong message in a very creative and well thought picture. Congratulations!!
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01/26/2004 03:33:05 PM
This is a very interesting photo. Excellent photo journalism. I'm not sure if it's NG but I really like it. I will probably remember this one long after I have forgotten the winning photographs.

Great work!
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01/26/2004 06:17:06 AM
Really great shot Terry, well done.

Princes Street has certainly supplied you with plenty of opportunity,I must get the train through !!!

Gordon
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01/26/2004 02:21:57 AM
Well done Tel - my favorite , and your highest so far , but hopeful not for long.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2004 10:18:19 PM
Perfect amount of motion blur in your blind marchers. I don't know if that bit of bright background needs to be quite that bright, but overall tone range (into the deep blacks) is great.
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01/25/2004 08:53:25 PM
When I think National Geographic, I think color. Although this shot is not in color, I like your message and the technical quality of the photo. Great execution of a good idea!
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01/25/2004 08:26:36 PM
Great choice of shutter time! (Probably the best example I've seen) Nice effect
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01/25/2004 05:46:27 PM
Apart from the overexposed part (upper right) this is a perfect shot and deserves the first place.
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01/25/2004 02:25:50 PM
Fantastic photo. Really gives the feeling of the world passing him by. Great one.
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01/25/2004 02:14:27 PM
An image only a camera could capture; most people would focus on the crowd and look higher to see their heads. The time exposure makes the crowd translucent and denying visibility of the heads makes the viewer focus on the "forgotten person". This needs to be in black and white to emphasize its starkness, and I hope that even the National Geographic editors would agree with that choice even though they normally favor color.
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01/25/2004 02:08:58 AM
Looking at the guys hands, you can tell that the dog was stiller than the human. Interesting capture! Hope to hear the story behind it!
TC
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01/24/2004 09:28:37 PM
Very interesting when I first looked at this I thought another blurred photo but this is well thought out I dont know how this is done but very clever
I love the little dog Good work!
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01/24/2004 12:01:36 PM
this is a great shot! very relelvant to these times! 10
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01/24/2004 08:39:30 AM
man's best friend would have been a better title - GREAT PICTURE
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01/23/2004 07:07:06 PM
Super shot! I like this!
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01/23/2004 07:06:57 PM
awesome shot
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01/23/2004 03:40:22 PM
Really cool picture...Very emotional
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01/23/2004 05:53:05 AM
The framing of this shot couldn't be better. This is an excellent photojournalistic shot with some good creative stuff too. It is emotive and visually impacting and I think a great shot. Outside of the buliding is just a little extra hot. I totally understand why, but it still is hot. So you'll have to settle for 9
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01/22/2004 02:29:27 PM
love the way that the long exposure has not made the people flow gently - they almose seem to be "marching past"
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01/21/2004 11:51:45 PM
AMAZING PICTURE! Great use of theme, color and subject balance. A definite winner!
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01/21/2004 08:34:49 PM
very emotional,10 from me!
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01/21/2004 02:30:47 PM
Wonderful, meaningful effect having the people walking by - you feel the motion perfectly. The fence frames the other side of your subject and works visually and thematically - he is fenced in my people's blindness. Having your suject so dark, and placed one third of the way in fro the right balances the composition, gives space for the movement of passers-by which is the other subject of the picture. Well done. I'd like to see what it would look like with the distance darkened up a bit - the brightness is a bit distracting. 9
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01/21/2004 12:20:07 PM
I'm tempted to ask if this is the same man/dog that was posted in the forums a while ago. But that doesn't matter. I love how the people motion really isolates your subjects to reinforce your title. The length of the line of people makes me think of time also, like how long will people ignore the homeless. This is just a wonderful journalistic image. Hope you are paying him for his help.
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01/21/2004 10:54:20 AM
Interesting concept and execution. Was this a slow shutter or post-processing to get the blurry effect?
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01/21/2004 03:33:23 AM
Good composition! Good choice of B&W.
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01/21/2004 02:05:44 AM
Wonderful. Love the motion blur vs the crispness of the homeless person. Great choice of b&W as well.
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01/20/2004 01:41:43 PM
I am very impressed with this photograph. The clarity of the sitting man against the motion of the moving people is very compelling. I see the subject as "left behind" and can certainly see it tying into some form of NG scenario. Technically, the only thing I can see is that the background may be a tad too white, a tad too contrasted, but I believe that is a matter of personal taste. One of my highest scores this challenge.
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01/20/2004 01:08:42 PM
Very appropriate title for this action shot. Your composition is quite powerful ...
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01/20/2004 07:36:22 AM
I really like this sort of shot and have been trying to come up with a similar idea for previous challenges.
Great work
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01/20/2004 05:39:03 AM
very nice shot - shame it's blown out so much in the background though. 7
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01/20/2004 02:10:43 AM
Very photojournalistic style, beautiful, well-done.
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01/19/2004 11:15:03 PM
Good picture but the passersby look like they could be multiple exposures of the same person. Perhaps a change of shoes would have worked better.
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01/19/2004 10:22:56 PM
Kind of eerie... very emotive, well titled, very nicely done!
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01/19/2004 08:45:11 PM
This is an amazing B&W. The motion blur of the people passing by really gives a sense of "forgotten". This is the kind of meld of photojournalistic and stylistic photo qualities that defines natural geographic photos.
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01/19/2004 07:18:19 PM
Only could of wished to see the fellows face. However, this is so good that I think it stands well with out it. Good job. My compliments. Good luck in the challenge.
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01/19/2004 06:48:01 PM
Here is a picture that speaks a thousand words, very strong message here. nice work. 10
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01/19/2004 05:41:39 PM
bravo! love the imagery/motion/story/documentation/lonliness/emotion.
great capture! I could look at this a long time. more need to see this shot..
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01/19/2004 04:13:01 PM
Very NG. Good use of motion (people and hands) rest is crisp. Minor suggestion - crop out the white arm on far left.
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01/19/2004 02:22:31 PM
Very good!!! Exhibits tremendous emotion. Excellent choice for B&W.
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01/19/2004 12:41:14 PM
perfect
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01/19/2004 12:13:43 PM
I love emotional photography and this picture stirs my emotions...fits the challenge and a definite 10 from me
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01/19/2004 10:54:52 AM
Im not sure if I like the angle here. Interesting capture and message
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01/19/2004 09:28:59 AM
Awesome street photography, blurring and perspective. I hope this gets "the blue". Good luck.
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01/19/2004 09:15:09 AM
This is excellent. Movement of the people makes this photo 10
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01/19/2004 07:04:48 AM
Great photo, my favorite - love the movement - good luck
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01/19/2004 02:49:03 AM
There's only one of him. The motion blur is well-conceived. Very meaningful shot. Technically, a darker hue would be even powerful.
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01/19/2004 12:29:35 AM
Very moving foto. well captured
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01/19/2004 12:18:27 AM
Shouldn't the forgotten person have been the part of the subject that is ghosted?


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