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Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus
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Challenge: Bokeh IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: oslo
Date: Sep 2, 2007
Aperture: f/4.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2007

 Carrickfergus is the title of a song, no less. Not that I should expect dpc voters to run around exhaustively researching titles, but the last(?) verse:
For I'm drunk today, and I'm rarely sober,
A handsome rover from town to town,
Ah, but I am old now and my days are numbered,
Come all you young men and lay me down.
is sort of the theme of the picture.

So the bokeh actually forms part of the picture rather than merely background. Hah. That's how clever I am.

I recommend the van morrison version.

Statistics
Place: 273 out of 364
Avg (all users): 5.0311
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9884
Avg (non-participants): 5.0800
Views since voting: 812
Views during voting: 212
Votes: 161
Comments: 7
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 09/16/2007 04:51:50 PM
Absolutely loved this shot when I saw it - what a face, full of character and placed so well in the environment. The only distraction is the red arm right next to his face, but the moment, that expression, was just right and waiting for the arm to be put down or changing the perspective to avoid it would have missed a great capture. Very nice use of bokeh to compliment the scene - it *is* the scene. :) This is a great shot and deserved better in the scoring.
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 09/15/2007 12:56:28 PM
I like this use of bokeh. While the common approach is to use flowers, I think people-bokeh is very effective when shooting people. Wonder if people-bokeh also works for flowers...
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 09/12/2007 12:21:49 AM
This is a captivating image, and quite unusual for bokeh. I like the effect.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2007 07:35:51 AM
Would be nice to see just a little more light on this side of his face. Nice rim lighting, but he needs a main-light to make him more visible as the subject.
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 09/06/2007 11:51:00 PM
looks like quite the character
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 09/05/2007 08:16:03 PM
Nice portrait. Lots of character coming across in this pic.
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 09/05/2007 03:31:15 AM
I feel like he's about to say something directly to me and I'm part of this moment. Excellent character capture.
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