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Black Friday
Black Friday
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Challenge: Alone In A Crowd (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Tamron AF 18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Pentax
Location: The Streets of San Francisco
Date: Nov 23, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Nov 25, 2007

 Taken in downtown SF on Black Friday -- the day after Thanksgiving consumer fest. We were just there to look, not shop. This fellow didn't look like he was doing much shopping either.

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Post-challenge: Wow .., I really thought people would get this one. Missed that big time. Jedusi got it exactly. Yep the guy was begging. Yep it was grainy ... quick shot and I exposed for the highlights, then had to bump the levels to bring the crowds out of the shadows. Knew it had technical problems, but thought the subject would make up for that ... but most didn't get it.

Statistics
Place: 78 out of 93
Avg (all users): 4.7444
Avg (commenters): 4.6667
Avg (participants): 4.5750
Avg (non-participants): 4.7739
Views since voting: 960
Views during voting: 459
Votes: 270
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0

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 12/05/2007 01:06:02 AM
Too bad this scored so low. I loved it during the voting and thought it would finish higher. But sometimes the most interesting shots land in the 4's. Don't let it get you down.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/04/2007 05:24:58 PM
I know that corner :) I like the red hand. it has some noise but doesn't bother me. I think it would have been stronger if you had shot more of the people and less of the buildings to make the crowd fill the frame more.
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 12/04/2007 03:43:14 PM
Who's alone in the crowd?
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 12/04/2007 02:21:57 PM
nice pic. but so many people; can't find one alone in a crowd
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 12/04/2007 12:37:21 PM
very grainy... pushed too much?
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 12/04/2007 12:39:06 AM
One of the few times this would work... but it definitely meets the challenge. This is one of those photos you almost expect to see hanging in a coffee shop.
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 12/03/2007 11:58:40 PM
A bit grainy, and it took me a minute to get.. xxx.
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 12/02/2007 11:36:15 AM
Nice play on words.
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 12/01/2007 09:18:28 AM
subject isn't really clear to me...who's alone in a crowd?
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 11/30/2007 03:08:28 AM
Post processing seems a little harsh, and the highlights are too washed out in the background. Also, I can see three other black people in the image so he's not exactly alone in a crowd. It would work better to have a model stand for you, and do a timed exposure. Then, you would have your dude isolated not only by your composition but by his race. See for a good example of what I'm talking about
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 11/29/2007 08:50:59 PM
Interesting......
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 11/29/2007 03:44:31 PM
If the black guy in the middle is begging and being ignored, then this meets the challenge perfectly - the only issue is that it took me a while to figure it out because at first I thought he was just walking along with a coffee cup like the guy to his left. Then it didn't make sense.

But I'm there now :- )

Wonderful crowd scene - not just a few bodies around him, but stretching down out of sight, and across the other side of the road as well.

This has got lot's of really good elements to it - great crop, wonderful mix of expressions, conveys the hustle and bustle of a major city superbly - the only downsides are 1) a little bit noisy (but not a big issue) and 2) the guy just doesn't quite stand out enough for me, at first glance he is part of the crowd, rather than aolne in it.

Otherwise really good shot.
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 11/29/2007 01:04:57 PM
Who's alone? :D
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 11/29/2007 10:23:13 AM
Ok croud shot but I would have liked to see an isolation on one of the people in the crowd
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 11/29/2007 09:48:00 AM
I understand by the title but a better cropping would have punched up the image better.
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 11/29/2007 06:55:17 AM
The photo looks grainy and over exposed. Perhaps a slower SS would have made the object stand out more.
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 11/29/2007 03:58:43 AM
contrast, focus and subject missing...
Noise doesent help either.
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 11/28/2007 11:41:00 PM
I see the crowd, where is the person that is feeling alone?
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 11/28/2007 05:45:56 PM
very grainy
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 11/28/2007 04:11:18 PM
It's not clear who is meant to be alone.
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 11/28/2007 01:29:20 PM
The red hand is very grainy. I think that is the focus of the photo, just not sure.
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 11/28/2007 02:00:42 AM
I love the local shots of my hometown, even though it does portray one of San Francisco's biggest issues. Great shot all around.
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 11/28/2007 12:31:59 AM
Sort of a double entendre, huh. :)

Looks like San Fran.
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