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Crossing Long at 6th
Crossing Long at 6th
timfythetoo


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Challenge: Six (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Date: Jan 18, 2008
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2008

 Crazy week. Had a sermon to give on Sunday, dealing with flu since Wednesday and just had no time to really shoot anything for any challenge. This was taken while I was downtown a bit before Aidan had a doctors appointment. Thought I would see what was going on around 6th street. Pulled over to shoot the sign and this guy happened to be walking across. Works for me.

The editing may be a bit sloppy but I am pleased with the general effect. Had I not blurred the background the image would be just too busy. This brought the focus on the man and the sign.

I know this wont score high, but its a different kind of image for me. And that I am proud of. Hopefully at least a 5.5 though. That would be nice.

Now back to doing some more clean up on it before it goes up for vote.

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 134
Avg (all users): 6.1038
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.9464
Avg (non-participants): 6.1732
Views since voting: 1426
Views during voting: 303
Votes: 183
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/30/2008 07:30:11 AM
Nice!
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 01/28/2008 10:43:23 AM
This was my 2nd place image (my top pick finished 41st).
By the title I wondered if this was a CBUS shot and was surprised to see it was you, Tim, as you say it is a different kind of image for you.
The blur could have worked, especially with the sepia and the aspect ratio - it exudes a large format print feel.
But as has been said, the blurring was not executed as well as it needed to get top votes.
You should check out the Tiffen DFX package - it has a really great selective lens blur tool a la` Lensbabies.
Would be interesting to see the results it would have on your original.

Nice job, go CBUS! ;)

Message edited by author 2008-01-28 10:44:09.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/28/2008 10:20:00 AM
It was hard not to vote any semi-competent image in this challenge with a six. (Hopefully no one is going to come up with the idea of challenge: 10!). I gave yours a 7. I liked the everyday journalism of this image. As a purist, it's a pity the blur is not lens induced. But I can understand why you had to add it in.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/28/2008 03:11:54 AM
Way underrated, had expected a ribbon for this. Must have been the blur ;-P
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2008 01:39:33 PM
I like the concept for this image, but there really is so much in this image's background and foreground to distract the viewer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/27/2008 10:00:50 AM
Nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/27/2008 07:26:06 AM
Now this is great, added to favorites, and a 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2008 02:09:19 PM
Good cityscape image. I like the tonal values as well. Good luck in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2008 10:18:31 AM
nice low light .. gr8 pic
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/24/2008 05:55:18 PM
B&W works really good here, and nice candid, well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/24/2008 02:51:48 PM
the shallow dof/ blur is used so masterfully to focus and force our attention on the man crossing the street
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/24/2008 07:09:22 AM
Digging that lens blur.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2008 08:42:24 PM
This is beautiful! Love the DOF
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2008 09:22:11 PM
I like the tones in this. Good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2008 07:09:06 PM
can't really put my finger on it but there is something I really like about tis....good job! 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2008 09:52:48 PM
Interesting blur of the background and forground to get that focus on the person's path. Seems very complex with the wires everywhere but hey, that's a city shot, right.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2008 11:28:33 AM
I like DOF and crisp focus, and I like the b&w conversion. Nice tone too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2008 08:05:53 AM
This is a really good shot but there is a lot going on. I like the duotone to the image but blur doesn't look right. If you look close enough you can see where the blur line is and I think that is why it doesn't look natural.

GL
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2008 03:32:56 AM
great shot, excellent b/w tones, sepia works very well. a bit much softening, though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2008 12:50:55 AM
I love your black and white conversion. The tones and hues are great. I love the selecive blur as well...I hope this image does really well 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2008 12:35:31 AM
Nice shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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