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The Grape Grower
The Grape Grower
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Challenge: Candid V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Deardorff Vineyards
Date: Apr 18, 2009
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Candid
Date Uploaded: Apr 21, 2009

At a wine tasting and vineyard tour this week in Minnesota (yes, wine is made in Minnesota!) the Grape Grower was explaining the importance of winter vine pruning before taking us on a wagon ride to observe the vines. He's almost done for the season, but has been incrdibly busy. I think a few of the vines gave him the red scratch marks on his face.

Statistics
Place: 75 out of 170
Avg (all users): 5.3854
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.0577
Avg (non-participants): 5.5071
Views since voting: 619
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 192
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/28/2009 01:00:49 PM
this has more of a portrait look than a candid, but I'll take your word for it and give you an 8 anyway because it's such a great picture of life!!
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04/25/2009 07:41:37 PM
A farmer's face well framed and captured. Unfortunately, the sense of "moment" is missing from this image because it lacks context. From a technical standpoint, it's perfect - everything from the saturation just approaching being over the edge, to the excellant complexion of the subject and the little details of character, it's exceptional. From an artistic standpoint, it lacks any context or frame of reference to make this a truly "candid" image. In any other challenge where portrature is a component, this might have worked, but it falls just short of being truly candid.
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04/25/2009 08:18:47 AM
really nice portrait - a lot of honesty in it - i would like a bit more 'context' to the background to really understand the connection to the title
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04/24/2009 02:41:30 PM
Great expression and excellent composition of an interesting subject. I feel this would have benefited from a black and white conversion however, to really bring out the craggy details of his face.
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04/22/2009 04:45:08 PM
Good Capture of a worried moment....
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