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Challenge: Candid V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Apr 21, 2009
Aperture: f/ 8
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/400 sec.
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Apr 21, 2009

 Oh boy...I almost bought an untold number of packages of candy because I misread the challenge theme last Wednesday! But me at candids pretty much suck so I probably should have stuck with the sweets.

Post: Camera Raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0. 5 crops. Curves adjvustment. Adjust Sharpness. Layer of levels and gradient map converting to greyscale. Open levels dialog and adjusted each of the red, green and blue channels. Flatten. Curves adjustment. Resize. USM.

Statistics
Place: 46 out of 170
Avg (all users): 5.6990
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5370
Avg (non-participants): 5.7606
Views since voting: 830
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 196
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/28/2009 08:07:01 PM
Nice use of Black and white.
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 04/25/2009 07:27:24 PM
Too much reliance on black in this image affects it from both a technical and artistic standpoint. The ultimate black and bright whites, while an interesting artistic choice, are jarring and ineffective creating an unnatural look to the subject's face - almost clown like this may not have been the author's intent. The conversion is a good one - it just doesn't work in this setting. A better choice may have been grayscale to increase it's viewability and impact from both a technical and artistic sense. A candid moment that is worthy of entry into the challenge, it falls short of being outstanding.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2009 08:25:56 AM
i like the choice of high contrast to emphasize the face and the intensity of the facial expression
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2009 10:22:40 PM
Great capture, great conversion to b&w.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2009 11:34:22 AM
for me this kinda lacks something, but i like the forms and the high contrast. and also here weird look in profile :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/23/2009 05:42:26 PM
Classic street, beautifully done - top ten
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/23/2009 02:03:55 PM
The interesting part of this pix is the expression on the person's face. The graphic pannel that takes up most of the right side of the pix is really distracting and unnecessary.A narrow vertical crop would have made this an interesting and very dramatic pix.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/22/2009 07:42:58 PM
Completely love this - great contrast and all the elements in the image are excellent.
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 04/22/2009 03:06:20 PM
very nice b&w work here. crop to true square any better?
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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