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Challenge: Free Study 2009-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Location: Toronto
Date: Aug 21, 2009
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Candid, Street
Date Uploaded: Aug 30, 2009

 Bumped into this busker on a lunch time walk in downtown Toronto and started shooting from across the street. There were just too many cars and people cutting in and interfering to get clear shot...

I guess he got distracted too...

This was not intentional, but turned out to be more interesting than the many "clear" pics I succeeded to get.

DPC prediction:
Unless people buy the story, I think this will be hammered, scorewise speaking: first, it is a free study; second, the focus is not very sharp on the women and her purse... well, let's wait and see.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2009 11:04:15 PM
The man with the chiaroscuro guitar. I really like this shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2009 11:25:11 PM
Really great candid shot! Does well in B&W!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2009 05:41:53 PM
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy):

Positives: Very effective use of contrast to delineate elements of the image - this is very effective is isolating the busker's face from the rest of the scene. The emphasised shadows work very well to ensure the eye is kept where it should be.

The 'headless' walking woman is a great inclusion, her presence changes the image from one which would have been a little stilted to one which is highly dynamic. The background is something which jumps out only after a longer viewing once the eye has taken the rest of the scene in. The interplay of the silhouettes of the fauna with the light background is fabulous.

Critical stuff: Not much really, I think the scene is necessarily limited in the amount it has to offer but I am convinced you have maximised its impact.

Overall: A really well composed shot which benefits greatly from the editing choices you have made. Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2009 07:31:25 AM
Excellent job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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