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Bill...A Remarkable Guy
Bill...A Remarkable Guy
dtallakson


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Challenge: Street Portraiture (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Date: Jun 29, 2010
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 500
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2010

[Jul. 11th, 2010 10:57:15 PM]

Thanks everyone for your comments. Regarding the PP...I thought it was a good choice. Not everyone will agree but I think it works well for the subject.

Regarding Bill, I had reservations about taking his portrait. But, I needed to get out of my comfort zone and decided to ask Bill if it would be OK. Bill is someone I often pass while driving around town. Usually he has several people around him that he's conversing with. Sometimes he has a solar array on his cart so that he can use his iPod. Bill was delighted that I wanted to take his picture. He knows about photography. He asked me if I thought the background would be OK. He asked about the lighting and what would look the best. He really got into it. He asked if I wanted him to smile or what kind of look I wanted. I told him to just be himself. After talking with Bill for sometime I forgot about him being "down and out". He seems to enjoy the simplicity of his life and who am I to argue with that? When I left I paid him for his time and for his help. I left wondering if my life needs to be as complicated as it is.

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 94
Avg (all users): 6.0190
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 5.6744
Avg (non-participants): 6.1478
Views since voting: 812
Views during voting: 365
Votes: 158
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 07/12/2010 12:52:33 AM
Amazing story to go with this shot Dale. It shows that photography can be more than just taking a picture. Congrats on the 6+ score!
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 07/12/2010 12:51:18 AM
GREAT story - thanks for sharing it here! And he hung on for you! Way to go!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/11/2010 11:55:02 PM
I'm sure he has a remarkable story! Great work to get out there Dale.
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 07/11/2010 07:25:13 PM
it's me but, i take some objection to photography of the homeless. by your title there is some hope here...the capture is outstanding...the story compelling.
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 07/10/2010 08:54:31 PM
Remarkable indeed. Bill clearly has a lot of stories to tell. There's so much to take in here and the image is bursting with texture and details. For that reason, the heavy handed processing was unnecessary. It's a busy enough image as it is, and I don't think the Topaz-like treatment was needed at all. (But I have a feeling I'm in the minority on that.)
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 07/10/2010 03:37:58 AM
This image looks tone mapped/topazed, which definitely helps balance the spots of bright sunlight with the shadows, but I think this brought out too much detail in his skin, making him look much older and dirtier. I'm not sure that is terribly nice to make someone look like that. The sign and any other elements in the image should be able to convey his situation without the added "dirt" of post-processing.
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 07/06/2010 10:51:38 AM
Death by overprocessing. The treatment completely killed this for me. It looks like a pretty good shot before you applied all the mumbo-jumbo. I'm not sure why people do this to the images....ahhh well.
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 07/05/2010 09:31:30 AM
i like that we can see one eye and not the other
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 07/05/2010 01:08:48 AM
Ow. Makes me feel my own problem are nothing at all. Did you buy him that taco?
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