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A quiet smoke

Postby dawesy on Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:56 pm

Better late than never, the only decent shot I got on the ferry hop a while back.

C&C welcomed as always.

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Postby colin_12 on Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:39 am

I would like to see this as a b&w Dawesy.
I think it would bring out the weatered look of their face.
imo a little more bluring of the background would bring them out more also.
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:19 pm

If you have the resolution for a massive crop from just below his left elbow and just above the beanie plus a dramatic reduction of lthe eft hand side of the image you will, IMO, have a winner. I also agree on B&W.
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Postby Matt. K on Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:38 pm

For me this image fails because of the nasty lighting conditions. The image is too contrasty...harsh light gives it a hard edge and robs it of fine detail Chris is right in that it may come to life with a robust crop and converted to black and white.
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Postby surenj on Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:03 pm

tight crop, B&W as others said...also may benefit from increasing the wrinckles if you can.. despite the harsh light I think this could be salvaged with a bit of work.
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