Baguette in the Street

[Alpha_7]

Well it's been a while since I've shared any images, and to be honest I haven't shot a lot of new stuff and I'm still sorting through my Europe shots, so here is one that I've done some pretty extensive work too I'd be keen to get any feed back on it.
I've been hanging out a lot at Redbubble and I definitely feel like some of the artists ideas and style are starting to rub off as my approach to processing has been for want of a better term more agressive and by that I mean the final result doesn't have to necessarily reflect the original image, which up until this stage has been my standard approach to photography and image making.



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And here is the general speil, followed by the original.

Paris has to be my favourite city for people watching, there are so many styles, fashions and personalities found on the many streets of Paris, it was a joy to wander around and take it all in. I found this gentleman enjoying a baguette on the sidewalk (pavement or footpath depending on where you are from). Something about him really captured my interested so I fired of a few shots. When I got back, something was missing from the original scene and I wasn’t sure exactly what so I’ve played around extensively with layers to build up the affect you see, some doding and burning, motion blur and playing with the curves and levels. Overall I’m very happy with the end result which I think adds something the original was missing.

[Onyx]

My take: less blurring around the subject, like his legs should be sharp IMO. Introduce some vignetting to compliment the blurr.

[PiroStitch]

Take out the blurring - it just looks tacky. To give it more emotion, focus on curve manipulation to give it more contrast, and burn as well. I think you pretty much have it there, except for the blur.

[Bindii]

I don't mind the blurring... although I think a little less of it would be better... I lurve the idea behind it all and I do like your edited version...

[gstark]

The crop is right.

The blurring is wrong. Very wrong.

JMHO.

[glennles]

I really like how you've made the lines on his face stand out. I don't know a whole lot but I think the crop would look nice in mono.

I loved eating baguettes in Paris, now I'm hungry

[Laurie]

i like the crop
the processing is ok, but i think its a tiny bit over done.
especially on the main subject
nice photo