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The Long Walk Home
The Long Walk Home
Firsty


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pastels (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon MF 135mm f/2.8 AIS
Location: Sydney Australia
Date: Aug 30, 2006
Aperture: f 8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Urban
Date Uploaded: Sep 1, 2006

 shot in raw and converted with rawshooter pro
lowered highlight contrast and color vibrancy
increased shadow contrast and color saturation
rotated and cropped then exported as a tiff
edited with PS2
sharpened with USM
played with curves to remove blue color cast and low color levels
used dodge and burn to darken highlights and separate the person from the background
used the sponge tool to desaturate some of the bright elements like the red car and his bright blue shirt tail
resized
cloned out stray car aerial
slightly over sharpened to bring out the rain
added border and saved for the web

Statistics
Place: 112 out of 203
Avg (all users): 5.4946
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2917
Avg (non-participants): 5.6250
Views since voting: 861
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 184
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/10/2006 03:11:28 PM
Excellent shot - Good capture of mood
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 09/09/2006 09:01:22 PM
A different take on the challenge I like it. It stands well on it's own, and the greens and blue in the background helps it meet challenge. DOF works with the interesting stuff in the background, could be even better without the cars.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/08/2006 12:08:41 AM
gloomy, dampening... I dont care if it's not very sharp and flat colourwise - I find this photo appealing and that's all that matters in my vote.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/07/2006 12:21:35 PM
I really like the feeling this shot presents - You've captured it nicely!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2006 11:58:41 AM
Mostly pastel but the main appeal is the story and feeling your photo evokes. The street and its parallel elements enhances the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2006 05:20:23 AM
Nice feel with the rain..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 04:19:17 PM
This is a nice image. I would have liked to see more of the guys legs. It would have shown more of his movement against the direction of the rain. I see the building is the 'pastel' color your wanting to show but your area of focus is on the guy who is not wearing pastel. The lighting is sufficently grey for the image's story but I don't quite feel it fits the theme of the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 08:49:37 AM
Not enough pastel hue.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 06:49:38 AM
I think I'm missing the pastels on this one
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 01:06:45 AM
nice feeling to this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 12:37:18 AM
Great shot. Everyone looking at this knows exactly how he feels and the image brings out that empathy. A 10 from me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 12:34:58 AM
great capture the buildings are brilliant for this challenge and really make the photo (8)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2006 08:45:04 PM
while it's a great image (and australian) I think you're stretching it in this challenge...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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