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Old Shy Albert
Old Shy Albert
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black & White III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Milton Keynes
Date: Nov 9, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2006

 I went to the fair with my camera club, but it was cold and not busy at all so not all the rides where going. Then I found Albert, running the Coconut Shy. For the price on having a go, he let me take some shots of him. Not sure he totally understood what I was doing there, but the pitch did used to belong to his dear old Mum - Mrs E Harris.

This is my favourite of the lot.

Lightroom:
- Custom Set white balance
- darken blacks
- increase contrast
- increase brightness
- Convert to grayscale
- slightly turned in the 'S' curve to boost contrast further at the black end and the white end
- Cropped to 10x8 for print later and to improve comp
- Grayscale mixer to boost tonality

PPCS2
-Dodge & Burn on forehead/hat/neck to improve on highlight
- Idnic's pimp the eyes technique. Does show too much here, but makes a hugh difference
- Clone fag ash out from the jumper
- Added DoF by using the Lens Blur filter to just the far background
- USM
- Colourise to improve overall tonality of the monochrome.

Statistics
Place: 96 out of 424
Avg (all users): 5.9226
Avg (commenters): 7.4444
Avg (participants): 5.8318
Avg (non-participants): 6.0820
Views since voting: 951
Views during voting: 243
Votes: 168
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/25/2007 12:14:16 PM
This is YOURS??? ahaaa very nice I just noticed it.. but you know me mate.. slow as they come.. don't forget we have to go out shooting soon. Cambridge is nice we can meet there and wander around the town etc. PM me
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 11/22/2006 05:33:44 PM
Well done. A good environmental portrait.
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 11/20/2006 02:46:07 AM
Good shot, I like th eold feeling this gives me.
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 11/19/2006 11:08:04 PM
Originally posted by kiwiness:
You gotta get your adjectives in the right order, first shy and then old :) Take it from an English teacher :)))) Cool shot!


Kiwiness, thanks for the comment 'Cool shot!' means quite a bit coming from you. However ALbert runs the Coconut Shy at the fair. I switched those adjectives on purpose!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/17/2006 01:20:50 PM
You gotta get your adjectives in the right order, first shy and then old :) Take it from an English teacher :)))) Cool shot!
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 11/17/2006 05:21:52 AM
he lives in a world of words and memories. a remarkable portrait. 10
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 11/15/2006 04:29:43 AM
Nioce vintage look. Love the timelessness to this photo.
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 11/14/2006 06:58:59 PM
Love the signs in behind this gentleman - nice composition!
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 11/14/2006 04:29:34 PM
Excellent use of highlighting on face.
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 11/14/2006 07:35:46 AM
Great tonalities here, it really adds to the mood of this. Excellent photo!
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 11/13/2006 10:17:16 AM
good character
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 11/13/2006 08:19:58 AM
Very nice study of this man in his surroundings, great pose and composition only wish there was a little more light in front.
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 11/13/2006 04:23:30 AM
wonderful portrait!
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