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The Commuter
The Commuter
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Challenge: Street Photography II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Tamron AF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Pentax
Location: San Jose, California
Date: Jul 25, 2007
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20 sec.
Galleries: Urban, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Jul 29, 2007

 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail train station. This is in San José, California, at the "Paseo de San Antonio" station.

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Post-Challenge comments:
Thanks all for your votes, comments, and a Top 15 finish!

I had taken many other shots of this guy on the phone with a couple of trains coming and going. He finally caught on to me and stared at me. I didn't realize he was looking right at me for this sequence of shots.

I tried various shutter speeds and 1/20th of second seemed to provide the right amount of blur.

He had also been standing straight with his back turned to me. When he turned around I also didn't realize he was leaning parallel to the tree, which I thought was a nice touch.

Thanks again, everybody!

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 215
Avg (all users): 6.4217
Avg (commenters): 7.8889
Avg (participants): 6.5181
Avg (non-participants): 6.3253
Views since voting: 1625
Views during voting: 299
Votes: 166
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 08/24/2007 09:02:23 AM
Really great shot, captures the feel of that moment very well. The direct look nails it, especially - makes the viewer a participant in the scene.
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 08/07/2007 01:50:00 PM
Nice shot, good score, and a 14th placement, not bad...not bad at all.
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 08/05/2007 08:18:39 PM
Sweet finish Les! Congrats on a top-twenty placing. It's a bummer that we still can't see/vote on challenge entries that belong to DPL team members after the team has long since finished. Personally I'd have given this an 8. Nicely composed and the motion blur is a great touch.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/05/2007 06:26:10 PM
Black & White works really good here, I love the moving train in the back.
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 08/05/2007 12:50:38 PM
Excellent composition and good timing.
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 08/03/2007 08:16:12 AM
This is great! I like the fact that he's aware of you taking the image yet seems very much in his own moment of making th call. The partially blurred train behind makes a really, really great backdrop. Composition with three and platform sign is spot on.
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 08/02/2007 09:56:21 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background very good,
Technical: Focus, Exposure: a bit too bright
Appeal: tells a story
Total Averaged Rating 7
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 08/02/2007 07:49:03 AM
I really like the matching "lean" of the tree and the guy on the phone. Nicely composed.
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 07/31/2007 05:15:33 PM
The motion of the bus/train really helps isolate your subject nicely. Some more dramatic tones would really put this over the top. Well done!
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 07/30/2007 05:30:15 PM
Good, clean composition. I like it - effective entry for the challenge. Good luck.
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 07/30/2007 09:39:52 AM
Excellent shot. I am curious of the writing to the right of the tree. I take it that is a reflection off of a sign.
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 07/30/2007 08:56:04 AM
Nice capture - Great tones and movement - Like it a lot.
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 07/29/2007 11:46:53 PM
very nice bit of street work. nice composition and motion vs static.
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 07/29/2007 09:51:04 PM
would of liked to see more of a blur in the train
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