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Soulful Sounds
Soulful Sounds
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Challenge: Street Photography III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-510
Lens: Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Chicago
Date: Oct 22, 2008
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.8
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Oct 24, 2008

 One of many sax players on the street this night.

Since I couldn't get a decent "still" of this guy and the background, I decided to roll with it and go with a more artsy processing. Hope the background adds without being a distraction.

Thanks for looking!


PP:
Using CS3, convert from raw, adjust perspective, rotate, crop, curves, dodge&burn, clone out lens flare & other minor distracting element, combination of dry brush over fresco layers (with opacities of 31% & 44% respectively) over the non-filtered version, resize, selective usm, add border.


Statistics
Place: 66 out of 146
Avg (all users): 5.6890
Avg (commenters): 5.4444
Avg (participants): 5.4727
Avg (non-participants): 5.7982
Views since voting: 907
Views during voting: 406
Votes: 164
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/02/2008 04:40:54 PM
yes this gets the job done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/02/2008 11:59:49 AM
incredible!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/02/2008 04:57:37 AM
With the motion blur I can almost hear his melody. I think the tungsten cast on him competes with the buildings behind him. Would a b/w conversion work?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/02/2008 04:02:45 AM
Nice night street shot ... well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/31/2008 08:41:05 PM
the paint processing gives it an interesting feel for me. I wish he had a more plain background with the building on his side...perhaps that wasn't an option
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/31/2008 04:57:01 PM
Meets Challenge:3
Technical:1
Interestingness:1
Extra Credit:
TOTAL: 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2008 01:50:09 PM
"Soulful" really does suit this well. I really like your choice of composition, from the low angle and incorporating the full tower. I'm kinda on the fence about the processing, but I suspect the long exposure led to motion blur and this does address that, making a more cohesive "figure" so to speak.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/28/2008 11:35:55 AM
too much photoshop :( it could be a nice picture if not shaken and overprosseced 3
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/27/2008 12:16:06 PM
The Cleveland sax man. What event were you at?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/27/2008 10:37:35 AM
trippy! I usually hate this type of processing, but it works well with this picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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