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Published: 2012-12-21 23:31:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 589; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 0
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I know it looks like I blurred the background in PP but didn't. Not sure why it looks that way. I did use a fill flash and applied some sharpening and B&W conversion (Nik's SilverEffect), but that's it!Related content
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I will definitely take that as a compliment!
Thank you
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Thank you.
There is a story here. I photographed this man last December, I think, near 34th and 6th.
Last week, I was again photographing in New York and at the time was in Brooklyn when I saw that same man. I approached him and showed him that photo on my phone. He smiled andΒ acknowledgedΒ it was him. I handed him my business card and asked him to email me so that I could send him a copy of his photo. Β I haven't heard from him yet....
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Interesting to hear. You learn to know odd people when street photographing.
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I never get to write the rest of the sentence: I'm not a fan of 3:2 in a vertical orientation, when it comes to street photography. Call it "used-to-media", call it peripherical-view-only, but not a fan. So, to be fair, I rather not criticize, in a positive, constructive, or negative way.
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Now it makes sense! Thanks for the clarification.
Patrick
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What Mary said. Great contrast between lively character and dull architecture, and good composition, although I'm not a fan and it's hard for me to comment that. Great light, but I also agree that harder b/w would pop up the fill light and lines.
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Hi Nuno,
Thanks for the feedback!
Patrick
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About the focus, was it manual or AF? If so, don't forget to renew the firmware for better AF in low and high lighs.
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Yes, zone focusing. The X100 AF is too slow for me to use, even with the latest firmware.
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I use in Manual and when in difficulties I press the AFL, this way I find it suitably fast.
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comment: the image has your style, capturing interesting characters in their environment and focusing on their expressions and peculiarity. And I like how this quite uncommon character (look at that hat, dotted tie, oddly buttoned jacket, strange ring and bag...) clashes with the very anonymous and repetitive background of the skyscraper. I think the edit could be done better, I mean that the image lack real black and real white and looks too grayish.
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Mary,
As always thank you for your thoughtful comments and feedback!
Merry xmas to you and your family!
Patrick
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