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Deep in thought


Deep in thought
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Copyright: brian avery (bri) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 348 W: 0 N: 418] (2259)
Genre: People
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2009-04-20
Categories: Decisive Moment
Camera: Canon 350D Digital Rebel, Canon EF 75-300mm Zoom
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-04-21 12:54
Viewed: 181
Points: 7
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Took a snap of a group of teenagers taking advantage of the warm spring sun late in the afternoon, this girl caught my eye as she was sitting a few feet away from the rest of the crowd seemingly deep in thought.

As i took this with a 300mm lens without a tripod it was a bit grainy. I sharpened the image, desaturated and added a destressed frame, set the picture layer to 85% opaque to bring the frame through then adjusted the brightness and contrast. I then used the elliptical marquee tool to surround her, set the feathering to 50 and inverted to create a slight vinagretting on the corners (I think this has been lost in the cropping and the border) and finaly increased the hugh and saturation slightly in the red and yellow to give a slight sepia tone.

I hope my efforts paid off.

Bri
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the effort invested on the framing and BG is good , but cud have done sumthing to the image also

Hi Brian,

I think that this shot is a very nice portrait with vg shadows across the face and top half of body a very nice and subtle photo imo well done.

Regards
Jon

i lkie this shot Brian good pp work looks a like a olde type of photograph with a modern theme to it tfs
regards bryan

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  • Ejtaan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 975 W: 99 N: 2250] (11347)
  • [2009-04-27 23:31]

Love the grainy look here and the colors.
Also I really like the "frame", which really goes well with the image.

What strikes me with most of your pictures is, that you really have a good eye for things.
Now.. in photography there are loads of "rules", like for instance the rule of thrids. You imagine 4 lines in your picture... two horizontal, two vertical, deviding your picture in 9 fields. On any of the 4 intersections of the lines you can "place" your subject.
This "rule" is not one that you MUST use, but when I look at your pics the subjects are almost always in the center. This is NOT wrong, but I think in some cases it would make your images more interesting when you have some "space" around the subject...
Like I say, it is not something you MUST do, but try it... take a few shots of one subject, placing it in different positions of your image. I'm sure that in some cases you'll be very pleased with the result.

I really hope you have some use for this "rule" and I'm very curious as to what you think of it... let me know!!!

Cheers,
Anneke

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