Forgotten shot from Kelby walk 2009

PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
edited January 5, 2010 in Street and Documentary
I found this shot while trolling through 2009 photos

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The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
... I'm still peeling potatoes.

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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2010
    Boy it must be bad. rolleyes1.gif
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,967 moderator
    edited January 5, 2010
    Patti wrote:
    Boy it must be bad. rolleyes1.gif

    lol3.gif Well, TBH, I'm not wild about it, but it isn't terrible. A couple of things: I think it would have worked better if we saw a silhouette of the whole body, not just the upper half. I like the toning in the tunnel, but I would apply it to the whole frame. Not sure what you were going for by leaving the outside pure B&W. ne_nau.gif
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2010
    Thanks for your honestly Richard. I really appreciate it. I applied a LR plugin to it thus the colour. I will go back and rework it in B&W are repost. The lighting in the underpass was pretty low. Not sure how I would have managed getting a full silhouette. Advice?
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,967 moderator
    edited January 5, 2010
    Patti wrote:
    Not sure how I would have managed getting a full silhouette. Advice?

    I think if you had shot from a lower angle, there would have been back-lighting all around the figure, and hence a full silhouette. Shooting from a standing position, the background in the lower part of the guy was the sidewalk, hence no light.

    As for the color, by all means try straight B&W but I would also see if you could get the same toning you used applied to the bright background as well.
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2010
    Richard wrote:
    I think if you had shot from a lower angle, there would have been back-lighting all around the figure, and hence a full silhouette. Shooting from a standing position, the background in the lower part of the guy was the sidewalk, hence no light.

    As for the color, by all means try straight B&W but I would also see if you could get the same toning you used applied to the bright background as well.


    Thanks Richard. I really appreciate your feedback. A day doesn't go by that I don't learn a dozen things by hanging around this forum. clap.gif
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
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