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TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited December 14, 2012 in Street and Documentary
2012-12-07-09-XL.jpg
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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  • jpope42jpope42 Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2012
    I guess they made him smile, too. Another really cool capture blurring the lines between real and something else. How long did you have to wait for this to happen, or was this a typical reaction of peds passing by?
    jim pope
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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2012
    jpope42 wrote: »
    I guess they made him smile, too. Another really cool capture blurring the lines between real and something else. How long did you have to wait for this to happen, or was this a typical reaction of peds passing by?

    I did wait for it, but not long. I spent under five minutes sitting on a bench across the
    street and shot several people walking past the window. This was one of the passers-by.
    I knew the photo would work if the right person came by.

    It's a pay-back for all the times I've waited longer times for some combination of
    background and subject to merge, but without success.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2012
    Nice one, Tony. I'd see what it looks like in black and white, as I find the garish colors of the paintings distract from composition and story of the photo.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited December 12, 2012
    The colors don't add much, but they don't bother me. I like the resemblance of the jaw line between the subject and the posters, but I wish you had been a little closer. Maybe a crop would bring it out?
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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2012
    I'll try all suggestions, but I prefer the color version. Cropping
    the lower part works OK, though.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • jpope42jpope42 Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2012
    IMO this is one of those times when I think color works, in large part because of the monochrome background.
    jim pope
    www.borrowedlightphotography.com
  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2012
    Are you sure this guy didn't model for the characature on the left? The B&W and closer crop work better for me.
    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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