Fisherman from Filicudi (Sicily)

cocasanacocasana Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
edited October 11, 2007 in People
His name is Gianni. 50 years old. Healthy sea life!!!
I would be really interested in your critiques and comments!
Thanks, Carlo

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
    edited October 11, 2007
    cocasana wrote:
    His name is Gianni. 50 years old. Healthy sea life!!!
    I would be really interested in your critiques and comments!
    Thanks, Carlo

    It's an expressive capture. The shadow is very dark on my monitor, which makes it hard to read the expression. Maybe use some fill flash the next time or try to shoot in softer light.

    Cheers,
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  • jeffreaux2jeffreaux2 Registered Users Posts: 4,762 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2007
    looks excellent on mine......I like the contrast and sharpness.

    Thanks for sharing
    Thanks,
    Jeff
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  • 12201220 Registered Users Posts: 88 Big grins
    edited October 11, 2007
    I just imagine how great the shot would look with a boat mast or dock in the background as opposed to a building and balcony. The guy screams of tough man of the sea. The light it was shot in is too harsh for my tatse, but it does kind of provide this nice contrast as well.

    well done.
    Disclaimer: Just because I have an opinion, that doesnt mean I'm right.
  • Kevin GKevin G Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited October 11, 2007
    Did you use USM on this or Smart Sharpen? I'm trying to figure out how you got it so insanely sharp.

    Can you also feed us some camera settings?
    Sweet Emotion Photography
  • cocasanacocasana Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2007
    Kevin G wrote:
    Did you use USM on this or Smart Sharpen? I'm trying to figure out how you got it so insanely sharp.

    Can you also feed us some camera settings?

    Thank you all dear riends for stopping and commenting.
    Kevin. I shot it wih a MKII, Canon 70-200 f/4, 1/500, f/6.4, iso 125. sharpened with 2 layers on set to Darken and Usm, the second set to Luminsity and Smart sharpen.
  • Kevin GKevin G Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited October 11, 2007
    cocasana wrote:
    Thank you all dear riends for stopping and commenting.
    Kevin. I shot it wih a MKII, Canon 70-200 f/4, 1/500, f/6.4, iso 125. sharpened with 2 layers on set to Darken and Usm, the second set to Luminsity and Smart sharpen.

    Anywhere I can find a more detailed how-to on those processing steps?
    Sweet Emotion Photography
  • cocasanacocasana Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2007
    Kevin G wrote:
    Anywhere I can find a more detailed how-to on those processing steps?

    Actually I fogot to point out that the shot had also a capture sharpening during the conversion from Raw (C1's default). I don't think you'll find anything around about this technique but please feel free to email me or PM for more details.
    You'll probably already read it, bt speaking about sharpening, makes me immediately think to the fundamental Bruce Fraser's
    Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop CS2
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