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A candid of some chap on the phone in manchester
Not sure what the conversation's about but looks like it's not the best one he's ever had!
It's a real bonus when you get a really expressive face in a street candid shot - you can take 1000 and not get one if you're unlucky, so I'm really pleased with this one
| Camera: | Canon EOS 5D |
| Lens: | canon 17-40 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Hanging on the Telephone |
| Username: | 
ade_mcfade |
| Uploaded: | 2 Aug 2010 - 7:14 PM |
| Tags: | Black & white, Candid, Manchester, Mobile, Phone, Photo journalism, Portraits / people, Street photography |
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| Votes: | 19 |
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A very good capture.....the hair threw me at first as the thumb made it look a little like a womans hairstyle, but actually seeing it now, works even better! Tremendous capture Ade, like it a lot
that bit will be unaffected by the vignette - it's about the same brightness around his shoulders too
Ade just to expand on my comments:
I'm not too concerned about the bit above his shoulders - the other just looks a little bleached and lacking definition, re looking the bit that really stands out is the legs in the background which looks a bit radio active, probably a heavy curves layer, with the top of the curve tacking too much detail away ? I would guess to get the contrast in the guys face. I'm sure you have, but try using a layer mask to get the contrast in the guy, it will also help make him "pop" - you could also use a different curves layer for the BG which is less aggresive (use same layer mask, use ALT and drag the mask onto the other curves layer, then invert the mask CTRL +I). I would also dodge / burn the post to get more detail as that is part of the scene he is interacting with. On monos I often use multi curves layers, dodge / burn, gradient maps and low amout high radius USM's to get the image to the tonality throughout.
BTW the vignette is subtle and makes the image for me - I wouldn't normally go into so much detail but this was so close to getting my user award.
it was all done in Silver EFX nick - I don't really do much else with street candids
Ive had a play with EFX, but not really come to terms with it - I cant get the look I like - I'm sure you could with time learning it properly with the control points - even so it appears to give the same RGB settings across all the image . Tho to be honest I now have a style I'm happy with which I've recorded as an action - so I will probably stick with that for now. Maybe we should take the discussion to the forum?
Great candid Ade, not sure if the guys look reflects his phone call or the fact that he spotted you getting a shot? I guess you were pretty much in his face with the 17-40, not sure I'd be brave enough.
Darren.
if you walk fast enough, they've no idea Darren - once you've got the hang of it, it's pretty easy to conceal the fact you're taking photos 
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