Friday 10 July 2009

Guy in White

GRD, f5.6, 1/500, ISO 400, JPG b&w

Took this picture after work on my way to the cinema. I saw this guy from further away and knew it would make a great picture. I did take a few pictures around but this is the best, unfortunately I did not realize the people in the background walking into the picture. They are not too distracting but I think without them it would have been much better. I should have waited loger and retake the picture.

5 comments:

  1. I find taking such a picture (with the main subject dressed predominately in white) a challenge. But you pulled it off. It is annoying when someone walks into a shot.

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  2. Great picture..was he aware of you?

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  3. Thanks for your comments!

    Yesbuts, I think b&w and a bit of high contrast or curves adjustment work quite well, I have also added some vignetting to make the white stand out even more.

    James, I was standing in front of him fo a while looking around and had my camera in my hand. He was aware of me being there but not of taking the picture.

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  4. Great shot and love the grain. What do you use for PP? I just found an amazing free app called virtualStudio that compliments the GRD's BW shooting capabilities and even adds more 'natural' BW grain to my images :)

    Also, I almost prefer the people in the background on this shot. It gives it more of a street feel and less staged looking. Love it!

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  5. Thanks for your comment David!
    For post processing I use Photoshop but find that with the GRD I there is not much to do and only even change the contrast or maybe add some USM. Thanks for the tip with virtualStudio, I will have a look at it, it sounds very good and I like grain/noise in my pictures.

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