Street Portrait

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Originally Posted by juznobsrvr

Hi John... I prefer the Camera Raw B&W rendition, and I think the cloning out seems to work here. I would have wanted to see more information on the environment since this is a street shot. Any reason why you decided to crop the image? Cheers.

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Hi Rob,

Thanks for the comments, I don't have an issue displaying an obvious street capture, I just wanted to see if another genre (portraiture) could be successfully trimmed from its original source.

A rare posed street portrait.

http://i58.tinypic.com/2qi5j05.jpg

..And the standard.

http://i62.tinypic.com/24xgwfl.jpg

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Originally Posted by Shadowman

http://i57.tinypic.com/1zgynp4.jpg

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This one is a cut above. Very nice capture John.

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Originally Posted by John 2

This one is a cut above. Very nice capture John.

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Thanks John,

I really like that one myself.

I agree on the b&w. Great capture!

I liked the 'Posed' photos very much :)

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Originally Posted by Mario Xavier

I agree on the b&w. Great capture!

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Thanks Mario.

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Originally Posted by bnnrcn

I liked the 'Posed' photos very much :)

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Thanks Binnur.

I thought about cropping these to keep with my theme of getting portraits out of street photography.

http://i62.tinypic.com/1fiq0o.jpg
http://i60.tinypic.com/241jea1.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/2s1vj8i.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/2yw9501.jpg

Hi John :) I like these. IMo there is too much space above the woman's head in #2, so, I would crop the image from the top. And I find the reflections on the car and the tyre distracting. So, I would also crop the image from the bottom.

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Originally Posted by Shadowman

I thought about cropping these to keep with my theme of getting portraits out of street photography.

http://i62.tinypic.com/1fiq0o.jpg
http://i60.tinypic.com/241jea1.jpg

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I like the image. IMO too much space above the woman's head, I would crop 1/3 of the man's hair from the top :)

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Originally Posted by Shadowman

http://i61.tinypic.com/2s1vj8i.jpg

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Originally Posted by bnnrcn

Hi John :) I like these. IMo there is too much space above the woman's head in #2, so, I would crop the image from the top. And I find the reflections on the car and the tyre distracting. So, I would also crop the image from the bottom.

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Binnur,

Thanks for comments and suggestions. Don't you think I'll lose the sense of scale by cropping the top and bottom?

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Originally Posted by Shadowman

Binnur,

Thanks for comments and suggestions. Don't you think I'll lose the sense of scale by cropping the top and bottom?

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Binnur,

Thanks for the comments and critique. I was thinking of several crops for this as it is a bit chopped on both sides.

By the way, images: Stilts, The Eyes Have It, and The Look were shot with the Olympus EPL-1 micro 4/3rds in panorama mode/portrait format which is why there is so little space on the sides and the image appears elongated.

Hi John, sorry for being late , I was out for shooting yesterday evening and I wasn't online :o For your question , if you want to put the emphasis on the woman , I think it is better to crop; but if you want to put the emphasis on the event it might be better not to crop. So, I agree with you about trying some crops to see how it works.

BTW, what is the camera you mentioned is used for, shooting long ropes? :D

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Originally Posted by Shadowman

Binnur,

Thanks for the comments and critique. I was thinking of several crops for this as it is a bit chopped on both sides.

By the way, images: Stilts, The Eyes Have It, and The Look were shot with the Olympus EPL-1 micro 4/3rds in panorama mode/portrait format which is why there is so little space on the sides and the image appears elongated.

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Originally Posted by bnnrcn

Hi John, sorry for being late , I was out for shooting yesterday evening and I wasn't online :o For your question , if you want to put the emphasis on the woman , I think it is better to crop; but if you want to put the emphasis on the event it might be better not to crop. So, I agree with you about trying some crops to see how it works.

BTW, what is the camera you mentioned is used for, shooting long ropes? :D

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Not really for ropes :), I like the 16:9 format especially for tall buildings.

http://i58.tinypic.com/5wxz4h.jpg
Shot handheld: f/5.6, 1/400sec, ISO 3200, 98mm

Edited and cropped using PSE8, lightened background.

http://i59.tinypic.com/nmeyk0.jpg

Hi John, if my eyes aren't wrong your focus is not on this lady :confused: But anyway I like the way she smiles :)