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Response to Dramatic Portrait (Response #70)

Uploaded 819 Days Ago by luminouslens - 7 comments

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LynnR said 819 days ago:

I want to meet this man. ... or the photo makes me think I do. Really nicely done.

ArneG said 819 days ago:

An interesting picture - however the background and softness is distracting

Flatline said 819 days ago:

Interesting character. I'm confused by the people in the background, they distract from the subject. He's a pretty tough-looking guy (strong body, steel jewelry, big cigar) but the people in the background come across like spectating tourists.

luminouslens said 819 days ago:

Thanks for your comments. I completely agree about the background. This was taken at Preakness with a little Powershot S30, which really can't do much by way of background blur. I tried to blur it a bit in Photoshop, but didn't want it to look too fake (no real bokeh, hard to isolate the main figure well, etc.). But I completely agree that this would be much more dramatic if the background people were really not part of the image.

shashin said 818 days ago:

The subject is certainly dramatic, but something's missing. The background is really distracting and the colors a little dull. Eye contact would have been nice, but I reckon you were trying to be discreet.

themetree said 814 days ago:

though i like the backlight, and cool effect of the light through the smoke, i think you need to light his face up some more. he is getting lost in the shadow.

tommyblue said 814 days ago:

Nice capture, I can almost smell that cigar. It does feel a little soft to me though, and I may have cropped the sides (especially the left) in just a tad, or gave it a vignette to keep those folks in the background from distracting...

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