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31-AUG-2008 Rod

Youngun

Cleveland Markets Brissie Oz

Canon EOS 40D ,Canon EF 70-200 mm f/4L IS USM
1/125s f/8.0 at 127.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time31-Aug-2008 10:30:05
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 40D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length127 mm
Exposure Time1/125 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode (-1)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Rod 08-Sep-2008 07:37
I didn't dodge or burn the face at all Tommy as I can remember. Me camera is set on evaluative metering so it averages the scene, if I want the picy say darker I normally aim the camera towards a lighter scene (opposite for a lighter picy) then lock the exposure recompose & shoot. As you can see from the colour picy below which has only been sharpened there's not much of a shadow under the hat. Also it's winter down here & this was taken at 10-30 in the morning so maybe the contrast wasn't that great. I can't believe it was anything clever I did, if it was I've forgotten how to repeat it:-)
ctfchallenge07-Sep-2008 13:33
I'm looking at the details and well-controlled contrast of his face under the hat's bill. I guess I still don't understand the digital pp technology but it seems impossible to me to get low contrast in sunny circumstances and the face shadow would have to be dodged. Isthatwotyoudid? Well done. -tv
Rod 05-Sep-2008 06:48
howdididowot, if this is any good it must have bin a lucky shot Tommy:-) Thanks mate.
Canon DSLR Challenge05-Sep-2008 01:33
Enviably perfect bw on my monitor. Great portrait in the classic/modern sense. Perfectly centered eye goes back to the Renaissance. Squared up face very modern. The half smile seems so transitory is a way that grabs attention lest it be lost. And what control over contrast - - - howdidyoudoit? -tv
Rod 03-Sep-2008 19:44
Thanks Doug:-)
ctfchallenge03-Sep-2008 03:55
The b/w is full of life and perfectly sharp. Excellent. As long as he sticks with that guitar his voice should grow into it. -COAmature
Rod 02-Sep-2008 08:00
Thanks Suey, Penny & Tom:-) His singing & playing was a bit insipid but he seemed like a really nice kid. Maybe that's the problem, you need a bit of mongrel in you to play music.
ctfchallenge01-Sep-2008 17:39
He certainly looks like a guitar player. I like to leave it to the imagination though. Penny Street
Guest 01-Sep-2008 15:19
I like the shot with the guitar at least as much & think it's perhaps more on topic. This kid's a natural in front of the camera. How is his playing?
sue anne01-Sep-2008 13:01
Very nice and I like the b/w conversion. and I like the freckles too. :)
ctfchallenge01-Sep-2008 05:45
Here's one of him wiv the guitar.

Rod
Rod 01-Sep-2008 05:36
Thanks Carole Mary Anne & Tom:-) No I didn't ask him to pose, he was sitting down busking playing guitar & singing. No one was paying any attention to him, I took a few from the side so he wouldn't be spooked but he turned to look at me wiv a smile. I then went around to the front & got this picy, the picys wiv the guitar didn't seem suit the innocent look of him.
Guest 01-Sep-2008 01:32
Oh, Rod, this is super. (a square crop would really set this off though. just kidding) Love the clarity of his freckles & eye lashes.
Gotta love that lens! Shoots portraits like a champ.
ctfchallenge01-Sep-2008 01:15
Very nice portrait, Rod. And I think you're definitely "in the zone." Oh...that was a couple of challenges ago.
--Mary Anne
ctfchallenge31-Aug-2008 22:22
Rod, this is an excellent portrait of the young boy - did you ask him to pose for you? CJ