I took about sixty exposures when Howard Dean came to campus. With neither a low-light lens (this is the Rebel GII's 35-80mm kit lens), nor decent access (the room was packed, and I was near the back of it for most of the time) nor a flash that would reach that far, I was lucky to get one decent shot of the man.
It was color-balanced with auto-levels in The Gimp, then the reds were desaturated by -25 to make the flesh tones more natural. This is a crop of the original.
He may not be communicating, but he *did* revolutionize politics for young people in the United States over the last year or so. So, he's not communicating at the moment---he *represents* communication. And that's as far as I'm going to stretch it.
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I don't think it's a great cadid because it's cropped in so close that it does not show any interaction or context. The view does not show any expression. His ear is front and center.
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