I feel like a stalker. I set out today to take some candid shots at the Seattle Boat Show. Good crowds; interesting people; a target rich environment. I would spot someone I wanted to “isolate from the crowd with shallow DOF” and follow them waiting for my shot. Sometimes it would come, some times not. If not, I would scoot over to an adjacent isle, get ahead of them, scoot back and wait for them to come to me. Sometimes they would. Sometimes they wouldn’t. I spent 4 hours, had fun, saw a lot of boats in between shots … but in the end, I was not satisfied with the take.
So fall back to some photos I took yesterday at Seattle University. I have one, especially, that is dead on the challenge. Good title I hope. Let’s see what you all think.
Post Processing
Convert From RAW
Crop
Reduce Noise (Neat Image)
Heal a Few Blemishes (Healing Brush)
Sharpen (Lab Color Method)
Color Correction (Curves)
Select, Blur & Fade Background (Gaussian Blur)
Dodge and Burn
Resize
Sharpen (Unsharp Mask)
Save for Web
Camera Data
Nikon D200
2006/01/10 11:20:50.2
RAW (12-bit)
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
Color
Lens: VR 70-200mm F/2.8 G
Focal Length: 190mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted
1/125 sec - F/2.8
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 1600
Optimize Image: Vivid
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-S
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Color Mode: Mode III (Adobe RGB)
Tone Comp.: Normal
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Enhanced
Sharpening: Medium high
Image Comment:
Long Exposure NR: Off
High ISO NR: On (Normal)
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Proper use of DOF (or is it the blur filter in PS?), but I don't think that this is an interesting shot: I think that the posture and gesture of the main subject did not deserve to be photographed.
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