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The Street Chef
The Street Chef
diablo2097


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Challenge: Street Photography (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: Feb 17, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Feb 18, 2007

 Pic was taken on an outing to Chinese New year festival stuff in melbourne australia. Was my first time at street photography, and I'm fairly sure i messed it up :P ... Biggest problem was that I was with a group of people, so I had to keep moving. I realised though that the best shots came from picking a spot, getting to know how people move around that area, and where the light naturally falls to create good lighting. This is also the first time I'm using the 50mm 1.8 in low light conditions, and I have to say I'm amazed at its performance. A mistake I made was once it became pitch black, I bumped the iso up to 800 thinking i'd need it. But iso400 would have been enough right through till pitch black I think, as if it was too dark for iso400, I wasn't going to get a pic at 800, and all the people near any sort of light were getting excellent shutterspeeds (eg this one was 1/640).

I got the 50mm 1.8 as one of those "every says you gotta get it" sorta lenses, and I've used it for shallow DOF before, but its low light capabilities are also amazing.... now to try the old canon 1.0 ;)

PP
- raw w/crop
- NN
- Vignetting around the guy sparing food and arm
- general levels/curves/hsl
- dodge/burn face/hair a lot as the smoke meant I lost a lot of contrast here
- specific levels on face and food to lighten a little
- HSL set to colorise, and desat'd a bit from a certain hue for that sepia look
- resize+very light USM

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Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/25/2007 11:57:36 PM
You captured his face very well here, shrouded by the steam from his cooking.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/24/2007 01:07:04 AM
Don't see the street
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D600
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 02/23/2007 06:57:54 PM
Smokey !
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 02/23/2007 01:55:52 PM
interesting lighting. really like how the smoke is encircling him. as far as street-like, his environment of just the grill doesn't feel global enough to me to really fit the category. still feels more like just a portrait. still a nice image
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/23/2007 01:50:17 PM
a little heavy-handed on the dodge/burn for my taste. I wish there had been more of the food visible. would have helped with the context. nice shot overall.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/22/2007 03:19:26 PM
cool black and white. the smoke is good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera
Nikon MF Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AIS
 02/20/2007 08:28:10 PM
Where's the "street" in this picture? For what I know the guy can be BBQing on his private deck.
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Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
 02/19/2007 04:04:27 PM
Beautiful image!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 02/19/2007 01:39:42 PM
That steam/ smoke definitely adds interest. Were the left and right edges quite that dark or have you burned them in? Interesting portrait though I'd prefer to see a touch more of what he's cooking too to give a stronger sense of context.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 02/19/2007 11:23:00 AM
Oh, I want to see more of his surroundings ... more of his environment ...
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 02/19/2007 10:18:17 AM
If it weren't for the name street in the title, I wouldn't have that feel at all. He could be inside. I'd pan back and have more of the movement of the city street going on around him, to illustrate that he is actually in an urban setting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D60
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
 02/19/2007 12:43:40 AM
VERY nicely done!
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