for those who asked about the pp of this picture...
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** HDR from single RAW image, then tone mapping all in photomatix.
** Taken to photoshop, altered all channels in curves to my liking (something similar to cross processing)
** Cropping.
**subtle dodging and burning.
** Added a New adjustment Layer (Channel Mixer), and set it to monochrome, then adjust to my liking to get a good black and white.
** Set the opacity of the channel mixer to like about 34% to bring out some color out (in a way making the colors somewhat dull, or not so bright)
** Duplicate the main layer, then applied gaussian blur (about 7.5%), applied a mask and painted with black what i didn't want blurred. left the blur mainly around the corners.
** applied a green photo filter at about 27% density.
**finally sharpened with unsharp mask and resized.
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Great picture, love the color. I think there is just a little too much dead space at the bottom of the photo.. 8, but I think cropped a little differently could have been a 9
Editing pushed a little too far for me and I think you could lose the bottom 1/4 BUT - excellent capture and I love the tones (just don't care for the rest of the effect). DOF and POV dead on - great work! bump.
Very unique image. I like the fact that he's sitting on the ledge for two reasons. The bricks are a nice backdrop for grungy pictures. Also, the ledge's (perceived?) height combined with his position and the fact that he's playing a little flute gives him a mystical, fairytale-like feeling. Why is he up there? I don't know, but it looks like he belongs up there :)
Not quite sure whether this is a 'pure' candid, as i kind get teh feeling that he must have been aware of your presence, but still a very good image. I would love to know how you pp'd it as the colours have a wonderful muted surrealness to them, which suits the image subject completely
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