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Challenge: Male Portrait (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Westwood, CA
Date: May 26, 2008
Aperture: f 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Candid, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2008

 This is a spectator at a Memorial Day service at the Los Angeles Veteran's Cemetary.

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Place: 141 out of 153
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Votes: 209
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Kodak C613
 06/02/2008 10:28:58 AM
This is not a portiat, you failed to meet the objective of the shoot. This is a teribble photograph, the composition of it is lacking, the colors don't blend well, the background is too busy and distracts from the subject, and the subject isn't even facing the camera and he has dandruff. you get a 1 by my vote.
Nikon Coolpix L6
 06/01/2008 11:16:45 AM
Nice detail of the hair.
Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z20
 05/30/2008 09:32:47 AM
Intristing thought for a portrait
Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Z
 05/29/2008 09:18:16 AM
i thought this was supposed to be a male portrait not the back of his head ?
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 05/29/2008 08:04:37 AM
I don't believe that portraits necessarily have to show the subject's face (there are some excellent examples of back-of-head shots on DPC) but I do think that where you're going to break from the norm and go for something different, you need to have an artistic reason for doing so - in other words you need to communicate something when deliberately not showing the face. This to me, if I'm honest, just looks like a snapshot of the back of someone's head and as such does not work well as a portrait.
Olympus OM-D E-M10
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
05/29/2008 02:14:20 AM
Yup, definitely red!
Leica Digilux 1
 05/28/2008 08:26:58 PM
As someone with red hair I find it very offensive that this is what draws your attention. If it was the spiky hair style that drew you ... ? It would need a different title.
Canon EOS R8
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 05/28/2008 11:36:46 AM
To capture a portrait from behind is a daring idea, but should be then very original and technically perfect.
Otherwise, it looks like a snapshot.
The subject needed also more DOF to better stands out from the background.
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