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Challenge: Paul Simon Lyrics (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Jan 3, 2010
Aperture: 6.30
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/159
Galleries: Emotive, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Jan 3, 2010

 One of Simon's earliest recorded compositions, from Simon & Garfunkel's first album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., and one of his few "topical" songs, about the civil rights struggle of the early 1960's in the southern U.S.

Isaac and his sister Hilary posed for me. Changed to B&W and grain added to try and give a photohournalistic feel.

He Was My Brother
Words and Music by Paul Simon © 1963

He was my brother
Five years older than I
He was my brother
Twenty-three years old the day he died

Freedom Rider
They curse my brother to his face
Go home outsider
This town's gonna be your burying place

He was singing on his knees
An angry mob trailed along
They shot my brother dead
Because he hated what was wrong

He was my brother
Tears won't bring him back to me
He was my brother
And he died so his brothers could be free
He died so his brothers could be free
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-Handheld, Manual mode
-RGB Curve
-Selection for gun tip
-RGB Curve through selection to darken tip of toy gun
-Blue Channel saved to Grayscale
-Grayscale Curve
-Crop and rotate
-Resize
-Apply Grain Filter
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH = 5
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 10/10 = 296KB

Statistics
Place: 140 out of 151
Avg (all users): 4.5956
Avg (commenters): 2.0000
Avg (participants): 4.5469
Avg (non-participants): 4.6389
Views since voting: 1178
Views during voting: 221
Votes: 136
Comments: 6
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Olympus E-5
Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 01/12/2010 04:06:17 PM
Originally posted by MilaMiles:
This is a bit disturbing. Some of the hardcore violence should not be allowed, in my opinion. This goes overboard.


ROFL. The things people say sometimes...

I hate guns but love to use them in my images. I love the negative comments I get.

See that 9 vote, that was me. :)

The only negative aspect I find in this shot is the use of a child but that's just me.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/11/2010 03:35:28 PM
Oh, and PS - I don't care much for guns - in person, in pictures, whatever. But this is one of the rare exceptions in that it truly does convey the lyrics very well.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/11/2010 05:37:06 AM
Much better than the score indicates and very true to the lyrics.
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Fujifilm X-T5
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 01/11/2010 12:21:14 AM
Loved the picture because it is bold and portrays the song perfectly... Don't worry about the naysayers, not all images can be about unicorns and rainbows. =P
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
 01/10/2010 08:43:32 PM
this is BAD taste 3
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/04/2010 11:14:49 PM
This is a bit disturbing. Some of the hardcore violence should not be allowed, in my opinion. This goes overboard.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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