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Unheralded Youth
Unheralded Youth
banmorn


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: One In 7 Billion (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jan 1, 2010
Aperture: f/ 8
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/125 sec.
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2010

 Shot at the Mummers Day Parade.

Every year I see the mummer roadies of the string bands in the parade. They are young and old and in between but mostly young. They don't get enough credit. They are not in the limelight. They are good kids who participate with the families and neighbors in what is a year long process that leads up to a 3-4 minute performance in front of the judges' stand at city hall. The string bands don't win a lot of money should they get first prize, just bragging rights. They get no where near what it costs for the costumes and any other of the facets of their production. And if you are not in the string band, you are unheralded but still you push giant props walking all the way up Broad Street from South Philly to City Hall for the show. Good kids carrying on a tradition and not getting into to trouble or being self centered little wankers (I watch far to much Brit TV on You Tube!) Give them a round of applause, if you please.

Post:
Camera raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0.
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation.
Adjust sharpness
Resize
USM
New layer, applied Topaz adjust Crisp. Merged down, Luminosity blend mode, 67% opacity.
New layer, Hi Pass 5 pixels, USM 100%, 5 pixels, 0 levels. Merged down, soft light blend mode, 67 opacity.
Several crops.
Resize.
USM.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 99
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Avg (commenters): 7.1250
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Votes: 220
Comments: 10
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/14/2010 05:21:27 AM
Excellent capture! You did an excellent job at capturing the character that you are striving to praise. Out of all of the photos for this challenge, this one has stood out the most. Well done!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 01/13/2010 08:59:57 PM
I like the story behind this image. Thanks for sharing it Rob.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
01/12/2010 12:56:56 PM
lovely portrait. Beautiful bokeh.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/11/2010 10:53:33 PM
Nice focus, great background, good light. An 8 from me.
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 01/11/2010 07:37:09 PM
I like the DOF...Pretty good shot.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 01/11/2010 01:33:33 PM
I love the funky bokeh in the background.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 01/09/2010 10:34:29 AM
Great composition, expression and lighting. Love the blurred background with the sharp face.
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 01/08/2010 09:09:31 PM
Great detail.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
 01/06/2010 11:56:54 AM
great shot- perfect DOF- top 5
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 01/06/2010 11:00:23 AM
Excellent focus and crop. Nice photo!
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