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[NorthernFocus]

Great title. And an excellent portrait again. The two guys in the BG draw my attention.

[juznobsrvr]

Great title. And an excellent portrait again. The two guys in the BG draw my attention.

Thanks, Dan. Reference to your other post, the decision can be difficult whether to leave the two guys out of the frame (wait until they leave) or in this case wait for somebody to pass by and capture. It would have been nice if a gorgeous woman in fashionista attire came along - no doubt she would have competed with the main subject. That would indeed be a welcomed distraction ;-)

I thought the blurriness of the two people would be enough to lead the viewer's eye back to the man eating his ice cream. But you can't please everyone. At the end of the day, this was my decisive moment.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Rob I'm going to ask a technical question. The colours of the faces in your photos are a bit different. What technique do you use? HDR or something else? The skin looks as if some one has painted it with shoe polish, please don't misunderstand my wording, I like it very much and I couldn't find any other words to describe it.

[Mark von Kanel]

Cracking shot love the texture.

[truonda]

Maybe it's just me but the bokeh is a little strange. The two guys closer to the old man are more out of focus than the other two guys further in the distance. Same with the building.

Otherwise a great shot, Rob!

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[juznobsrvr]

Nicely done.

Cheers, John ... thanks for kind words.

[juznobsrvr]

Maybe it's just me but the bokeh is a little strange. The two guys closer to the old man are more out of focus than the other two guys further in the distance. Same with the building.

Otherwise a great shot, Rob!

Cheers, Dan ... It's called careless post processing.

[juznobsrvr]

Cracking shot love the texture.

Cheers, Mark. Thanks for kind comment. BTW, I dig your nice gallery.

[juznobsrvr]

Hi Rob I'm going to ask a technical question. The colours of the faces in your photos are a bit different. What technique do you use? HDR or something else? The skin looks as if some one has painted it with shoe polish, please don't misunderstand my wording, I like it very much and I couldn't find any other words to describe it.

Yes, Binnur. I always ask my subjects to put on my secret shoe polish make up :-D

How dare you call this HDR? Haha. Seriously, it's just selective dodge and burn. I use a masking tool. On PS, I create a level layer and slide it to underexpose the image. Mask it and then apply selective burning on the crevices of the wrinkles. Use the smallest brush size as much as possible. I usually set my flow to 10% and opacity close to 100%. I try not to overdo the painting. A little goes a long way. Then I create another level layer and slide it to overexpose the image. Mask that and selectively apply dodging in between the crevices of the wrinkles. Tedious work but I think it's worth it.

Does this make sense?

[bnnrcn]

Thank you for explaining Rob. So, you are the one who is shoe polishing them It is really tedious work but the result is great!

Yes, Binnur. I always ask my subjects to put on my secret shoe polish make up :-D

How dare you call this HDR? Haha. Seriously, it's just selective dodge and burn. I use a masking tool. On PS, I create a level layer and slide it to underexpose the image. Mask it and then apply selective burning on the crevices of the wrinkles. Use the smallest brush size as much as possible. I usually set my flow to 10% and opacity close to 100%. I try not to overdo the painting. A little goes a long way. Then I create another level layer and slide it to overexpose the image. Mask that and selectively apply dodging in between the crevices of the wrinkles. Tedious work but I think it's worth it.

Does this make sense?

[juznobsrvr]

Thank you for explaining Rob. So, you are the one who is shoe polishing them It is really tedious work but the result is great!

Thanks, Binnur. Just don't ask what brand of shoe polish I used. It's my secret ;-)

[MichaelClark]

Superb shot !

[juznobsrvr]

Superb shot !

Thanks Michael