Recorder

[Darren Turner]

Homeless Man Playing The Recorder In Manchester City Centre

Daz

 

[adrian jordin]

This photo looks almost too pristine for the subject.
I definitely prefer the tighter crop in #2 and its worth looking at cropping down even further to just below his hands.

Nice photo all the same...

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I think he spotted you Darren!

I wouldn't have had the balls TBH

You thought of a B&W? - that face has so much character

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I think he spotted you Darren!

I wouldn't have had the balls TBH

You thought of a B&W? - that face has so much character

 

[Brian Moore]

Yeah,...I like it when the eyes lock onto the lens. Nice shot, Darren.

 

[Darren Turner]

cheers folks, this is two separate images no cropping involved. Not sure about the crop you mentioned Adrian.

My confidence is growing Chris...........

 

[adrian jordin]

This is what I was roughly thinking of by way of cropping more tightly....

 

[Darren Turner]

mmmmmm interesting you may be right Adrian..........!!

 

[Kev Pugh]

yep i think so too it just takes out the distraction of the 3.36% sign.............nice shot and some good eye contact too.

 

[Vic Shaw]

Nice shot Darren, have you tried a B&W conversion?


Vic

 

[Darren Turner]

Ok so here is a BW conversion in Lightroom. I have used a pre-set that Hamish made us here on RPF (Cheers Mate) I then lowered exposure slightly and upped the blacks slightly.



This guy is called Alan, Hes such a nice guy, lived on the streets for so long he doest remember what its like to live in a house. He is happy with his life and wouldn't change it. He is a very polite and very posh sounding chap with maybe a south Cheshire accent.
(info from a flickr contact)

So hows the BW conversion

Daz

 

[Kev Pugh]

For me it works nicely.............

 

[Rense Haveman]

Wonderful and respectful. I always find it quite difficult to make pictures of homeless people. Just feel like a voyeur, not able to help really.... Envious, would have liked to make this one myself...

 

[Darren Turner]

thanks Rense, its is a hard & sad subject unfortuntaley but as i am trying to get more into street photography EVERY person is a target regardless of there lifestyle. I am pretty chuffed with this shot though

Daz

 

[Rense Haveman]

Daz, I agree fully! It's more myself than anything else, I guess.....

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Daz - like the B&W a lot - in taking out the colour, especially the red background, the image now focusses on the guys face more, and the texture the passage of time has left.