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Published: 2011-09-26 17:42:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 7462; Favourites: 580; Downloads: 0
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So I went to the church again but this time there were baptizing babies in mass. I don't know why babies could be baptized in mass, but that was what was happening there. So I was lucky!!!
So walking around the church, this man (an old traditional photographer) turned his head like 90 degrees and pointed directly towards my very noticeable camera (Nikon D700 with grip and 70-200 f/2.8 lens) with lot of surprise, envy, anger and resignation. All at the same time. A second later, he turned his head back to what he was doing (his job) exactly with the same furiousness, disgusted and contemptuous. Few minutes later, he went and sat there, with his old analogic camera, flash and weighted battery (where he's resting his hand. There is a cross in that hand as well).
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We would like to use this image as an example in one of our tutorials on 
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no worries, go ahead. an honor to me. Thank you very much
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Thank you very much, Ocean-Wishper. Very kind from you
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You told a fine little story about this picture, nearly as fine as the photo itself. Your photo captures your words.
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Thanks pal. I know I wasn't romantic on the story xD Just describing an uncomfortable situation. Romanticism came later, with the pic. If you see it, you can see that he looks epic!
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I used your title from to make a "title poem" here- [link] -and linked it back to you. Thanks!
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I can see it. I used the title in a "title poem" for #TheTitlePage . Didn't I link you?
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Yes please. I would like to read the poem as well
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It's a very short poem, here- [link] -and you can see what else I used.
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love the tone and the lightning in this one !
Strong expression on that mans face make the photo extraordinary strong , great moment captured
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Thanks pal. You have seen the e-pic, a picture which portrays someone or something epic in some manner, or make it epic in the other. That's the hidden meaning, and you saw it. Thank you very much for that
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you deserve a watch my friend !
and youre welcome , youll described it trough in your picture explanation so ill refere to it 
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Well... I actually do it in the comments... lol xD
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XD haha , well ....that escalated quickly :'D
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Well thank you very much, pal! I will describe more the backstage of the shoots. There are many moods, abstract things in the air... It's a bit rare to me describing that, but I think I should do it
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okay , sounds nice , well im a little bit aware of what youre meaning !
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Grats on the DD it is worth it, the story behind this picture is wonderful and truly helps us understand why he has such an expression on his face.
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Well... He sat there because the baptism ended ^^ But he saw me just one time, in the big moment. After that, I took this pic and he never knew about me...
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And honestly, I've been feeling the same frustration of limitations with digital camera lately. So much so that I'm actually going back to film. But, very nice image.
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Which limitations? I may give you a hand on that.
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It's not anything that can be helped. Colours and textures. Film gives much better results and quality.
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Sure. millions of millions of millions of silver halides cannot be beaten by thousand of millions of pixels. There are a lot more of possibilities in those terms, but our eyes narrow that amount a lot, even below than what digital imaging can do. However, you can achieve the same tone curve in digital, but like in the darkroom, you need hours of work, and a lot of experience too in order to shape the histogram, the same as you would do with film. Of course, I'm not talking about sharpness, film has advantage there, because the amount of halides. That's particularly noticeable, specially in the foreground if focusing in some infinite.
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There's also the emulsion layers and how the lenses you use for film behave. With all the cameras and lenses I've used, I could not get same results with digital that I get with film(see kodachrome and infrared films)But also some film lenses I've used are far better than digital lenses I've experienced. There's a huge diff with the texture and look.
In a darkroom, if you're experienced enough, you don't spend that much time on it. I met a photographer who doesn't even use a light meter for his camera that he built.
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This is a stunning photo!
I am so glad you put the little story in the info as it adds more character to the image, you can almost hear him sighing in frustration.
I love the editing too on this. It is reminiscent of an old black and white photo but we know it was taken on a modern DSLR which creates this beautiful feeling of timelessness.
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Well... a teacher I had told me, in year 2005 that the camera I just bought (a Canon 300D) was crap compared to film. I spent a lot of money to buy that camera, but besides that, how it comes it's crap? So I passed 7 years developing black and white, specially, the metallic look, -which I love-, and toning the curve, in order to distribute tones uniformly, like film does it. Also, expanding all the camera's capabilities. So, challenge accepted and this is one of the results
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I used to do a bit with film camera, especially black and white but when I got my little digital camera and then my Nikon DSLR I don't know how I got on without them!
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Haha... lol... well... thousand of million of million of halides are more than some thousand of the pixels of a digital sensor. However, the human eye is around the range of tones registered by digital. There are many factors here and there to give you a solid argument, but the final one is that digital is additive in the meaning that you can achieve as many tones as you want by using the proper techniques.
Can I have another A?
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Beautiful shot. Wonderful side lighting and classical styled B/W. Great mood and ambience . Well done and well deserved DD.
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Oh... Thank you very much for your appreciation on those details
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The contrast in this piece is wonderful- and the backstory made it even better!
Grats on the DD; it's completely well-deserved! 
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First of all congrats on the DD. It is well deserved.
I really love this one for its immense emotional intensity and the play with light and shadow. Furthermore the format and the fading into black up to the top is awesome!
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Yes, we have seen the same in here. I was actually doing an study about lights, and suddenly, there were people coming. There was taking place a baptism 
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Great subject, expression, pose and capture. I like how you used b&w--perfect for this man and the mood (which you so kindly shared with us in your notes). Congratulations on your DD!
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And he shared with us, as well. This pic was part of an essay about lighting in closed/low-light ambients. I was indeed, looking for contrasts, looking how light fades into shadows, how the shape is lost in some areas, how the edges are enhanced in others. It's all about contrasts between light and darkness. I would love some black and white glasses, btw!
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