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| Nikon 7100, 75mm, 1/60s @ f/14, iso 125 |
Choices, choices...
The moment I imported the photo into Lightroom I knew it has to be black-and-white with a colour accent. Few adjustments later I ended up with the picture #1 (below). The problem was, even though the red is strong, it wasn't enough to make the subject stand out from the background.
I thought blurring with a radial filter was the answer (picture #2). But the blur was looking very artificial, like I tried to fake a DOF very clumsily, as some of the critics noticed. Oh, I posted those two photos to the Street Photography group on 500px looking for tips.
After a bit more pondering, I finally toned down the background a bit, but without blurring it too much. A bit of shadows brightening, a tad of contrast and voila! The end result is exactly, what I was trying to show.
I had two good titles actually three) for this photo:
- Lost in winter
- Looking for summer
- Which way to summer?
Ended up using the first one. What do you think?
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| Sharp (#1) |
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| Blurred (#2) |
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