Urban Cowboy

Posted by Luis A. De Jesus R. (Mexico City, Mexico) on 1 June 2008 in People & Portrait.

Decided to HDR this one because of all the silver makeup the guy had on him.

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Comments (9)

Nataly from Santa Monica, United States

If this is HDR, it is very well done, Luis. There are too many images as I now understand where this process is being abused. I even developed a negative opinion about this method. But with this image you prove otherwise. Nice composition as well as a good capture. One thing I am not sure about that I keep staring at is the vignetting on the right side. Makes the frame a bit unbalanced. But it might`ve been your intention... walking towards the darker side?

1 Jun 2008 5:59am

@Nataly: Thanks Nataly. I have my qualms with HDR too. If you go to Flickr you will find plenty there and it tends to be the most popular. Anyhow, I use it sparingly and depending on the subject as well as what I am in the mood for when I see the image at the time of editing. It also depends on what I want to convey. The dark corners are on purpose to keep the site towards the center as much as possible. I do it in some images and it depends on what is going on in the composition. Especially in my street photography as there is little I can control when it comes to people, things, objects, etc.

Thanks for the constructive critique. A solution to the problem you are experiencing with the distraction may be a tighter crop, but I would need to explore this. It's amazing what that could do.

Thanks for dropping by, too.

MahGol from Tehran, Iran

very good color mode and a brilliat capture.

1 Jun 2008 6:28am

@MahGol: Thanks!!

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

It works well. the image is dynamic and mesmerizing.

1 Jun 2008 11:51am

@Michael Skorulski: Michael, thanks for dropping by. Nice of you to comment.

zOOm from Paris, France

You're very creative, it really looks as if this one has been juxtaposed on the background ! truly astonishing 3D effect ! This silvered cow-boy has such an expression ! Great HDR work here ! Bravo !

1 Jun 2008 12:52pm

@zOOm: Zoom, a very odd image and not comment to be applied for HDR as many use it for wide urban or landscape work. Some friends here in Mexico got me doing this with people. Very interesting what can be achieved.

daina from United States

Terrific expression and use of shallow depth of field - nice work.

1 Jun 2008 2:16pm

@daina: I was concerned about the very shallow depth of field as the bokeh is not as soft as I would like. Thanks for pointing it out, and thanks for dropping by.

aLv|N from Melbourne, Australia

very very cool!

2 Jun 2008 2:37am

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Very judicious use of the technique - and a fine portrait is the result.

3 Jun 2008 3:31am

Margie from Auckland, New Zealand

I was really surprised that HDR was used with this photo, I'm not such a fan of it but the way you've used it here...wow!

4 Jun 2008 6:00am

@Margie: Margie, yes it is odd, but I've been tempted several times to go HDR with such photos and the truth is doesn't always work. Glad it did here. Cheers!

Simon Brauer from Ecuador

Excelente Trabajo , en general todas las imagenes son muy buenas.

11 Jun 2008 1:40am

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