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Published: 2007-09-16 16:49:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 899; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 17
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Description This was a regular day shot in full colour - I fiddled with the red colour slider in the black&white setting in photoshop to get the very dark tones on the subject, and duotoned the image (only very slightly) too.
[The shot was taken in the north of Iran in the Caspian Sea, and the guy in the photo is Aref, a friend living there. Despite the photoshoping, this isn't a manip in the sense that he is actually standing there in the water.]

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Comments: 34

almiller [2008-07-20 20:53:07 +0000 UTC]

Great shot mate!!!!

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fotocraft In reply to almiller [2008-07-21 22:25:05 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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haikman [2008-07-08 23:46:02 +0000 UTC]

immense...the scale is stunning

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fotocraft In reply to haikman [2008-07-09 00:13:43 +0000 UTC]

thank you kindly

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LadyAnubis [2007-10-04 22:10:30 +0000 UTC]



I have featured this beautiful work in my journal...

[link]

I hope You like it...

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fotocraft In reply to LadyAnubis [2007-10-05 22:28:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. Very kind of you.

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LadyAnubis In reply to fotocraft [2007-10-07 17:55:40 +0000 UTC]

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LadyAnubis [2007-09-30 18:36:43 +0000 UTC]



IMPRESSIVE photographic work...
Well done...
Really...


Thank You for sharing it...



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starrysurrealism [2007-09-23 20:36:54 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful shot... I like the contrast of this... very beautiful!

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Baculus-Rising [2007-09-23 11:07:56 +0000 UTC]

It works really well. I like the composition of this better than my own.

Good luck with the competition

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fotocraft In reply to Baculus-Rising [2007-09-23 11:11:05 +0000 UTC]

I wouldn't agree, but thanks it means a lot

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s3mmy [2007-09-20 20:56:08 +0000 UTC]

good shot. i like the dof. success at the contest. i'm participating too

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fotocraft In reply to s3mmy [2007-09-20 21:27:14 +0000 UTC]

thanks for that . Good luck yourself!

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s3mmy In reply to fotocraft [2007-09-21 11:31:25 +0000 UTC]

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toQDuj [2007-09-19 19:40:54 +0000 UTC]

Good shot. With that contrast, it could even be oil that he's walking out of. How did you manage that depth of field though? A lens with a very high diaphragm opening, perhaps? Tilt-and-shift lens?

B.

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toQDuj In reply to toQDuj [2007-09-19 19:42:18 +0000 UTC]

Aaaa. I see :/. forgive me my rashness, I didn't notice it was actually a plastic figurine . That brings a lot of things in perspective. (pun intended)

B.

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fotocraft In reply to toQDuj [2007-09-19 20:53:34 +0000 UTC]

hehe, sorry but it's not a figurine. That's a shot of a friend at the beach. Messed with the red colour levels to get the dark black. And as for the depth of field you're right, it's tilt and shift - not with the camera itself, but with photoshop to get the same effect.

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toQDuj In reply to fotocraft [2007-09-20 14:07:58 +0000 UTC]

PerfecT!. all the more reason for a +fav . I didn't know you could simulate tilt and shift with photoshop.

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fotocraft In reply to toQDuj [2007-09-20 17:24:12 +0000 UTC]

thanks for that . you can pull off tilt and shift by using a mask (best to do with the gradient tool set to "reflective gradient) then using the lens blur filter and tweaking it until you have the desired effect. Only learned to do this very recently myself and this photo is my first stab at it, though i have a feeling i'll be using it more in future.

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DiomedesZX [2007-09-18 13:49:10 +0000 UTC]

very interesting depth of field. I like this.

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fotocraft In reply to DiomedesZX [2007-09-18 15:50:58 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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reactivatezul [2007-09-17 13:06:11 +0000 UTC]

::: beautiful shot!!! ~ ReActivate

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fotocraft In reply to reactivatezul [2007-09-17 13:24:17 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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diablo2097 [2007-09-17 08:56:15 +0000 UTC]

nice pic dude... love the simplistic ones

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fotocraft In reply to diablo2097 [2007-09-17 09:02:33 +0000 UTC]

thanks .

dunno if it's just me though, but it's the simple ones that seem to be the hardest to get right...

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Achello [2007-09-16 22:11:47 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful. such feeling. great shot!

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fotocraft In reply to Achello [2007-09-17 03:38:51 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much

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myoung4828 [2007-09-16 17:00:31 +0000 UTC]

there is a white patch on his right side....interesting...the image def has a feeling to it..solitude....or walking back to shore (normal life) and the sadness that can bring

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fotocraft In reply to myoung4828 [2007-09-16 17:13:40 +0000 UTC]

thanks for pointing that out. all fixed now . Thanks for the comment (oh and i forgot, thanks for the favourite on "last wave goodbye"). Cheers.

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Anthony-Freedom [2007-09-16 16:54:41 +0000 UTC]

Completely different? )))) I think it's in your style He seems to be
Completely exhausted

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fotocraft In reply to Anthony-Freedom [2007-09-16 17:19:52 +0000 UTC]

hehe, thanks. I think i'm far too new at this to have my own style just yet though (only started photography in july). Maybe in a few years or so...

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Anthony-Freedom In reply to fotocraft [2007-09-16 17:39:26 +0000 UTC]

you know.. your photos are not simple snapshots, as most newbies are doing, but have much inside, are fairly thought over, that's why i've said so ))

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fotocraft In reply to Anthony-Freedom [2007-09-16 17:58:22 +0000 UTC]

well thanks that means a lot

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badeente [2007-09-16 16:52:12 +0000 UTC]

nice shot! I like it.

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