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The
Conversation
by Christine
Oliphant has been much admired on the i-witness Photo
Forum and helped her win the Pixel Trophy in the PDI Progress
competition 2011.
“Taken in the Portuguese
village of Barao de Sao Joao, a sleepy little village that
sits in the foothills of a National Park . The facade of this
bar/cafe is very interesting, great colours, good textures.
This was taken when the sun was quite high and the light very
harsh, but the canopy over the front of the building was
casting some great shadows. Candid street photography is not
my genre, but I did like the relaxed position of the man
smoking the cigarette, and thought the other guy was an
interesting character too, the dog was the bonus, as I felt he
tied the two characters together. A fairly fast shutter speed
ensured there was no movement in the characters. The walls of
the building are extremely vibrant in colour and highly
textured, and at the point of capture I did think that the
figures fought for attention with the backdrop, so always had
an idea that during post processing I would desaturate the
yellow and blues, and soften the textures in the walls, to
allow the characters to grab the viewers attention.
Taken with a Nikon D300s and a
Nikkor 16 – 85 VR lens @ f6.3, shutter speed 1/160 using a
circular polariser to cut down on the glare of the cobbles.”
Christine Oliphant |
