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CHRIS PORSZ – STREET PHOTOGRAPHER

The camera never lies!

7/12/2011

7 Comments

 
 Street photography means that it  is often not possible to crop and compose at the time as  you  miss the shot, especially when shooting blindly from the chest as the one below was taken.  I do not see any problem with post editing although I try and get it right first time,  as I am hopeless at Photoshop and use jpegs with  Canon software.
 
Let me know what you think of my efforts below and does my editing improve the image or not. It did make me think how we take things at face value and forget about the tabloid  press  manipulation that can totally alter the meaning of an image.   
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Uncropped.
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Post editing.
7 Comments
Mark
7/12/2011 11:25:19 am

I like it uncropped (there's more context including the "no" in the "no smoking" sign but I like the black and white.

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Jim Cox link
7/12/2011 11:47:13 am

Love them both! If the cropped b&w had kept the word "NO" in it.....that would have been great, at least for me...The beauty of the street...No Rules!
Love your stuff,
Jim

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Simon Wallerstedt link
7/15/2011 03:10:50 am

No harm in cropping in my opinion, but I agree about the word "no". I would have kept it in the image.
Great stuff!

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Chris porsz
7/15/2011 03:29:21 am

Thanks Mark,Jim and Simon for taking the time. I guess I was trying to be more subtle by making the sign ambiguous. I think it is great that you can have a second bite of the cherry by editing. Thanks Chris.

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Tim Allen link
7/15/2011 03:37:26 am

Composition-wise I prefer the original but I think it would work better in black and white. I often crop shots because with street you rarely have time to compose exactly as you'd wish and I see no shame in it. I also straighten where needed.

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Mark Parry link
7/17/2011 06:33:33 am

I think the edit works as a stand alone portrait but it's totally different from the original which has the irony of the sign. They are two totally different images. I don't see anything wrong with cropping, particularly with street which as you say doesn't often allow composure time.

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Mary
11/12/2011 08:22:44 am

It sure looks bad for an old woman to smoke- shows me I need to quit! Great Picture!

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