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The breakup (it's not you... it's me)



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3 Comments |
N1ckBaker
 
N1ckBaker June 26, 2016
Amazing shot and congrats on being a finalist !
firerae
firerae June 26, 2016
Thank you Izonfire!! :)
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susanneradke October 04, 2016
Great composition, great gallery with lots of good ideas!
firerae
firerae October 06, 2016
Thanks so much Susanne!
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Steve_PFB March 03, 2017
Superb shot
firerae
firerae March 03, 2017
†hanks Steve!
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Behind The Lens

Location

In Barcelona city. I was on a short weekend break, exploring this beautiful and vibrant city.

Time

Around midday.

Lighting

I used natural lighting, and felt that the sun was at in its best position, shining directly from above and casting some interesting lighting onto the scene below.

Equipment

Just a simple point and shoot camera! (Fujifilm finepix). No tripod. No flash.

Inspiration

Everything just flowed into place at once. It was pure coincidence that I visited that exact spot, at that time of day, and how the people were positioned.

Editing

Well to be honest, I was reluctant to post this image, as my old mac had died and dragged the original to the grave with it. I had to download this copy off a site I had previously used, but unfortunately the quality had been reduced. So I decided instead of trashing it, that I would make the image smaller and add more negative space around it. I was relatively satisfied with the overall look and feeling it conveyed for this particular scene.

In my camera bag

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Feedback

You don’t always need expensive camera gear, sometimes just being in the right place at the right time works well with any camera. A cliché yes, but any camera is better than no camera. Don’t throw away images that you think are great, but are low quality, try to revive and play around with them, then decide. Play with editing, make multiples of different edited copies, you can always go back if you not happy with the end product..have fun...be serious!!! Always keep a look out for interesting angles in nature, the small things, frames, shadows, light, faces and scenarios...take a step back to see if the picture ‘fits’ better. Use your imagination :)

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