Paris Pianist
Jul, 2013Views
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Action Award
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Zenith Award
Creative Winter Award
Curator's Selection
Top Shot Award 21
Runner Up in City Life Photo Contest By Animoto
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Krishna_Kumar
August 08, 2013
Wow, amazing shot! Love the ghost images of people depicting passage of time. Very creative and original. Great work, congrats on being featured!
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hotpixel
August 08, 2013
Wow !! This is wonderful... ghosts are in the pic... how very creative... congrats on your feature (:
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cherrib
August 08, 2013
Many congrats, I'm there, in the front (mind's eye because your capture allows that) ~ ;_>)
lisawiza
August 08, 2013
really love what you did with this image. very clever idea. congrats on the feature :)
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thomasleibreich
August 09, 2013
THANK YOU EVERYONE!! AS A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENT ITS MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT MAKE ME HOPEFUL IN MY FUTURE IN THE FIELD, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL HAVE SAID!!
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debcoimages
October 05, 2013
Wonderful image and a well deserved winner. Creative and well executed. Congratulations Thomas.
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Behind The Lens
Location
I took this photo from one of the balconies of the Opera Garnier in Paris, France.Time
I took the photo in the late afternoon so the street would be busy with tourists, and I could get a nice crowd movement.Lighting
It was a sunny day in Paris which allowed me to take a lot of successive shots to make up this photo.Equipment
I shot handheld with a 5D mark ii and a 24-70 f/2.8.Inspiration
I had been trying to figure out a way to catch the movement of a crowd around a street performer, especially in Paris where you get a mix of tourists and onlookers, but also people in a hurry to get somewhere. This was one of my favorite attempts because I had a good crowd and a good vantage point.Editing
This involved a good amount of post. Being rather limited on equipment, I have no ND filters, so to remedy this I took around 30 shots of the crowd moving through the pianists performance. Afterwards I opened each of them as layers and played with the opacity of each until I got close to the "ghosts" effect I wanted. then a little bit of masking here and there, some adjustment layers and we have what you see here.In my camera bag
Usually in my daily gear is my 5d mark ii a 24-70 and a 70-200. Although recently having bought a sony a6000 I have been much more prone to taking that little guy around because its so much fun.Feedback
I think anyone who wants to get something similar should look for a crowd with people moving at different speeds and preferably some static, take a lot of shots, dont move too much, or if you have the luxury use an ND filter and a tripod! :)
