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Save private Izdryk (Portret of Izdryk the writer)

Save private Izdryk (Portret of Izdryk the writer)

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Aperture f/10.0 ISO 1250 Shutter 1/40 Focal Length 1350/10

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Apr, 2015

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Awards

Action Award

Zenith Award

Creative Winter Award

Curator's Selection

Top Shot Award 21

Legendary Award

Staff Winter Selection 2015

Outstanding Creativity

+15

Absolute Masterpiece

+10

Superb Composition

Top Choice

Peer Award

Exceptional Contrast

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 2

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 30 rank

Top 30 rank week 3

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Top 20 rank week 1

Top 30 rank week 1

Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in one of city yards in downtown of my hometown Ivano-Frankivs'k. We were making some quick photoes for Ukrainian writer, artist and editor Yuriy Izdryk and he spontaneously took a piece of dirty broken glass.

Time

It was near 5 pm, in early april.

Lighting

Lighting? Nothing special - just nature ambient light in shadow of a building. The most interesting thing, that not me, photographer, was managing session, but Mr. Izdryk. He perfomed like a pro model. Changed poses, mimics, took different garbage from ground just every 10 seconds. I hardly have time for autofocus and frame him :-) This picture was a simple reporter portret and i didn't pay attention to it, until my friend, Tetyana Pavlyk recommended me to make a strong developement from RAW. And then this picture won a national bienale "Portret" in 2013. It won second prize and silver medal.

Equipment

This was shot with my old Nikon D80 and simple kit lens 18-135 f/3.5-5.6 in auto mode.

Inspiration

I know Yuriy Izdryk for many years and he is very outstanding creative person. When he started playing a role of photo model I can't stop shooting him :-)

Editing

All my developing I do in Adobe Lightroom. So, there is a lot of clarity, three gradient filters: yellow for top and blue on piece of glass and darkening for top of frame, and stong black viniette.All gradient with additional clarity. Also - changed color balance and patched colors and added split toning with dirty bule for shadows yellow-green for highlights. I have uploaded screenshots of lightroom setting to my google drive, so you are welcome use it for article. folder with original undeveloped incamera JPG and Lightroom developement screenshots: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7jEhgMD96vmTG1OVTdkS3l5MVU

In my camera bag

Usually i shoot with Nikon D7000 and Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 Additionally i use Nikkor 10.5 fisheye f/2.8 for interiors and Nikkor 80-200 f/3.5-5.6 Also i use big and stable Manfrotto 190L, panoramic head Nodal Ninja 3 for spherical panoramas and Manfrotto video head MVH500AH.

Feedback

Don't be afraid of shooting lot of garbage :-) some day you maybe find something interesting among silly pictures :-) I do always return to my sessions after year or more and review my archives for some diamonds. This picture is one of such cases - after 5 years it got national photo prize and all that time i didn't pay attention to it. And also - show your pics to collegues. Another person will see it from another angle and may find new amotions, other than yours.

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