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[mblanton]

I was taking a few candid portraits at work when I saw my co-worker in the doorway smoking. I tripped the shutter at just the right second to catch him exhaling. I cropped the original image in PS and then added a filter called bad dream. I really like it. What do you think.

http://www.pbase.com/mblanton/image/38861757/original

Mike

[MackRoe]

Its got great clarity and color, and I like the concept, if for no other reason than to show how totally asinine and ridiculous it looks for something like "smoke" to be issuing forth from a human being. Good job...Mackroe

[ChP]

That is great! The filter worked well with the (leather?) jacket. I like the smoke a lot, it gives the photo meaning. If I could change one thing (and this is very minor and in this scenario not possible) the hat would be tipped forward more and his ear would be a little less red.

nice shot, especially for a candid.

[mblanton]

Thank you guys for the compliments. I read about the filter on the post-processing board, so visiting this site is teaching me alot.

Mike

[roanjohn]

I would convert this shot to B&W, the blue on the hat is very distracting.

Ro1

[V6GTO]

And I think that the shot would be improved a lot by losing a couple of inches top and bottom. Nice shot though.

Martin.

[mblanton]

I actually made two copies of this image: one like you saw if you followed the link and another in black and white, which I havent uploaded yet.

Mike