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Published: 2005-08-29 05:46:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 695; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 78
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, gotham books in nyc, jun third I think...I shot this while I was waiting in line for him to sign my copy of coney island of the mind
My mom and a guy I work with, Dan, were there too. According to Dan, my mom saved Ferlinghetti's life. They were taking the elevator to go up to the second floor, and she jumped in front of the elevator door to stop it from hitting Ferlinghetti and saved him from potentaly very serious injuries, he is 86 years old.
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I put this under photomanipulation bc the original photo looks so different... its a medium size jpeg and I forgot to change the wb (its awfully yellow/red), extremely noisy. it looks horrible
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Comments: 22
Nomadling [2005-09-01 05:21:29 +0000 UTC]
I quite like the noise--I think it makes the photo look quite artistic. Lovely composition and framing.
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deboraprado In reply to 12inch [2005-09-01 18:15:55 +0000 UTC]
I didn't have enough space... ;(
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zerocomplex [2005-08-29 19:43:16 +0000 UTC]
Looks fantastic, like a shot of blue toner, great crop deb.
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deboraprado In reply to zerocomplex [2005-09-01 18:15:02 +0000 UTC]
cheers!
az iscam rakia ledna da pia
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gnj [2005-08-29 12:22:00 +0000 UTC]
great shot, i like that framing.
and manipulation does not mean anything here, cause it's a great shot anyway.
it looks like infrared film
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seasick [2005-08-29 10:08:31 +0000 UTC]
Nice image. I'd personally say that it's survived it's colo(u)r balance issues -> B&W conversion pretty well - the resultant portrait works well, even if the composition feels a little odd.
Hmm... the old always have so much more interesting faces than the young.
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FigoTheCat [2005-08-29 08:52:29 +0000 UTC]
its a strong portrait, very nice.. i don't understand the effect very well.. seems like a lot of the texture is softened away which is almost a shame... especially in the veins on his temple and the hairs of his beard.
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FigoTheCat In reply to FigoTheCat [2005-08-29 08:55:19 +0000 UTC]
oh, pardon me.. i just read the description well that's terribly unfortunate about the original quality.. i guess there isn't much you can do then. still a very nice portrait.
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deboraprado In reply to FigoTheCat [2005-09-01 18:09:26 +0000 UTC]
too much wine, I didn't even look at the camera settings...
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FigoTheCat In reply to deboraprado [2005-09-01 19:44:39 +0000 UTC]
too much, just enough? its a matter of opinion
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alfrancis [2005-08-29 08:22:21 +0000 UTC]
glorious photo. so statuesque... lovely lovely lovely....
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