ｨAn angel among the crowdｨ, a photo from マサチューセッツ, 北東部

Photographer's Note

We had just arrived in Boston and decided to find a place to park and enjoy the rest of the afternoon at Quincy Market. The atmosphere was very nice as street performances were held in each corner of the square. The place was filed with shoppers, parents with their kids, people eating outside, young enjoying their spring break... This cute little girl caugth my attention in the middle of everything, as she seemed absorbed in her dreams despite all the activity around her!

I used PS to blur more around her and highlight a litle her face. Once the day was quite cloudy the light was not very good.

Thanks for your comments.

ajujot, DrorAngkor, abhishek, zeca, cjmm has marked this note useful

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rafelito (3648) 2006-04-18 22:49 [Comment]

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ajujot (91) 2006-04-18 22:52

very very good focus.I really appreciate your talent...keep it up..

RADEEH (2802) 2006-04-18 23:23

Well focussed subject. The blur has made it surreal.
Wonderful capture Congtrats TFS

keribar (43841) 2006-04-19 2:46

Hello Flavia,

Like everybody I also appreciate the fact that the little angel ls quite sharp on the pictyre while others or a bit blurred. But I also appreciate that the frame is full of other faces with expressions and that nothing else spoils it. Izzet

dharbott (1894) 2006-04-19 5:18

The blur effect works really well here. Nice composition.
Well done.

feather (51130) 2006-04-19 6:46

She does seem to be lost in her own world and the surrounding blur has emphasised this well.
I might have considered a crop on the left, just behind the grandma to eliminate the black arm(?), but on the whole, good work.
Kath

kourosh (2346) 2006-04-19 7:44

interesting idea to blur out the people. the effect, however, can be seen clearly around the little girl.

DrorAngkor (164) 2006-04-19 12:21

Hi Flavia

Very beautifull composition . Excellent DOF and great capture !
I like how you used the dof to focus the eyes on the little girl.

Very well done !

donluicu (24741) 2006-04-20 18:13

Salut Flavia
ce cadrage, avec le focus sur la petite fille au milieu de la foule est excellent...
je te f駘icite. elle a l'air dans son monde...
bravo

loic
www.donluicu.book.fr

cjmm (4479) 2006-04-21 18:17

Ol� Flavia,

Gosto muito da manera en que conseguiste isolar o sujeto na imagem, tanto en t駻minos de foco como de luz.

Un imo final de semana para voc�!
Carlos

abhishek (288) 2006-04-23 4:32

Dunno bout the idea of blurring out but somehow the dreaminess of the girl still stands out! I wud have liked the dreamy face to be more prominent! I've tried a WS and posted. Hope u like it!!

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roamermark (1592) 2006-04-23 11:57

Flavia,
This is really an interesting photo. At first it seems too busy but then the sharp focus brings the viewers eye directly to your subject. A very nice shot.
Mark

zeca (19762) 2006-04-24 12:47

Excelente trabalho no foco, Fl疱ia! Bel﨎sima foto! Parab駭s pela execu鈬o e processamento!
Super qualidade! Gostei muito!
abra輟!
Zeca

fotobram (386) 2006-04-25 17:52

Yes, the blurring has the desired effect. It puts the attention on the girl, while still have the awareness of a crowd around her. Also it enhances the feeling of inertia. (I hope that's correct English)

chanjits (4460) 2006-04-28 20:23

Nice idea dear great PS work what impressed me lot is systematic blurring most of people do blind blurring in PS by just selecting their subject and then applying blur to rest of picture but you did marvelously by giving different amount of blur according to distance from your subject.

kensimage (8563) 2006-04-28 23:11

I think the blurring works well artistically, Flavia, and while it's detectible to us photographers who know that such selective focus is impossible, the rest of the world might never suspect the manipulation. But what's important is that it successfully puts the emphasis on the girl. One small suggestion--you might want to crop off some of the dark area at the left. Regards, Ken.

Didi (61589) 2006-05-02 12:37

Bonjour Flavia
Une composition tr鑚 int駻essante et je pense que l'id馥 est bonne pour avoir effectu� ume mise au point s駘ective en PP.
Cependant il aurait 騁� int駻essant de donner un soup輟n de lumi鑽e sur la jeune fille.
Je pense aussi que l'avnt-plan est un peu charg� sur les c駸.
Voir WS

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kclai (2267) 2006-05-03 3:08

Flavia, my friend.
You have the eye of capturing the "essential" needs in a photo, such as this interesting shot. While the adults mind about their world, this little girl was having the dream, a dream of all children dreams of.
And you did a good job by blurring the surrounding to make the attention to this little girl.
Cheers and good day, Flavia.
Eric Lai

surel (1056) 2007-01-24 12:47