The Young Fellow in the pub

Jono Slack · Jun 1, 2003

Just another candid shot - this time taken with the nikkor 17-35 AFS 1/100th at f2.8

This kid is not mine (he's the friend of a son - or the son of a friend, depending on how you want to look at it).

Lovely lad with a great sense of humour. Again, I've left the background in, it was a snap, and I wanted to keep the feel. It was taken with light coming in from a window, at 200 ISO.

I hope you like, any comments gratefully received.
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PerL · Jun 1, 2003

Nice to see a portrait full of life.
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Jason Busch · Jun 1, 2003

Jono,

Good candid. I can see humor and a little mischeviousness on the boy's face.

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Jeff Klofft · Jun 1, 2003

Jono Slack said:
Just another candid shot - this time taken with the nikkor 17-35
AFS 1/100th at f2.8

This kid is not mine (he's the friend of a son - or the son of a
friend, depending on how you want to look at it).

Lovely lad with a great sense of humour. Again, I've left the
background in, it was a snap, and I wanted to keep the feel. It was
taken with light coming in from a window, at 200 ISO.

I hope you like, any comments gratefully received.
--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

I like it too. What steps did you use to convert to B&W?

Jeff

mormegil · Jun 1, 2003

Jono,

Again, Great shot...

Well I just had a short look at your website, some of your shots are just simply breathtaking.

The Last two Portraits you have posted The one of the Lad here and the one with your father, both are great, specially because the "captured moment"... It looks out of live and not out of a studio, if you know what I mean.

Daniel

Yves P. · Jun 1, 2003

Very nice too. I prefered the old man, he has an incredible soul and I also liked the low key better.

Jono Slack said:
Just another candid shot - this time taken with the nikkor 17-35
AFS 1/100th at f2.8

This kid is not mine (he's the friend of a son - or the son of a
friend, depending on how you want to look at it).

Lovely lad with a great sense of humour. Again, I've left the
background in, it was a snap, and I wanted to keep the feel. It was
taken with light coming in from a window, at 200 ISO.

I hope you like, any comments gratefully received.
--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

--
Yves P.

http://www.pbase.com/kafrifelle
and
http://www.pbase.com/yves_p

Shadco · Jun 1, 2003

Jono Slack said:
Just another candid shot - this time taken with the nikkor 17-35
AFS 1/100th at f2.8

This kid is not mine (he's the friend of a son - or the son of a
friend, depending on how you want to look at it).

Lovely lad with a great sense of humour. Again, I've left the
background in, it was a snap, and I wanted to keep the feel. It was
taken with light coming in from a window, at 200 ISO.

I hope you like, any comments gratefully received.
--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

Sorry to say that one bears no resemblance to Peter Fonda.

but you seem to have mastered BW Portriats rather nicely.

Shad

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I don't know where I am now...

Jono Slack · Jun 2, 2003

Hi There
Yes - he's certainly full of life - nice kid
glad you liked the shot.

knd regards

PerL said:
Nice to see a portrait full of life.
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Jono Slack
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Jono Slack · Jun 2, 2003

Hi Jason

Thanks - he certainly is full of humour, and there is PLENTY of mischeviousness there as well - but shouldn't there be in a 14 year old?

hope you're well
kind regards
jono

Jason Busch said:
Jono,

Good candid. I can see humor and a little mischeviousness on the
boy's face.

--
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http://pub103.ezboard.com/bthedigitaldinguscommunity

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

Jono Slack · Jun 2, 2003

Jeffrey Klofft wrote:
Hi Jeff

I used the channel mixer in photoshop - about evens on the three channels I think. It usually seems to work okay.

kind regards
jon

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Jeff Klofft said:
I like it too. What steps did you use to convert to B&W?

Jeff

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Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

Jono Slack · Jun 2, 2003

HI there Daniel

mormegil said:
Jono,

Again, Great shot...

Well I just had a short look at your website, some of your shots
are just simply breathtaking.

Thanks - I'm about to a major rejig on it (but time is the problem).

mormegil said:
The Last two Portraits you have posted The one of the Lad here and
the one with your father, both are great, specially because the
"captured moment"... It looks out of live and not out of a studio,
if you know what I mean.

Well, it isn't in a studio! I have a special technique which involves sticking the lens in their faces and leaving it there until they laugh or get bored!

kind regards
jono slack

mormegil said:
Daniel

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http://www.slack.co.uk

Jono Slack · Jun 2, 2003

Hi Yves
Thanks for posting - I hope your nasty message leaver has given up.

I agree - the other is a better photo but I just liked the quirky expression on this kid.

hope you're well
kind regards
jono slack

Yves P. said:
Jono Slack said:

Just another candid shot - this time taken with the nikkor 17-35
AFS 1/100th at f2.8

This kid is not mine (he's the friend of a son - or the son of a
friend, depending on how you want to look at it).

Lovely lad with a great sense of humour. Again, I've left the
background in, it was a snap, and I wanted to keep the feel. It was
taken with light coming in from a window, at 200 ISO.

snip
I hope you like, any comments gratefully received.
--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

Click to expand...

--
Yves P.

http://www.pbase.com/kafrifelle
and
http://www.pbase.com/yves_p

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

Jono Slack · Jun 2, 2003

Shadco said:
Jono Slack said:

Just another candid shot - this time taken with the nikkor 17-35
AFS 1/100th at f2.8

This kid is not mine (he's the friend of a son - or the son of a
friend, depending on how you want to look at it).

Lovely lad with a great sense of humour. Again, I've left the
background in, it was a snap, and I wanted to keep the feel. It was
taken with light coming in from a window, at 200 ISO.

snip

I hope you like, any comments gratefully received.
--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

Click to expand...

Sorry to say that one bears no resemblance to Peter Fonda.

but you seem to have mastered BW Portriats rather nicely.

Shad

--
I knew where I was when I wrote this
I don't know where I am now...

Hi Shad

As you say, not henry fonda! As for mastering black and white portraits, I have a long way to go, but it's good fun trying - it really is always about the light though.

kind regards
jono slack
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Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

Marco Frissen · Jun 2, 2003

I love the look on his face, you can tell he can be very funny.
But overall the image looks a little bland.. lacking contrast.
This is a matter of taste, I guess, I like images to have more contrast.

great shot

Jono Slack · Jun 2, 2003

Hi Marco

I think this is probably a monitor issue (bane of my life). It has plenty contrast on my monitor, but needed lots of boosting for printing (go figure).

kind regards
jono slack

Marco Frissen said:
I love the look on his face, you can tell he can be very funny.
But overall the image looks a little bland.. lacking contrast.
This is a matter of taste, I guess, I like images to have more
contrast.

great shot

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

Leif Olstrup · Jun 2, 2003

Jono Slack said:
kind regards
jono slack

Marco Frissen said:

I love the look on his face, you can tell he can be very funny.
But overall the image looks a little bland.. lacking contrast.
This is a matter of taste, I guess, I like images to have more
contrast.

great shot

Click to expand...

I too wouild have given it more contrast. If you check the histogram, you will se, that there is almost two stops "empty" space at the highlight end (well, not entirely empty, but only highlights from the white in his eyes, which I would let burn out). I would "cut off" that "empty" space i levels and then increase contrast in curves (pull down the curve at the shadow end and leave the highlights where they are).

If the picture has plenty of contrast on your monitor, you should consider calibrating it.

But it is a very nice candid portrait, and I don't find anything wrong with it, that can't be fixed in less than a minute in NC or PS.

Jono Slack · Jun 2, 2003

Hi Leif

You are, of course, right - I can't hace done a levels check after converting (I usually do). Actually, some of that low level is the highlights on his forehead, but there's certainly more there to be had.

Thanks
kind regards
Jono

Leif Olstrup said:
Jono Slack said:

kind regards
jono slack

Marco Frissen said:

I love the look on his face, you can tell he can be very funny.
But overall the image looks a little bland.. lacking contrast.
This is a matter of taste, I guess, I like images to have more
contrast.

great shot

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

I too wouild have given it more contrast. If you check the
histogram, you will se, that there is almost two stops "empty"
space at the highlight end (well, not entirely empty, but only
highlights from the white in his eyes, which I would let burn out).
I would "cut off" that "empty" space i levels and then increase
contrast in curves (pull down the curve at the shadow end and leave
the highlights where they are).

If the picture has plenty of contrast on your monitor, you should
consider calibrating it.

But it is a very nice candid portrait, and I don't find anything
wrong with it, that can't be fixed in less than a minute in NC or
PS.

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

Wingspar · Jun 2, 2003

I used to do some free lance photography years ago. It was all B&W. Developed my own film, and did all my own printing. I learned from a master that a good B&W photo has white, black, and every shade of gray in between. Your photo does not. I would also crop out the part on the right of the photo that goes past the part of his shoulder on his left side. If not that, I would clone out that bright spot in the background.

This is not to say that the photo isn’t good. It’s a great capture, and that’s not easy to do. Thumbs up for that.

--
Gary
Will Fly for Food

Jono Slack · Jun 2, 2003

Hi Gary

My excuse is that I usually use a mac for post processing - on holiday I had to take a pc for work reasons, and I simply forgot to do the levels check after converting. I quite agree with you about the black and the white, and I was certainly at fault here.

As for the shoulder and the spot - of course, you're entitled to your opinion, but they were considered and intentional (the background was dealt with to some extent). I might not do it the same way again, but I was thinking about it when I did it!

But thanks for the comments - the best thing for me about posting shots here is to have to think hard again about ones original decisions.

kind regards
jono slack

Wingspar said:
I used to do some free lance photography years ago. It was all
B&W. Developed my own film, and did all my own printing. I
learned from a master that a good B&W photo has white, black, and
every shade of gray in between. Your photo does not. I would also
crop out the part on the right of the photo that goes past the part
of his shoulder on his left side. If not that, I would clone out
that bright spot in the background.

This is not to say that the photo isn’t good. It’s a great
capture, and that’s not easy to do. Thumbs up for that.

--
Gary
Will Fly for Food

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

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