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was stopped at a red-light downtown philadelphia when i happened to look down a dark alley. light between buildings was hitting him just right. luckly i had my camera next to me and enough time to take it out of the bag and shot this before the light turned green. original was nothing spectacular, comments on the post processing are appreciated.

thanks for looking !

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Usually a picture like this wouldn't really tickle my fancy but that is pretty awesome. But he does look dead...

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Mironv said:
--This is not a homeless nor dead man its just a guy waiting in line
for D3.
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Mironv, thank you for finding the humour on a "sad" post. Are you sure he's not one of those guys not buying a D80 because the D90 "is around the corner"?

To the OP. This image makes me very uneasy. That is neither a good nor a bad thing... It just "plays" with my emotions.

As a composition I feel is OK. Knowing the circumstances under which you shot it, it is great. The selective colour work (I am assuming that is what you did) works very well.

Keep shooting! This thread, above else (for me), tells me I have to take the camera of the bag moire often ;)

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I think it is so sad that you would post a picture on this forum of a person who life is probably in shambles and you tried to take advantage of his misery. I have seen many homeless people here in New York and I would never raise my camera to take a picture of them. There are so many things wonderful things to take pictures of and it is a disgrace to see this.
 
Total bunk. The OP is not taking advantage of anyone, he is simply documenting the down side of the human condition. Save your self-righteous nonsense for another forum.

Rem
 
it is a sad image. a powerful one! this shot is effective because i feel uneasy looking at it (but watch out, not all images that make one feel uncomfortable is effective). there is no name or face shown--it should be ok.
 
Lowell Schechter said:
I think it is so sad that you would post a picture on this forum of a
person who life is probably in shambles and you tried to take
advantage of his misery. I have seen many homeless people here in New
York and I would never raise my camera to take a picture of them.
There are so many things wonderful things to take pictures of and it
is a disgrace to see this.
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Perhaps you should photograph them. Surely it is easier to ignore these people and pretend they aren't there than to make a disturbing photograph as the OP has done, raising awareness of the issue of homelessness in his own way.

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I've had that happen to me, i took a picture of what I thought was a sleeping homeless man only to later find out I took a picture of a corpse. Later substantiated by the presence of police and a coroners van, followed by more pictures..
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jcg878 said:
Perhaps you should photograph them. Surely it is easier to ignore
these people and pretend they aren't there than to make a disturbing
photograph as the OP has done, raising awareness of the issue of
homelessness in his own way.
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Precisely. And what are we do, Mr. Schechter, with Diane Arbus and the galaxy of other photographers who have spent their lives documenting the dark alleys of the human condition. Diane's subjects were known people who looked out at us from her photographs. They were often unhappy, sad---sometimes grotesque, human beings. Was Diane taking advantage of them? Was the Vietnam war photographer who took the famous picture of that poor little Vietnamese girl running down the road naked because her village had just been destroyed---was he taking advantage of her? I say again, total bunk. The only thing disgraceful here, Mr. Schechter, is your pathetic, transparent attempts to achieve some kind of moral superiority.

Rem
 
I invite you all to go out and take photographs of homeless people and see if they like it or not. Some of them are very dangerous and probably would not want there photos taken, and what if you are threatened with bodily harm with a knife or gun.

It is not just a matter of my righteous views it is a matter just leaving them alone. Haven't you read stories about homeless men attacking ordinary people on the streets

and homeless men and women attacking each other. Go ahead take your photos of these people at your own risk. And I don' t think Chosen one was worried about there plaight when he took the photo. I grew up in New York City and I have seen homeless people All the time. Especially when I used to work in the city years when they were called bums before they were called homeless. Its not like I don't care about them and they are going through some tough times, but if you are not a professional photographer on assignment doing a story on the pliaght of the homeless I would live them alone. Please don't give me stuff on Vietnam with that little girl that was a war time situation and these were paid photo journalist. With all my recent trips into New York City I have seen people taken photos of other things with the homeless who were certainly around them.
 
Lowell Schechter said:
I invite you all to go out and take photographs of homeless people
and see if they like it or not. Some of them are very dangerous and
probably would not want there photos taken, and what if you are
threatened with bodily harm with a knife or gun.
It is not just a matter of my righteous views it is a matter just
leaving them alone. Haven't you read stories about homeless men
attacking ordinary people on the streets
and homeless men and women attacking each other. Go ahead take your
photos of these people at your own risk. And I don' t think Chosen
one was worried about there plaight when he took the photo. I grew up
in New York City and I have seen homeless people All the time.
Especially when I used to work in the city years when they were
called bums before they were called homeless. Its not like I don't
care about them and they are going through some tough times, but if
you are not a professional photographer on assignment doing a story
on the pliaght of the homeless I would live them alone. Please don't
give me stuff on Vietnam with that little girl that was a war time
situation and these were paid photo journalist. With all my recent
trips into New York City I have seen people taken photos of other
things with the homeless who were certainly around them.
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Okay. I see what I'm dealing with here. I rest my case.

Rem
 
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