Street santa
I found this guy in a back alley siting on the sidewalk with another friend of his. The were a bit drunk but very friendly and asked me if I could take some photos of them. He asked me several times if I had a microphone because he really wanted to give an interview. After we talked a little about politics and world economy :)) I gave them some change and left them arguing how should they split the money. They were homeless but happy!
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Klaus Jensen 1 year ago
very very nice. Beautiful editing and a great portrait.
Aziz Abbasi 2 years ago
So very well done !
Pierre Pageau 2 years ago
félicitations .
J. Pleus 2 years ago
this is just good!
Dan Comaniciu 2 years ago
excelent
Milos Markelj 2 years ago
Nice portrait
Mirjam Duizendstra 2 years ago
Very, very good!!
Giorgio  Thanks Mirjam.
Giorgio 3 years ago
@bobdel & fjellfant: Silver Efex PRO plugin, curves, levels, gradient map and a very small amount of shadow/highlight to recover some detail on the nose. All done in PSCS3. Only ambient light was used and of course the 50mm f/1.8 II which is a great lens if you get to know how to use it. EXIF: f/2.8, 1/400s, ISO 200.
bobdel  Wow! Great. Thank you. I have Nik plug-ins as well. Did you use Silver Efex Pro to desaturate the image? I'm guessing that the color that is there is from a second layer and that Silver Efex layer's opacity was less than 100%, correct? Thanks again, I learned a great deal from your image, which is simply wonderful.
fjellfant 3 years ago
Wooow... fantastic photo! What post processing technique have you used her? Wonderful tones!
Claudio Solera 3 years ago
Chapeau! Ciao,Claudio.
Giorgio  Grazie ;)
bobdel 3 years ago
This is a stunning photograph and I congratulate the photographer. I hope this isn't out of line, but I'd really like to learn more about how elements of this style are accomplished during post processing. I don't even know how to begin to create a look like this and would treasure any clues whatsoever on how to learn this technique. Thank you very much!
MrsTregs 3 years ago
What a beautiful portrait and character study. Fascinating.
Giorgio  Thanks.
Cheron 3 years ago
Great portrait !
SandraU. 3 years ago
fantastic portrait.
marius grozea 3 years ago
excellent!
Giorgio  Multumesc.
Altan09 3 years ago
Fantastic portrait! Full of life.
Giorgio  Thanks Altan.
Jerzy Wilinski 3 years ago
Very old theme and very modern quality. Beautiful portrait.
Giorgio  Thank you Jerzy.
gerard sexton 3 years ago
Brilliant full of life!
Giorgio  Thanks Gerard.
Monique 3 years ago
good one
Giorgio  Thanks Monique.
Vlad Dumitrescu 3 years ago
minunata! felicitari! :o)
Giorgio  Mersi Vlad.
photographiste 3 years ago
Great portrait
Giorgio  Thank you.
Alex OBrien 3 years ago
Superb portrait, love it!
Giorgio  Thank you Alex.
Zivko Risteski 3 years ago
bravo
Giorgio  Thanks Zivko.
Wiktor Klette 3 years ago
Very strong portrait, Giorgio.
Giorgio  Thanks Wiktor.
Robert 3 years ago
Very good portrait Giorgio!

Robert
Giorgio  Thank you Robert.
Judy W 3 years ago
You just can't get much better than this. BRAVO
Giorgio  Hey Judy! I hope this is just the beginning. :P
Patricia Sweeney 3 years ago
what a face and so well captured and understood.
Giorgio  Thanks. I tried my best.
Sameet A. Ahmed 3 years ago
Wow, this is great.
Giorgio  Thanks Sameet.
fabio giannelli 3 years ago
wonderful work, seems real !!
Giorgio  Thank you. It's as real as you can get. Even though they were homeless they seemed to be very happy and careless.
Andre du Plessis 3 years ago
Super portrait Giorgio. You have made him look beautiful.
Giorgio  Thanks Andre.
Uriel Reyes 3 years ago
Very emotional portrait. :)
Giorgio  Thank you Uriel.
cronos12000 3 years ago
a beautiful portraiture my friend. All good!
Giorgio  Thank you!
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Equipment
Canon EOS 400D + 50mm f/1.8 II
Location
Cluj-Napoca
Date
2009.09.
Tags
STREET, WISE, SANTA
Unique views
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Comments
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Category
Portrait
 
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