homelessness (At Calvary Jesus says to Her, "Woman, behold Your son." (Jn 19:26) )

comments are welcome

I've seen a lot of pictures on the subject and they are nothing spectacular. But this one is the most aesthetically pleasing i've seen so far. has a dreamy feel to it too. well done!

great capture with very interesting post processing! please be kind enough to share the digital processing details. one of the best homeless pics i've seen!

Firs I converted the image to blac and white using Petteri's BW action... its still not perfect action, takes time to figure out, but it worth the try. I missed BW ever since I got my DSLR and this gave me back the joy of BW...

 

at the end of his explanation you can download the action:

http://194.100.88.243/petteri/pont/How_to/n_Digital_BW/n_Digital_BW/a_Digital_Black_and_White.html

 

 

So I tweaked the channels (red, blue, green) to get the feeling I was after, first by setting layer for film, then channel mixing the film. Then did the "setup darkroom" option, where I tweaked the dodging and soft light, and contrast and toning..

 

When I got the results I merged the layers, but something was not right.

 

I wanted to focus the attention to the subject even more. I was lucky since the texture on the wall was perefect to do the dodging, nothing hard. So I used the dodge tool set to 60 percent strength to midtones, and using large brush, and manually lightened the surroundings of the subject.

 

The poor man. Next to him is a milk bottle. I found that very odd, regarding the heavy alcohol use of these unfortunate human beings.

 

I dont really feel right to put this image up, I just wanted your opinion. Someone told me not to put it on the public space, because it is against the rights of the person whose face is recognizable. Since each country has different laws on photographing in the public I am really not sure if what I did with this post is right.

 

But the photo I really liked...

 

original photo:

 

This has a real feel to it. Apart from the carton in the left corner it could almost be timeless, from any point in the last 100 years.

even more amazing when first seeing the original! you have some great talent there! thanks for posting your process.

Great capture of humanity. I like the black & white version the best. It does have a timeless quality. - James

Very nice pose

Well done for the composition in this image...

Also thx for sharing an explanation on how you achived this succesful black and white tones which is not flat and full of detail.

Only thing i would have burned sightly is the wall...Just a bit though to eliminate the white and turn it grey..

HOWever well done

Jezus. Without the text you'r using you would get more than 7/7

Excellent PS work, this ROCKS

I realy like what you did, and show the original with it, the change you made is for me a 7/7.

 

Els

I?m wit Bilal.Good gob.

Look at how the outstretched leg leads you to his face and how the black dirt on the wall frames his face. Or perhaps the dirt is even emanating from him? This is simply excellent. Brilliant job.

a great image!!! very good the elaboration!!!

spectacular image.

Great Shot! Thanks for sharing the technical detail!

Simple yet striking. Makes you want to know the story of the guy. One of the best I saw lately. Congrats.

Very emotional Great shot.

Congratulations

Commendable work to reveal exquisite tonality.

Amazing transformation from the original. I have to give you 7/7, too.

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Wonderful digital darkroom job. Congrats.

outstanding work on this, it is truly timeless, thank you so much for sharing your technique on this, certainly must be your best shot at this point, wish it were mine

amazing choice of BW, i dont like the original shot but i love the BW, great capture