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Here's another shot with the 70-200 f/2.8, but in this instance it doesn't much matter as this one is about the content not the tools.

And I know that this sort of shot isn't everyone's 'cup of tea', but I'd be interested to hear your thoughts nonetheless.

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12.19pm on 6/9/06
Canon 20D
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3x2 + people + urban
comment by Darren at 07:33 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

Wow, I like this one. :)

comment by Roger at 08:00 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

Looks like you have some dirt on your lens.

comment by wesley hargrove at 08:02 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

i love this lens, unfortunately it's a little out of my range being a poor college student like myself. i really like this picture too, the grimy-dirty feel adds so much to it. very cool man.

,wes

comment by bob at 08:19 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

So its Jade. The context to the girl is apparent. Nothing to say against. Good thorough work.

comment by Justin Blanton at 08:27 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

I really like it Dave. The faint, subtle outline of the girl is great.

comment by clarence at 08:32 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

The 20D has an easy sensor cleaning option, I like what Canon has done with the new 400D and its dust prevention. I can see a face in the right side of this image, but I like the processing here. Nice.

comment by Robert at 08:34 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

I think it works. Moody and urban, with the girl in a great position beside the checkmark (Nike swoosh?)

comment by scott at 08:54 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

Great image - it's very moody and the vaguely nun-like character obscured in the background is a nice touch.

comment by Arthur at 08:58 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

I’m not really one for urban photography, I must admit, but I do like the warm grey palette a lot.

comment by Christian Wiedel at 09:09 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

I like it. Quite different from what you usually post. I suppose you like your new toy? ;)

comment by Alistair - Digiphotology at 09:18 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

Yes, this is my sort of shot. The juxtaposition of the graffiti and the person is significant.

comment by Mary at 09:31 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

I like it. Is that a reflection, a very scratched up glass, or a poster of some sort? Either way, it works. I like the tones.

comment by nogger at 09:42 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

I dunno. I like the idea but something bugs me about it - possibly the girl walking out of the frame.

comment by John at 10:09 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

Interesting how the image forces the eye to explore and seek out. Nice. Like the toning.

comment by Gavin at 11:25 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

Awh I love this image. The girl in the background just makes it, really gives us the impression that she is actually named jade. Toning is perfect.

comment by m at 11:41 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

If that is Jade I hope you gave her a slap. Bloody vandal

comment by jezblog at 11:50 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2006

gritty......I prefer a bit of reality myself.......maybe most of your punters prefer slick but Im definetly on for more dark under belly of blackpool. This has an interesting depth for a long lens image ....even the writing appears to be on more than one plane.The scratching and visual grot.... the name..... the girl....cool combination

comment by Andy@PhotoChron at 02:07 AM (GMT) on 8 September, 2006

I wouldn't like this nearly as much if not for the image of the girl. She really makes the shot IMO. Nice.

comment by navin harish at 08:10 AM (GMT) on 8 September, 2006

Jade's Ok or mabe Jade "Just did it". Interesting shot

comment by Mike at 08:12 AM (GMT) on 8 September, 2006

I really like this image the content develops the more you look at it - surface scratches, shadowy figures and 'splodges' on the glass. Interesting tonality with the highlight behind the first letters of the name. Nice work.

comment by Lex at 09:47 AM (GMT) on 8 September, 2006

The colouring is perfect for the mood, depth of field is good, only slight criticism would be that the woman is walking out of the frame rather than into it. It'd be good to get a picture of the bus shelter(?) plastic (without the writing and against a clear background) and trying it as a layer on top of other pictures to get a simiar gritty effect.

I'm a Nikon user but I saw the Canon 70-200 2.8 in a shop window this morning, it's a monster.

comment by peter at 11:14 AM (GMT) on 8 September, 2006

If you ask me it's always the content and not the tool that is important, and luckily the tool seems to have extracted loads of detail, of which much probably much is lost in this web version. Anyway - I thinks it's a pretty good shot with many fines details to explore.

comment by djn1 at 06:46 PM (GMT) on 8 September, 2006

Thanks everyone.