so i’ll be first again and again :P

great photo :)

I love this capture. Great.

This is like: Hey! Look here! And a snap for a commercial thingie. Great.

it's cool - i think you caught him JUST at that moment when he too hit the shutter :p

Great capture, I wonder how his picture of you with yer 20D round your neck came out :) whats the essence of the pp you are doing on these pics from the far east. They have a interesting quality to them, the texture of them is really unreal, I don't know if its something to do with messing with the contrast, and channels blah blah...what is it!

Lovely capture....the title is what I really liked...made me smile...:)

smile, youre on candid camera

I'm not sure about this one. It has amateur, point and shoot feel.

I've loved the processing you've been using lately and this is no exception, please do tell how this has been done. - [Chuks]

Well , i luv the pic like the others ... I hope that someday i could be so good like you. And Diego , if u look in my blog i put the credits of the pics...
Oh yeah , By the way... i used ur pics im weblog with your link... if u dont wanna it please tell me and i will take off all then. I just put cause i love ur pics and sometimes they inspire me to write..

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Monday, 31st of October 2005 21:18:40
joe
why don't you ever say anything productive on chromasia, but rather, "oooh lookey, I'm first!"
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joe: and where is your comment? I can't see any (in this photo) of your words. Writting "i'm first (...) again" i'm surprised that i'm one of the first person watching that photo. That's it. I might write "what a sweet pandas" or write about that japanese man whole book, but what for? another sweet post? i ask what for? david knows that his photos are great i outstanding, so please don't tell me what should i write!

I'm with Sanjin with that one. It looks like a quick snapshot. Some snapshot can be great, but this one ... Busy background, again your toning is kind of flat (I'm not very found of your late toning ...) and the sepia look is kind of boring after a hwile in my mind ... Why don't you go back to 'real' black and white ?? As far as the subject goes ... I don't know. Doesn't really tell a story,, doesn't really insprire ...
Very average picture imho ...

Fred @ 400iso.com

How did you get this black so pure?

Nice contrast

I'm wondering why all but two of the Chinese shots are toned conversions. Why not colour? It just seems like a large ratio of the shots ina normal context. Was there something with the colour of all of them (air pollution maybe) that made it appropriate to convert? Or is it just your current preference?

Chinese not japanese... sorry :)

I like it! I know ive asked this before, but I never got an answer...how do you do the toning in Photoshop? Its a brownish color...not quite sepia or black and white.

hahahaha very nice capture! I always love this type of tones, very nice.

Fred (and Sanjin): I like this shot. Agreed, it's not the most striking of portraits, but I do like it: a) because it captures the moment (and I guess that's the 'story' that I'd like this one to tell), b) because I like his smile, c) I like the way he's holding the camera, and d) there's something about the contrast between him and the background that I like. Yes, sure, it's a snapshot, but it's one that works for me. As for 'real' black and white: in this case it seemed too 'cold'.

ps, joe, Luna and Diego: don't mind me, just argue among yourselves ;-)

Dan/Chuks/Fellow Eskimo: the toning is done with the Curves tool. Try adjusting the mid-points of the red, green and blue channels. For a sepia-like look boost the red and green channels (the red more than the green) and drop the blue channel a little. The amount of adjustment you need to make varies from shot to shot.

Geoff: it was an overcast day (almost smog-like) and I've preferred the toned/B&W versions to colour ones. I have one more shot to put up, and that's also a (slightly) toned one.

Not one of your best portraits but without a doubt one of the most well balanced. There's something in the composition that really caught my atention.

The "decisive moment" if you will.
I agree with everyone else - the contrast is just stunning.

I'm coming back to this comment page where everybody is in awe for the toning ... I'm wondering if I'm missing something. For me, it's noting special and rather flat. This muddish color doesn't really work for me ... Maybe because I'm used to your colorful picture, plenty of saturation which pop right out of my screen ... ? Maybe because I like classic black and white (Cf. my own photoblog) without toning ?

I don't know ... But I feel disturbed by all these applause for the toning.

Fred @ 400iso.com

How interesting.

Fred: one thing I did notice about the toning of this one is that it definitely looks better if you view it against the black theme. With a white matte (the white theme) I agree, the background does look a bit flat and the colour is rather a muddy brown. Against the black (which is the way I tend to view chromasia most of the time) I think it's a much stronger shot.

This is really nice DJ -- made me smile...

"... and after all, we're only ordinary men." Great photo, I can see from his face that he's trying to concentrate. I really like the feel of this image, something very relaxing about it.

very sharp, it almost seems like a commercial or something.

this one's stunning :)
seems like ur nowadays, anto color and pro-sepia or pro-b/w. its good watever!
keep clicking :)

i digg it. there is something cool about this shot and i think it has alot to do with the personality of the guy behind the camera... and not so much a bout the post prosessing.

Another great photo to add to your collection!

I only have a lowly Olympus Mju 400 but am attempting to take some nice shots. Is there any chance that you might do a bit of a 'masterclass' on oart of your site?

You are always talking about adjusting the curves etc, but I'm afraid I haven't the foggiest what you're talking about!

I was thinking you could post several stages of the same image to demonstrate how you get theses fabulous tones and 'highlight' certain features (like your daughters eyes for example)

This is just a thought, but some guidance from the master would be great :)

File me under the "fan of your toning lately" category. I find it unique, and in a world of a million photoblogs, that's something right there.

Thanks for photoblogging.

not the best.

love your other stuff though.

I just like the 2:1 format. Not enough panoramas being shot these days... ;)

Thanks everyone.

I dig it. The black and white is great and the crop is cool too.

I like the way his camera tilts at the same angle as the horizon ...

I have to disagree with Fred about the flatness of the image. IMHO the image has a great tonal range. Pretty much ideal for a fine art print. The graduallyu darkening sky and the neutral, smooth color of the sky make the guy in the foreground really pop out at you.

AE