Submitter's name:	James Kiker
Title:	Brother
Gear used:	OM-2n + 100/2.8
Diaphragm:	unrecorded
Shutter speed:	aperture-priority (actual speed unrecorded)
Film used:	Kodak T400CN chromogenic b/w film.
Technical information:	Early afternoon sun at subject's back. Used Epson 1200U to scan a print from this negative, and used GIMP to sharpen it slightly and convert it to jpg.
Subject information:	I had just finished a photo shoot with my siblings/spouses, from a tripod, using the self-timer. This photo was taken as my brother was walking up some stairs toward me. I had him stop for a second, and I snapped it handheld. His right shoulder is over-exposed in direct sunlight. There was the shady side of a building behind him, so that kept the background from being completely blown out. I think this shot exhibits good bokeh, but in-camera cropping that is a little too tight.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Even though I myself never shoot on black and white, I really like this style, great shot!

Comment left by: Barry Bean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

I don't think it's cropped too tight at all. Nice shot.

Comment left by: John Pendley (jpendley@mail.tds.net)

Despite the grabshot nature in an otherwise planned shoot, I like this portait. It's honest, and I feel I know him.

Comment left by: Charles Packard (packardc@hiwaay.net)

The bokeh is nice and the cropping is not too tight IMO. I think stepping the lens down one more f/stop would improve this image. Adding some DOF would bring more of the subject into focus and enhance the bokeh.

Comment left by: Eric Pederson (epederso@darkwing.uoregon.edu)

I love the cropping, expression and everything except the color/tonality. I've no experience with the C-41 B/W films, but perhaps the settings were wrong during the scan. This film is designed to print black and white with color processing, so should the film be scanned as color negative film to get the appropriate B/W values? On the other hand, maybe I'm just used to one look monochrome look and to a fresh eye the tones seem right on. Any other B/W photographers out there to lend an opinion?

Comment left by: Jason Hagman (jhagman@sbcglobal.net)

I think that this guy once tried to nail a poster to a wall using a can of red Krylon paint. Ouch!

Comment left by: Cody Kiker (the subject) (jckiker@gmail.com)

I was hanging a speaker, you peen.

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