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I posted five shots from last year's Blackpool Pride festival, but will only be posting two this year. I think I probably prefer the next one, but this is the definitely the more unusual of the two, both in terms of content and processing.

And my apologies for not posting much recently, but things have been extremely hectic. All being well I should get back to posting more regularly soon.

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12.41pm on 19/5/07
Canon 5D
EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
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people [portraiture] + no print
comment by Laura at 09:28 PM (GMT) on 19 May, 2007

I like the picture very much. Too bad the (wo)man isn't looking in to the camera. The weather doesn't look that good by the way ;)

comment by rambohoho at 10:19 PM (GMT) on 19 May, 2007

is she a man or is he a woman??

comment by richard at 10:20 PM (GMT) on 19 May, 2007

Hitting F11 on my keyboard is a first on your site David (I think) Agreed, It looks by exif
that the day looked rather grim for photos.

PS Got my JPGMAG yesterday. Congrats on making the issue.

comment by Jennifer at 10:45 PM (GMT) on 19 May, 2007

Hello stranger - but (s)he's stranger! Love the desaturated background - emphasises the colourfulness of the subject.

comment by macroni at 10:53 PM (GMT) on 19 May, 2007

That's a dude dudes! look at his wrist.
I agree with Jennifer, I too like the desaturated background.

comment by Joseph at 10:55 PM (GMT) on 19 May, 2007

I'm not sure if I like the desaturated background to be honest david, but it is nice to have you back, and the picture is quite funny, and very confusing :) I hope things calm down for you.
Joseph

comment by Mark Palmer at 01:30 AM (GMT) on 20 May, 2007

only in blackpool :D

comment by Keith De-Lin at 02:42 AM (GMT) on 20 May, 2007

fabulous.

comment by 西皮士 at 05:32 AM (GMT) on 20 May, 2007

很久没见过你的好图了!你复活了!

comment by David Chabashvili at 06:42 AM (GMT) on 20 May, 2007

This is some character! Great job on capturing a good movement phase ! The sign rocks :)

comment by John at 09:31 AM (GMT) on 20 May, 2007

I love the image content Dave, although not too sure about the desaturated background. That is probably because it reminds me of the days when wedding photographers used to wow couples with this sort of technique.
It certainly does make him/her alienated from the world, and it would be interesting to know if that's how he/she would want to be portrayed.
Did you use the technique for this purpose - or was it mainly to draw attention to the colour.
Either way it is a compelling image - good work ;-)

comment by Richard Trim at 12:15 PM (GMT) on 20 May, 2007

The desaturation certainly keeps ''desp' housewife'' seperate from the reality of the moment. Sort of provides an ''in your face feel''. I think that that can be put down to team work ..Well done both guys.
Responding to Laura's comment ...maybe DjN was flirting too much. Too much protracted eye contact David! ... Ha

comment by Paulo Jorge Oliveira at 05:22 PM (GMT) on 20 May, 2007

Great shot and great work!

comment by Jordan Meeter at 05:30 PM (GMT) on 20 May, 2007

Interesting, man or woman?

comment by jelb at 12:54 AM (GMT) on 21 May, 2007

Bonjour,
Funny shot..Wonderful portrait..Bravo!

comment by geckonia at 06:57 AM (GMT) on 21 May, 2007

*snort* I gotta hand it to him... He's got great legs!

comment by max sauter at 08:16 AM (GMT) on 21 May, 2007

muahahaha
elle est terrible celle-là!
love it!!!!!

comment by riesenriel at 08:38 AM (GMT) on 21 May, 2007

A brilliant capture! ;-)

comment by pierre at 11:54 AM (GMT) on 21 May, 2007

hahaha, this is fantastic

comment by djn1 at 12:38 PM (GMT) on 21 May, 2007

Thanks everyone, and this is a man, which I thought was fairly obvious ;-)

As for the desaturation: this is partially a consequence of the fact that I lowered the contrast for the background – it was too distracting in the original.

comment by mooch at 12:49 PM (GMT) on 21 May, 2007

Image, made by that badge.

Come over here and give us a nice big kiss.

*shiver*

comment by Tessa at 01:09 PM (GMT) on 21 May, 2007

both the photo and the housewife are genious :-)

comment by Alice at 02:56 PM (GMT) on 21 May, 2007

Great shot. I like the selective desaturation and the way the subject isn't looking at the camera. Gives a somewhat lonely feel to the photo. Nice work.

comment by Daniel at 07:05 AM (GMT) on 22 May, 2007

LOL. Omg what is that?

comment by peter at 08:50 AM (GMT) on 22 May, 2007

I'm not too sure about the processing. With such a 'unique' subject I don't think you need to do much more. Perhaps a straight black and white version would be better?

comment by P.J. at 05:51 PM (GMT) on 22 May, 2007

What I like about this one is the faded, old-school look to the background. An excellent idea.

comment by Jessica at 08:38 AM (GMT) on 24 May, 2007

I really love this photo. I wouldn't change a thing about it, post-processing included.

comment by Jeremy at 08:36 PM (GMT) on 25 May, 2007

Hilarious!

comment by Pilar at 12:38 PM (GMT) on 12 June, 2007

Is lovely!!!

comment by Marten Veldthuis at 02:07 PM (GMT) on 30 December, 2007

A flash at 1/2000th of a second? Isn't that way beyond the maximum sync speed?