Contender: Nicholas Mele

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Photographer:
Nicholas Mele

Where are you based?
Washington, D.C.

When did you take the photograph?
April 2006

What equipment did you use?
Hasselblad 500c, Nikon Coolscan 9000

Please describe how you got this photo?
It was a spur of the moment photograph.  I saw the perfect combination of location, subject, available lighting, and equipment.  It was taken with 120mm film in low light, with a tripod.

Did you use any special techniques?
In post production, I like to add a vignetting to a lot of my photographs in order to really focus the viewers attention on the subject and keep his/her eyes from leaving the frame.