I had some ideas for this that involved foggy weather, but unfortunately we didn't get any of that during this week. So on the last day of the challenge, I went with one of my backup ideas. At Olin Turville Park, the swings face the nice wooded area. With the sun filtering through the trees, this setup a nice shot for a single swinger (me), looking down in sorrow.
I like the emotion of the shot, but I'm not super fond of everything else. Due to not having L glass for the wide end, I resorted to using a blur brush to get a bit better depth of field. This was especially important for the grass, which had a number of annoying highlights from the sun hitting the side.
Post Processing:
* Crop
* Decrease exposure
* Increase Recovery
* Topaz B&W Effects
* White Balance
* Increase brightness
* Vignette
* Dodge the person
* Burn the bright part of the hair
* Burn the grass area
* Blur everything but the person
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG
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I almost did something similar to this with my daughter as the model. Great focus! Love the colors, it helps to portray that lonely feeling. Nicely executed.
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