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giantmike


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Challenge: Off With Their Head! (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Apr 14, 2012
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2012

 No intention of entering this challenge, I just happened upon a scene that worked (as long as I could get a shot). Took this from my car, with a 400mm focal length. In the shot I cut off their heads as much as possible to meet with the intentions of this challenge. That way, I had to only crop slightly (mainly due to the 95% coverage viewfinder).

But I do like the way these people's body language plays out. It's obvious they are having a serious conversation without seeing their faces, which to me is part of what this challenge is about: reading people without the benefit of facial expressions.

I went though multiple different edits before finding one I liked the most. I'm wondering what voting will be like for this challenge. Seems like the abstract crowd will likely be voting higher than normal, and the eye candy crowd lower. Interested to see if that evens out.

Post Processing:
* Slight crop
* Chromatic Aberration
* De-vignette the right side (window tinting messed with the exposure a bit.)
* Vignette the left side
* Decrease exposure
* Increase recovery, black point, brightness, definition, saturation, and vibrancy
* Highlights and shadows
* Topaz Adjust
* Decrease saturation
* Edge Sharpen
* Skin Smoothing
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 43 out of 74
Avg (all users): 5.5929
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.5556
Avg (non-participants): 5.6176
Views since voting: 431
Views during voting: 224
Votes: 113
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Ricoh GR III
Fujifilm XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR
 04/22/2012 12:03:06 PM
Says so much with no faces or words.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/21/2012 10:05:40 AM
This would do well on an exposed thong website. Good compositional balance.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 04/18/2012 11:00:32 AM
way to crop off the head but leave the whale tail ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/16/2012 10:08:48 PM
I like that she seems a bit uninterested and he is most definitely trying to make his case! A good storyline here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
 04/16/2012 06:12:37 AM
got 1 more point for the title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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