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Challenge: Monuments II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Blyn Washington
Date: Apr 25, 2015
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2015

 Native American monument to their forefathers and legends. Separated the totem layer from the background. Adjusted the totem exposure and saturation. Removed de-saturated background, left background in focus between (forefathers and legends) for affect and blurred the remainder. Merged and flattened layers. Cropped and submitted.

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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 07/14/2015 03:55:35 PM
Hello from the critique club....

This fits into the challenge perfectly. (the subject matter)I might sound like a copycat here echoing your previous comments but here it goes. The entire background needed to be blurred. I think the center part is distracting.....However the background has been blurred too much. It does make the totems look fake. I do have a good note though. I love the totems. There is plenty of detail. Also I like the touch of color in an otherwise b&w shot. I would like to see this one done again with the blur issue worked on. Don't let a few bad comments get you down though. Happy shooting.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm X-Pro3
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR
 05/02/2015 09:45:38 PM
needs a clockwise rotation - nice desat. gl
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Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/1.4 R
 04/29/2015 10:36:06 PM
The blur was a bit too much for me, almost made the totems look like they were faked into the image.
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Nikon D3200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 04/28/2015 04:47:28 AM
The composition is good and even the selective colour works OK.
It's the blur processing that really bothers me. It is killing the picture.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/27/2015 08:48:43 PM
This must be really beautiful in person. I think a much wider aperture would have helped you isolate the subject better. But the mix of blurring on the outside and sharpness on the inside is just too weird and distracting for me.
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