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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Date: May 18, 2007
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Abstract, Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2007

 Railings in Sather Lane, a mid-block pedestrian passageway lined with small shops.

-Handheld
-Auto White Balance
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Resize for DPC
-Skew tool to straighten verticals
-Crop a bit from left, bottom and right to 3:2 ratio
-USM at 16%/64 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (second application)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 5/10 = 149kb

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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
 05/28/2007 04:47:53 PM
Originally posted by rhino72:
What color was the wall before you desaturated it? Grey? ;) I like the perspective and the interesting angles formed by the blue bars.

Thanks. There is no desaturation -- this is a very slightly adjusted RGB image.
Originally posted by saracat:
I think a tighter crop would have given this a stronger, more graphic feel.

I agree -- here it is with a square crop:

Resized original:
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/27/2007 10:39:41 PM
abstract excitement. 8
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/26/2007 06:41:20 PM
poor interest
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/24/2007 03:16:34 AM
I like the differing textures but don't get a lot more than that out of the composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 05/21/2007 09:20:09 PM
I think a tighter crop would have given this a stronger, more graphic feel.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 05/21/2007 01:08:06 PM
What color was the wall before you desaturated it? Grey? ;) I like the perspective and the interesting angles formed by the blue bars.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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