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Crisis in Wheatsville
Crisis in Wheatsville
Jutilda


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon PowerShot Pro1
Location: Austin, Tx
Date: May 19, 2007
Galleries: Urban, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 19, 2007

 I was going down "the Drag" near the Univ. of Texas campus and Godzilla caught my eye, so I whipped into the parking lot and got this shot. This is dedicated to Ken Priest. ;~D

Crop
Duplicate layer
Optikal filter in Virtual Photographer
Marquee tool - cut to reveal green of Godzilla
Flatten layers
Dodge and burn
Adjust saturation and contrast
Clone and healing tool for minor sky blemishes
Save for web

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Place: 399 out of 556
Avg (all users): 5.0593
Avg (commenters): 6.1111
Avg (participants): 5.0543
Avg (non-participants): 5.0769
Views since voting: 845
Views during voting: 300
Votes: 236
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 06/06/2007 02:02:49 AM
Ha! Great job seeing this in the first place. :)
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/29/2007 12:56:18 PM
Yep, doesn't look like he left much of the town in tact. :) Thanks for thinking of me whenever you see a big, scaly monster with toxic breath. :P

...btw, this totally should have ribboned! Where is that "bitch about voters" thread...
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Pentax K20D
Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7
 05/28/2007 01:34:53 AM
Very funny shot :D A crisis indeed!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/27/2007 10:50:42 PM
7 Godzilla Points.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 05/27/2007 03:21:25 PM
Cool capture, great for this challenge. :D
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Canon PowerShot Pro1
 05/26/2007 01:12:53 PM
Automatic extra point for funny title.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II
 05/26/2007 09:03:10 AM
Is this Art ROFLMAO's joint? Cute photo.
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Canon EOS-30D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 05/23/2007 01:45:22 PM
LOL... now that's funny, nice choice of selective desat to draw attention to "GODZIRRA!"
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 05/22/2007 08:47:00 PM
Thanks for the giggle!
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 05/22/2007 04:09:56 PM
The color is tonally too close to the black and white so it doesn't have much impact. I made the same mistake on mine.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 05/21/2007 04:55:45 PM
HAHAHAH! Heehee! I can't stop giggling!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 05/21/2007 11:52:11 AM
LOL too funny. Wish you could have had some people running on the street. Great shot.
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 05/21/2007 05:23:12 AM
You found ART's house!
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