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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: 2007 Challenge Entires
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Location: India Fest - Peoria, IL
Date: May 19, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Emotive, Candid
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2007

 This picture was taken during the India Festival in Peoria, IL. Caught these two friends waiting for there performance. It's not staged.

PP:

Rotate
Crop
Selective Desaturation using layer mask.
Canvas Resize to add border
Image Resize
Gaussian Blur
USM
Clonning and Healing brush
Curves
Save for web

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/27/2007 01:41:53 PM
Lose the red inline and this would be more powerful. I think the inline really distracts/detracts from the shot.
TC
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Sigma 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Compact Hyperzoom Aspherical for Canon
 05/25/2007 07:44:30 PM
i like the border. focus is a little soft.
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS
 05/24/2007 12:20:20 PM
That's a nice image with an admirable theme, the caps make it, but it looks a little too soft, good luck
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Nikon D3
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 05/22/2007 02:25:44 PM
Little too much saturation in the hats...the loss of detail is a little distracting.
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Canon EOS-30D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 05/22/2007 01:52:42 PM
The focus seems a little soft and I'm not a fan of the red border. Nice concept though!
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Pentax *ist DL
Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax Digital AF
 05/22/2007 01:10:28 AM
IMO red is always a hard color to make fit in. It always to me looks too bright and hogs the picture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax KP
Pentax FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited AF
 05/21/2007 03:44:49 PM
Cute shot, but there seems to be some focus problems on the bodies, and I'd have backed off the red a bit in the hats...
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 05/21/2007 01:01:15 PM
I would have left the red out of the frame. It keeps drawing my eye away from the subject. ...just a personal preference. Good photo, though.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 05/21/2007 11:49:25 AM
i wish the rest of the kids were more in focus- the hats are nice and crisp but the arms and bodies seem a little soft
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 05/21/2007 12:41:52 AM
Cute moment, I think it would have been a stronge image if the focus was sharper. I think the red is very overpowering, may have reduced the saturation on it and perhaps didn't need to be repeated in the frame.
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