Taken at carnival in Groton on Friday evening. The carny crew had some characters - but this guy had the best face - gritty and grizzled - perfect for a candid. I'm just glad he didn't see me taking the pictures - or maybe he did?!
Shot in RAW
Opened in CS2
Adjusted exposure, contrast, sharpness
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Opened in Elements 3.0
Cropped to size
Noise Ninja - smoothed and sharpened and increased contrast
Adjusted levels - closed in on whites to brighten
Dodge and burn - burned in background on shadows
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Opened
USM 85,0.5,0
Dodge/Burn around eyes a little
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The funny thing is, I had a slightly toned down version of this to enter - my original wasn't quite as orange until I did the web save, but I must have grabbed the wrong image. Looking at the comments, I think some liked the over the top colors and others definately marked down for it...you can't please everyone (even yourself sometimes...)
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Nice candid, but it looks over-processed and the colors are over-saturated -- the man's face has too much yellow, at least on my monitor. I'd try this in b&w.
My pet peeve is when fingers are chopped off a composition. It usually gives away photographer inexperience... watch out for that one. I'm not convinced by the composition. What is he looking at? Try to tell a story with each photo.
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