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Earning His Wings; First Time On Stage
Earning His Wings; First Time On Stage
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Wings (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D40
Location: West Edmonton Mall - Edmonton, Alberta
Date: Aug 17, 2007
Aperture: f5.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125 sec.
Galleries: Urban, Performance
Date Uploaded: Aug 17, 2007

 This was part of a student talent/fashion show put on by a local radio station and West Edmonton Mall. Most of the kids in this had never performed or modelled on stage before, it was an impressive little show considering that.

I know to some people this will look like it was shoehorned in, but I really did intend it for this challenge in the way the title depicts. I hope I don't get voted down too bad.

Post Processing:

Raw: Exposure Compensation

PS:

Levels.
Curves.
Duplicate Layer, apply USM at 28 pixels, 80%, and a threshhold of 12.
Convert new layer to B&W using Channel Mixer.
Blending Mode changed to Soft Light for new Layer and opacity lowered.
USM on new layer.
Reduce Noise on bottom layer.
Dodge/Burn on bottom layer.
USM 1.1 pixels, 75%, and threshhold of 1.
Flatten image.
Selective Color.
Resize.
Color Balance.
Save for Web.

I'm still trying to learn to take great pictures that don't requite alot of editing. For now, this was all necessary to get the look I was going for when I took the shot. Unfortunately I didn't have much time to play with the camera settings on this occassion so it needed all that editing. =\

Statistics
Place: 124 out of 174
Avg (all users): 5.2169
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.1053
Avg (non-participants): 5.2920
Views since voting: 956
Views during voting: 277
Votes: 189
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/25/2007 08:49:00 PM
This is a great shot - I am not sure about its relation to the theme wings really, other than the title, but I love it anyway.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K7
Pentax DA 16-45mm f/4.0 ED AL AF
 08/24/2007 11:08:37 AM
Nice pose! I like the graffitied walls.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R7
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 08/23/2007 12:47:42 AM
Fun composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 08/22/2007 06:42:41 AM
Great dancing! Great capture! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/21/2007 11:33:28 PM
Break dancing? cool, 9.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 08/21/2007 04:11:03 PM
nice spin on the challenge, great action shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR
 08/20/2007 10:57:24 AM
bumping up because it's not a bird.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 08/20/2007 08:39:34 AM
Great stop action. Break dancers always amaze me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 08/20/2007 12:33:30 AM
sweeeeeeet! cool setting!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D100
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 08/20/2007 12:22:59 AM
Too big of a stretch of the imagination for this challenge
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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