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Challenge: Motivational Poster II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Hedden Park in Randolph, NJ
Date: Sep 1, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Sep 1, 2007

 While preparing for shooting a model I traveled to Hedden park in Randolph, NJ. Along one of the hiking trails was this bench. I found it amazing that in the middle of a hiking trail with nothing around but trees, rocks, and brook, that there was this bench just sitting there. So of course having my camera in hand I took photos. This photo was after I took the initial photos....went to find and take notes on the spot I want to shoot my model and was on my way back to my car to go home. The lighting on the original photo gave me the idea for what i wanted to see in the final edit. The path to getting to that final edit is still kinda hazy because I changed it multiple times.


DPP:
Change White Balance to Cloudy
Convert to 8-Bit Tiff

Photoshop:
Circle selection around bench
Added rectangular selection from center of circle selection to top of photo
Inverse selection
Adjustment layer-curves-darken

Okay here is where it gets fuzzy because of the many many edits I did.

I think I added a lighting effect using Omni and confining it to the bench.

I also think I did a new adjustment layer - selective color- adding some yellow and black to the green, some magenta to the yellow and some yellow and magenta to the red.

I think I flattened the image, duplicate layer, changed blending mode to soft light.

Now back to what i know I did after that part...

Unsharpened masked
duplicate image
Desat red, blue, cyan, magenta on duplicate
half sat yellow and green
copied duplicate back into original

(more confusion)
Changed blending mode to either lighten or darken...I think darken.

(no more confusion)
resized image
sharpened
saved as JPEG

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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/15/2007 11:35:27 AM
Critique Club feedback -

Very odd choice of image and message (or message and image). A step to success is a bench?

Photo itself is very nice, particularly how it fades to black towards the bottom. This probably would have popped more if all the text were at the bottom of the shot in the dark area. The top line looks a bit 'crammed in' and works against a sense of balance for the poster as a whole.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/09/2007 10:52:58 PM
Beautiful!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM
 09/09/2007 09:38:31 AM
nice thought
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/09/2007 03:17:10 AM
Great picture, nice poster.
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 09/06/2007 03:12:21 PM
To tell you the truth, I just didn't get it. layout bother me a little... nice colors though and looks like a nice place to sit.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 09/05/2007 06:39:08 PM
very nice idea, I dont think you needed to darken around the bench as much as you did.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/04/2007 06:36:06 PM
Thought provoking.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/03/2007 10:13:44 AM
Interesting idea.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/03/2007 07:29:47 AM
Great concept!
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