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1.52b Smoke break reedit
1.52b Smoke break reedit
Melethia


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Collection: B&W a Week 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Iraq
Date: Sep 20, 2007
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 1, 2008

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 Based on comments from jasonlprice (thanks, Jason!) I re-edited this, and attempted to bring out more of the uniform. When editing the first time, I wasn't sure which way to go - silhouette or detail, since it was somewhere in between. This was a quick candid and I didn't change the settings to account for strong backlighting.

This version is a composite of two RAW conversions. The RAW file was desaturated, then one version was underexposed from the original, the other overexposed. Layered one over the other, erased at about 80% over the gentleman to bring him out more. Didn't really do a lot of dodging and burning but did try to darken the wall he's sitting on/against.

(Note - really taken with the 300D but I've removed that one from the portfolio.)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 02/12/2008 08:04:42 AM
Oh yea Deb, I think you have done a great job on the reedit. Nothing wrong with the original at all, but the darker walls of this one really force your attention to the young man's face and now those boots and camo really punctuate this shot. Great job. On another note it is very encourageing to me that you would actually make application of the comments and re-edit the shot. That is an inspiration to me....

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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/06/2008 03:48:58 PM
This is definitely better. A great shot. Having his head against the light like that is perfect.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 02/02/2008 12:09:59 PM
Melethia, I like your edit as the detail in the uniform brings more attention to the young man who is the focus of the picture. There is such a solemness to this picture. I like it.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/02/2008 12:02:07 AM
I prefer this version over the other. This is a great example of somebody not taking the small things for granted.
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