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Challenge: The Cowboy (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Stanford, California, USA
Date: Jun 8, 2008
Aperture: 2.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Vintage, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Jun 8, 2008

 My dad's been in the hospital all week. I had him hold the twine while I tried to get a shot in the low light inside the hospital. Given the subject and conditions I decided to accentuate the graininess and make it into a duotone.

-Handheld, Super-macro mode
-RGB Curve
-Channel Mixer - Monochrome mode
-Grayscale mode
-Duotone mode using Black and Pantone 143
-Clone out one distracting fiber
-Resize
-USM at 16%/64 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH = 5
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 7/10 = 174kb

Statistics
Place: 87 out of 91
Avg (all users): 4.1538
Avg (commenters): 3.8000
Avg (participants): 3.8049
Avg (non-participants): 4.2656
Views since voting: 1538
Views during voting: 354
Votes: 169
Comments: 14
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 08/03/2008 08:02:27 PM
Killer good. I never saw this. Congrats on a fine image, and incidentally on the OOBIE.
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 08/03/2008 07:51:38 PM
I didn't have the imagination to see this without your explanation. Now that you've added the words, I can only say, "Yes! You nailed the Challenge!"

Congratulations on your OOB
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 06/17/2008 10:54:31 PM
Wow...I love the textures of this photo...the withered hand with the frayed pieces of the riata portray the poignant textures of life itself.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 06/15/2008 10:35:30 PM
The old hand clutches at the twine it uses to bundle his newspapers.

It remembers the feel of a lariat.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 06/14/2008 02:59:38 PM
not sure what this is, too grainy IMO
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Nikon D40X
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 06/13/2008 06:59:29 PM
I wish there was something here that would put this into perspective. could just be me, but it's hard to tell what I'm looking at.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 06/13/2008 12:46:00 PM
?
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 06/11/2008 10:15:37 PM
I'm normally a fan of grain, but this doesn't do it for me. I can't really figure out what the subject is. Sorry.
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 06/11/2008 05:44:37 PM
sorry but really I don't understand the subject of this photo.
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 28-105mm f/4-5.6 II USM
 06/11/2008 10:29:42 AM
I really like this, but the rope seems too small. Don't know why that bothers me. Maybe it just doesn't feel as rough and cowboyish as the hand seems
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/09/2008 06:42:32 PM
too grainy and abstract. I know what a riata is and still can't make much sense of this shot.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 06/09/2008 11:47:16 AM
What the ???! Looks like some sort of body part, and not a pleasant one at that.
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 06/09/2008 10:14:11 AM
I'm sorry, but I can't tell what this is!
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Nikon D7500
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/09/2008 02:21:33 AM
The angle makes it really hard to tell what we are looking at. The extra noise, while adding to the old time feeling of the shot is also a bit distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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