In DPP: - brightness, white balance, noise reduction, sharpen, crop and convert to TIF
In CS2: - Gradient Map BW layer at 20% normal
- Curves layer at 70% luminosity
- Hue-saturation layer to enhance the autumn colors and de-saturate cyan
- Dodge-Burn layer to darken surroundings and brighten the couple
- Levels layer for mid tones
- Flatten, lab sharpen
- Gaussian Blur layer
- Resize, USM, border and save for web
Nothing special - just a couple walking in the park… Will be quite happy with a score above current average of 5.72xx
[Oct. 30th, 2008 11:32:11 PM]
Oct 30, 2008:
Well so far it’s hanging in there (i.e. above average): 5.8240 after 125 votes.
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in this single spot alone, imagine the photographic opportunities! The colors, the bend in the road, the people walking away (or towards you ie those apportunities!) They look a bit...dodged around them, not sure I like that 8
I like how the warm autumn colors frame the black subjects. I think I'd like it a little more if I could see their faces and expressions... I'd feel a little more connected. Nice shot.
Some will consider this a bit of a copout - ie shooting people from behind - but their body language and the color of this shot, along with the railing and path to draw you in, makes for a very pleasing photograph. Light is gorgeous and handled well.
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