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How Big the World is Through New Eyes
How Big the World is Through New Eyes
arron_christensen


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Challenge: Life III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: My house
Date: Jan 9, 2009
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Children
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2009

 This is my newborn son, Aiden. He wasn't even a full three days old when this was taken. He's laying in my arm as I type this, listening to a string quartet covering Taking Back Sunday because he won't lay in his bassinet to sleep...he's still perfect though.

Photoshop was convert from RAW, levels, curves, selective color to whiten the whites of his eyes (little jaundice), b & w, dodge and burn shadows, convert to grayscale, convert to quadtone, levels, curves, smooth some rough spots, usm, resize, save for web.

I've decided to do a photo-a-week book for him over the year. I think it will be nice to look back on...

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Votes: 164
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
01/18/2009 09:26:43 AM
A bit noisy for me but an interesting perspective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-Pro3
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR
 01/15/2009 03:06:32 PM
title hurts this one - "through new eyes" would suffice - let the pic speak
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 01/15/2009 03:06:02 PM
Nice focus on the eyes, but the crop is a bit too tight for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot SD750
 01/14/2009 06:53:54 PM
i like this photo because you could see how life looks from the babys eyes it shows a lot of emotion
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 01/12/2009 04:08:45 PM
Lovely focus on the eyes. Welcome to the world baby.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-1
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 01/12/2009 03:17:02 PM
nice, but why the gag on his mouth? :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/12/2009 01:36:57 PM
Wonderful shot and perfect for this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 01/12/2009 01:42:59 AM
nice focus on the eyes. I would have loved to see his/her mouth more. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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