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Will You Still Be My Friend?
Will You Still Be My Friend?
karmat


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Self Portrait Without People (Basic Editing)
Collection: Abstract
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
Location: Canton, NC
Date: Feb 27, 2009
Aperture: unk
ISO: unk
Shutter: unk
Galleries: Abstract, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2009

 yes it has got a vignette.
No i have no idea where it came from. :/

In (DPP) RAW -- brightened a touch, slide the contrast bar all the way to the right (vignette shows up a touch on this step). Under the RGB tab, substantial contrast (more vignetting showed up) and it changed it to a yucky yellow color. Saturated the yucky yellow color. Then, selected the "G" channel and moved some slider thing and it turned to this red background, which I really liked. Used a heavy does of DPP's noise reduction. Saved as a jpeg.

In paintshop wanna-be-a-pro, I cropped, hit clarify once (maybe -- tried it again and it didn't do anything, so maybe i didn't) resized, usm, then used noise reduction. i also had to remove two dust bunny droppings. submitted


Me? Well, I'm typically straight as an arrow. But, my mind wanders, my opinions change, I get sidetracked VERY easily, and I fill like I'm going in several different directions that may eventually get me where I'm going, but not easily. Many times I feel that people are my friends simply out of obligation (which is totally irrational, I hope). And burgandy is one of my favorite colors!

Statistics
Place: 118 out of 157
Avg (all users): 4.8667
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 4.6875
Avg (non-participants): 4.9402
Views since voting: 1030
Views during voting: 268
Votes: 165
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
03/11/2009 12:36:10 PM
I just couldn't figure this out although it was one that I looked at many times. But I love the abstract-ness and the color/tone is gorgeous!!
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/11/2009 11:36:49 AM
nice shot. too bad i didn't get to it during voting
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 03/10/2009 01:40:47 PM
Nice tones, but the relationship of the title to the image goes over me head.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/10/2009 11:25:31 AM
i love the color and abstract of this image. 8
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/04/2009 10:13:10 PM
interesting abstract. i like the back ground and the light. very nice.
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Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 03/04/2009 05:43:31 PM
I like it. To me it says that perhaps you hold to close and wrap yourself up in the lives of others, but you know this and hope others accept it as well. I am sure with this personality trait comes a loyalty not easily found.
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Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 03/04/2009 01:35:44 PM
Super simplicity. I'm not sure that I get the title, but I love the colors: the red contrasted with the creamy strings of lighter bits. I think it's from compression, but the background seems a little blotchy on my monitor.
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