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"Georgia On My Mind" a tribute to Ray
"Georgia On My Mind" a tribute to Ray
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Challenge: Darkness II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Pentax K100D Super
Location: San Ramon, CA
Date: May 4, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 3 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Music
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2009

 I've taken some sunset shots with silhouettes against the light that had a nice outline from the light and wanted to do a variation of a few of my favorite Ray Charles photos with that technique.

I honestly don't think it will do that well here... predicting sub 5, 5.0 at best, but I'm hoping some people will understand the reference in the title.

Cropped, cloned out some lines, levels, dodge and burn, dodge and burn, dodge and burn, selective color layer and hue/saturation, cropped again, added border, resized.

Shot on a manual Nikkor 35mm f/2 (F-mount lens wedged into my K-mount body, no adapter)

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Canon EOS-40D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 05/12/2009 06:05:00 PM
A well positioned image and, even though the lights are blown out they add to the outline and shape of the main subject. Nice shot.
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 05/11/2009 07:31:54 AM
Great editing, neat special effects.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40X
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 05/08/2009 01:13:18 PM
"You Got The Right One"
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-520
Vivitar MF Zoom 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 Series 1 for Olympus
 05/07/2009 08:59:48 PM
A very different type of silhouette that is slightly affected by the slightly over the edge white spotlight. The spot draws the eye immediately which is not a positive effect given the very competant outline on the quitar player and mike. A difficult image to capture properly even with the best eqiupment and back lighting set up. If the light had been a little less intense or had a more blue cast to it rather than the hot white, it would have been perfect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 05/06/2009 01:08:09 PM
cool capture, howd you get the lines?
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