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Challenge: Image Grain III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
Location: Allentown, Pa
Date: Jun 26, 2009
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Candid, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2009

 This was shot while on assignment with the Allentown Fire Department. This was at the Fire Academy during the final days leading up to graduation.

Lightroom
-Recover
-Fill
-Clarity
-Vibrance
-Curves
-Sharpening

Photoshop
-Doge and Burn
-Extra Noise added
-Sharpening

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 177
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Views during voting: 242
Votes: 121
Comments: 11
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Canon EOS-50D
 07/12/2009 08:09:26 AM
holy crap! i can't believe it... i certainly didn't expect to see an image from home. i'm living in australia now but i'm from allentown! thanks for a little window from a-town.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/07/2009 08:45:37 PM
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Congrats on your Top 10! I loved this shot and I'm glad to see another Pa shot in the Top finishers.

Thanks, just happened to be at the right place at the right time. Congrats should go to you and your blue ribbon finish!
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 07/06/2009 05:51:22 PM
Congrats on your Top 10! I loved this shot and I'm glad to see another Pa shot in the Top finishers.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 07/05/2009 08:19:41 PM
Love how he is staring at you. I'd like to have seen a little more of the white cropped off the top.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/05/2009 02:47:21 PM
Challenge Relevance:7 Impact/Emotion/Mood:7 Technicals:7 Processing:6 Creativity:6
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 07/04/2009 04:08:37 PM
I really like how you framed it......one of my top picks
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 07/03/2009 07:55:13 PM
Nice work with the grain on this...not too much, not too little...it seems to show itself in all the right places as well. Good grittiness(pun not intended) to this "real life" portrait!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7 II
Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 07/02/2009 12:46:18 PM
Title very appropriate. Definitely a very focused image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 07/01/2009 02:02:34 PM
Really well done! Terrific processing....powerful image.....8
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Apple iPhone Xr
 06/29/2009 01:37:59 AM
Ya, this works. Grain works in this "modern" image to convey the grittiness of the job. Good composition, good crop. My only critique is I wish the reflection in the safety glasses wasn't there so the viewer can see his eyes. Other than that, this is well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
 06/29/2009 12:54:23 AM
Great portrait, perhaps even more grain would work too.
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