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Portrait, Rule of Thirds, Shallow DOF
Portrait, Rule of Thirds, Shallow DOF
albc28


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Challenge: Three Techniques (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Montreal, Canada
Date: Oct 21, 2009
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Oct 25, 2009

 I actually didn't do much editing.

ACR - White Balance to Tungsten, Exposure, black, fill light, brightness, contrast, shadows all adjusted and saved as TIFF

Photoshop - Auto levels entire photo,Heal brush of freckless and aging lines, curves blended in luminosity mode on eyes, lighten iris and colored blue, selective color to add red/pink to lips (two layers), flatten, darken outline of eyes. Duplicate layer, channel mixer monochrome merge with top layer, blend mode softlight, flatten, smart sharpen, Curves layer blend in luminosity, resized, sharpen, save as jpeg.

Statistics
Place: 54 out of 140
Avg (all users): 5.9857
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 6.0385
Avg (non-participants): 5.9545
Views since voting: 1272
Views during voting: 269
Votes: 140
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 10/29/2009 06:59:30 PM
don't even know why i gave it an 8 when it's really a 10! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 10/28/2009 07:13:47 PM
The hand is too distracting IMHO... nice tones.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 10/28/2009 01:29:41 PM
A unique people shot. I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 10/27/2009 11:39:59 AM
I really like how her eyes engage me, I don't like the hand in the foreground...it takes away from her
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 10/26/2009 12:20:34 PM
Beautiful eyes! I find the out of focus hand distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 10/26/2009 12:16:29 AM
That hand in the foreground is really a distraction, but I'm one of those weirdos that doesn't care for foreground blur. LOL
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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