Yeah yeah yeah...I know this shoehorn entry will be brutally beaten down but who cares right? The only thing that matters is that I like the shot and well, it was a cow at one point, so pfft.
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tonemapped from 1 exposure and processed in cs3.
noise ninja, curves, contrast, layer mask, sat/desat, a lot of dodge/burn, color balance, resize, usm, border, sfw.
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post challenge:
...as predicted
thanks to everyone who voted and commented. i'm glad some voters have a sense of humor.
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I KNEWsomeone would do this. Sooooo predictable. But a good vote for the humor, entering a risky shot, and especially for making me hungry. (That's one thick burger, are you sure it's only one cow?)
This is making my mouth water. I'm sure you'll get some low votes from the bovine purists. I am not taking any points off for that, but rather for the lighting/background. You did well in showing the textures, but I think it could have been even better with a diffused light source, and a solid background.