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... the bittersweet & unforgiving clarity of age ...
... the bittersweet & unforgiving clarity of age ...
Bear_Music


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Challenge: Portrait Triptych (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
Location: Harwich Port, MA
Date: Nov 7, 2010
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/2000
Date Uploaded: Nov 7, 2010

 ISO 1600 was left over from the night shot, LOL. Realized it and reset to 200, but this was the best of the images (because of the hair)... Amazing thing is that, while processing, I didn't NOTICE the high ISO...

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Took a single exposure and processed it "straight", including vignette, color balance, all that jazz, and saved it. Then did a soft version, and saved that, and finally a harsh version, and saved that. Copied the harsh version, opened the straight version, flattened it, and pasted the harsh as a layer. Did the same to paste in the soft version. Image was now 3 versions on 3 layers. At this point I did my crop.

Now I examined image dimensions and noted those. I tried a few border widths to see what size of gutter would work best, decided on 30 pixel gutter, and calculated image size x 3 + 120 (for the gutters) and created a new, blank document to those dimensions with a black BG.

Copied/pasted each version in turn and arranged them properly, then ran a "black soft" action on the whole thing, and added some more border top and bottom. Decided I wanted no side borders so spread the images further apart to get rid of that.

Adamus sharpening and save for web.

Fun!

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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/15/2010 03:07:27 PM
Ok, now post frames 4 through 6. ;-) Great idea and well executed, Sir Robert.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 11/15/2010 08:41:03 AM
Well done, Bear. I have a new signature! :-P
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/15/2010 12:56:00 AM
Clever! And you're looking good in all three versions!
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Canon EOS-40D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 11/14/2010 11:55:24 PM
Excellent use of post processing. Now,...which one is the real deal? Should place highly IMO.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/14/2010 08:26:05 PM
He he, from now on I not saying I'm aging but natually Topaz Adjusting :-)

I'm guessing Bear_Music and what a great way to show a story - 7
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/13/2010 06:20:44 AM
Very interesting, great idea. Age through clarity... One of the best, a 9 from me.
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Nikon Coolpix A
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
11/11/2010 08:11:37 PM
the tonemapping master strikes again!
nice metamorphosis to show what a bit of digital processing skills can do to a face.
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 11/11/2010 09:10:19 AM
8
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/10/2010 11:18:48 PM
Robert I like the idea, I would like to see the shirt sharp in each capture and just apply the blur to your face only in the first pic.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 8mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED Fisheye PRO Lens
 11/10/2010 06:10:03 PM
Great story telling. I hope this does well.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/10/2010 04:34:54 PM
Very well executed. Tells the sad story all so well.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 11/10/2010 08:38:21 AM
Either that, or the changing of my glasses lenses from left to right. LOL Good one!!
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 11/09/2010 10:49:53 AM
excellent idea!!..8
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 11/09/2010 12:38:57 AM
how true, but at least our eye sight fades so we don't notice so much,lol
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 11/08/2010 07:04:02 PM
well done mate....good luck
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
 11/08/2010 05:50:09 PM
frame on the right looks best.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 11/08/2010 03:57:51 PM
Bear! That was a looooong session :-)
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Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
 11/08/2010 02:06:07 PM
:)
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 11/08/2010 01:31:24 PM
Ah, the power of Topaz. How appropriate a trio of treatments.
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Fujifilm X-E1
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 11/08/2010 12:53:18 PM
Very creative, Robt! Just don't get any older, please buddy, pretty please LOL.
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Fujifilm x100
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 11/08/2010 09:37:35 AM
Dig the glamour glow version!
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4
 11/08/2010 04:56:43 AM
great idea Robert... and good realization... for me on the podium... 9
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/08/2010 01:20:18 AM
great idea!
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