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Challenge: In The Spirit Of: Bear_Music (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-60D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 I
Location: San Antonio
Date: Jul 21, 2013
Aperture: f4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Jul 21, 2013

 Bear_Music is someone I have a very deep respect for. He's mentored me and comforted me when things just didn't go DPC right. He did a self portrait not long after I started shooting that completely perplexed me. When I think of him this is the picture that comes to mind first .

Not sure I completely understand what he was thinking, but I can see enough to try to do the same thing. This branch is nothing in the scheme of things. It's not DPC friendly by any means, Technically it's not perfect, but in all of that it does represent ME. My life is incredibly complicated (all the leaves and the little dots and imperfections on them, with darkness around the edges, but joyful light at home. Besides all of this he's told me to shoot for me.

Editing steps at the bottom.

To Bear_Music: I hope Robert that you can see this as the tribute I mean it to be. Thank you for all your guidance and wisdom over the past 8 years. With great love, Ches.



Editing:
In Lightroom

Auto tone
Contrast +57
Shadows +2
Black Clipping +19
clarity +36
Saturation +5
Clarity -3
Vibrance +14
Saturation +9

In Photoshop

copy Background to Working Layer
add Brighttness/Contrast Layer at +70 contrast
Add non-destructive dodge and burn layer
burn to lessen impact of backgound (especiall the long branch)
gripe grumble curse at a bright dead branch
Hollar for hubby
DOWN goes the blasted dead branch
Start all over

Lightroom
Same approximate drill
Photoshop
Topaz Labs Lens Effects
Added vignette (Default)
Added Soft Red light
Cropped
Resized
Saved for Web

uploaded, wrote it up nice and pretty realized it was iso 1600 and started all over again.

Last time all edited in Lightroom with the exception of a vignette with LensEffects.

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AuthorThread
 08/02/2013 05:55:06 AM
Not a brown, but just a couple from the bottom, just as the original Robert did. Can't say I'm surprised.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/01/2013 04:49:24 PM
LOL! Thanks for the tribute. I guess I'm leaves and soon enough I'll be berries, which is beary fitting...
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 07/28/2013 06:25:05 AM
Nice sentiment.
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