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"Let's pretend I'm alone"
"Let's pretend I'm alone"
nicklevy


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Challenge: Free Study XIV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro Super II for Canon
Location: Boucherville Island national park
Date: Oct 7, 2006
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/800s
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 18, 2006

 Shot in a national park here in quebec. That guy seemed to like having a lot of company since we were half a dozen taking images of him. Editing: converted from RAW in ACR with negative exposure compensation and low contrast to restore some of the blown highlight, cropped and desaturated there. In photoshop, Level to increase contrast, curves on the underexposed part of the face and neck. USM 60% 34px radius to increase local contrast. Added sepia tone with saturation. Resized to 640px, USM 400% 0.3px on a layer copy in order to erase the background. I didn't wanted to sharpen there. Added a 1px white border inside. Dowsized to 630px, increased again canvas size to 640px added a brownish color layer droped it into the background. flatened, saved for web and here it is. Hope it do well!

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Place: 265 out of 625
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Avg (commenters): 6.2500
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Votes: 182
Comments: 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2006 06:34:18 PM
Expert wild life capture with endearing tonal play to bring out the lovely subject. 7
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 11/06/2006 06:50:25 PM
Good composition on this shot, and I'm ok with the B&W tones. Some of the highlights are a little blown out.
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 11/05/2006 01:35:00 PM
beautiful b&w shot, really good lighting and composition.
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 11/05/2006 04:04:30 AM
Sweet!
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 11/03/2006 02:39:10 PM
Nicely composed and very sharp. Contrast is a bit much for my personal tastes. Would like to see more light on the face. Lovely tones. :)
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 11/02/2006 06:39:32 PM
Adorable and love to have been there when you captured this one.....
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 11/02/2006 01:35:20 AM
Nice nature portrait, Good Sharpness and clarity.
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 10/31/2006 08:01:24 PM
Terrific find!
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