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Challenge: Cultural Events (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
Location: At church
Date: May 4, 2007
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2007

 This picture was just a point and shoot, to get a picture of the priest at my sisters confirmation... It turned out to be a great shot. Sadly the woman behind the priest was wearing a grennish shirt, which is why I could not saturate the green as much as I wanted as it was basic editing.

Editing steps in Photoshop, Crop, hue/saturate blues and magentas(rest desaturated completely or a lot), unsharp mask, brightness/contrast, noise reduced,frame, save for web.

The Title of the picture is the symbols of the iris(the flower) which amoung faith, hope and wisdom is also courage and admiration but I did not think the last two suited this shot.

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 05/16/2007 06:32:26 PM
Composition could be a bit stronger. Moving to the left a bit would effectively remove the woman behind the priest. Moving to the right would also work and create an interesting profile shot.

A larger aperture, even with this setup, would help isolate the priest from the background as well.

The selective desat is okay but as mentioned in previous comments not quite as effective as a full color version would be. The purple in his collar is particularly distracting. I imagine his robes were quite colorful and bright. The desat makes them look somewhat dreary.

The challenge: Great idea and the title ties it all together quite well.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/15/2007 08:02:12 AM
quite and impact, well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2007 07:53:23 AM
Interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2007 06:52:55 AM
nice image, i like the title and the use of the cross
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/12/2007 09:39:45 PM
Nice picture. I'll be interested to see how you got the true iris color on a black and white back ground with basic editing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/12/2007 03:52:36 AM
I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/12/2007 02:33:18 AM
For me the main focal point is the face, i find the flowers pretty enough but kinda distracting from the guy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2007 06:26:22 AM
hmmmmm that's a tough choice? LOL clear crisp focus, I think it would have worked better in complete color with a tighter crop to showcase your prime subject
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2007 05:22:31 AM
I find the colors and the pattern a little difficult on the eyes, but good dof, good crop and interesting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/09/2007 08:23:25 PM
I hope you have faith in my wisdom and realize when you removed the green
you also killed your flowers(big time).
 05/09/2007 06:24:12 AM
selective desat doesn't work well here ... the purple on his collar is quite distracting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2007 09:55:50 PM
I like the blue in the shadows
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