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Challenge: Male Portrait (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Harwich Port, MA
Date: May 27, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2008

 Processed from RAW in ACR, then CS3 w/ shadow/highlight, for pseudo tone-mapping effect. Some hue/sat, resize, sharpen, border, save for web

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This is a bit of a test case... I find it odd that "tone mapping" is not allowed in basic, but we can use shadow/highlight in Photoshop CS, which can accomplish essentially the same thing. So I processed the snot out of this, to prove my point. Not that it matters, but...

Statistics
Place: 109 out of 153
Avg (all users): 4.6875
Avg (commenters): 4.8889
Avg (participants): 4.1277
Avg (non-participants): 4.8509
Views since voting: 755
Views during voting: 382
Votes: 208
Comments: 22
Favorites: 0

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 06/04/2008 08:20:44 AM
I like the character, the angle, and the lighting of this portrait. I think it would have been very interesting without the heavy PP. As is, I find the PP distracting.
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 06/04/2008 02:27:49 AM
Incredible texture.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/03/2008 06:07:26 AM
Fab texture :)
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 06/01/2008 02:55:43 PM
I have mixed feelings about this... my first reaction was "scary" .. I think it would work much better in b&w with all the highlight/shadow editing done to it.. just my humble opinion
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 06/01/2008 07:10:54 AM
Cool pic, great detail.
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 05/31/2008 08:34:03 PM
A good honest capture, but the processing strikes me as a bit harsh.
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 05/31/2008 07:01:21 PM
Too sharp, very unflattering. Roughness has become the subject.
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 05/31/2008 06:52:52 AM
this seems very much overprocessed. not really fond of that.
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 05/31/2008 03:31:12 AM
Contrast is very high.
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 05/29/2008 01:06:14 PM
Tone mapping if that is what this is should really be used spareingly. His face looks oversaturated and has a drama that is not supported by the pose.
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 05/29/2008 09:15:59 AM
waaaaaay over processed.
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 05/29/2008 06:30:39 AM
All photoshoping... No real enjoyment in the photo...
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 05/29/2008 02:54:53 AM
It's always difficult to tell with your own image whether or not you've taken the post-processing too far - for me the HDR treatment is really overdone and gives the image a very unnatural feel.
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 05/28/2008 08:14:54 PM
I believe this is oversharpened.
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 05/28/2008 06:30:34 PM
this was not edited?
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 05/28/2008 04:53:38 PM
Hey good subject, fine shot, good comp - but for me you've overdone the effect!
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 05/28/2008 12:45:49 PM
Great shot. Much character in the face. The skin looks slightly unnatural-- possibly oversharpened? (still a great shot, just strikes me as a little over-textured)
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 05/28/2008 11:12:18 AM
Overprocessed in my opinion.
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 05/28/2008 07:34:32 AM
Overprocessed. It would have been better left natural.
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 05/27/2008 08:58:19 PM
Lil less sharpening
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 05/27/2008 08:50:04 PM
cool face - way oversharpened
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 05/27/2008 08:17:26 PM
I think the HDR look is a little much in this image. It's almost scary.
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