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Curtis 1264 edit 1
Curtis 1264 edit 1
Melethia


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Collection: Archive Review
Date: Aug 23, 2006
Date Uploaded: Jan 3, 2009

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Comments: 9
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 OK, so I didn't go B&W after all.

Processing:
Shadows/highlights - played with the fine tuning settings (tonal width and radius) but really don't have a good idea of how to use them.
Levels; curves, with blending mode set to Screen then reduced in opacity a bit; added a new layer, then put a black to transparent gradient from the upper right side across about 1/3 of the way and changed the blending mode to soft light, just to darken the blown out parts there a bit. Cropped. Duplicate layer in soft light blending mode, then reduced the opacity to taste. Flattened, then created another duplicate layer, applied a bit of gaussian blur but erased it from the boy and the foreground. Flattened, then sharpened a bit.

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 01/08/2009 06:23:59 PM
A bit of a toss up for me between this and the b&w version. Totally different moods, but both great.
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 01/07/2009 06:48:55 PM
I just want to know what he is looking at. This has a very dreamy feel to it. Honestly I don't even know where to start, I really like this shot. I can see myself in him, the curiosity, the willingness to look further and see what most of us don't.
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 01/05/2009 02:07:39 PM
The lighting on the boy is great and the blue shorts work nicely. I'd like to see it with a darker/moodier lighting on the BG piers. Maybe play around with a heavy vignette??
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 01/05/2009 07:29:48 AM
I have to agree with everyone else, this is fabulous in color! The blue one is nice, but since he is darkened for me the focus ends up being on the water and pier instead of the boy (even though I love the glow of the water). The B&W is beautifully converted, but he does seem to blend in a bit too much. In this one I relate to the boy, I hear the waves and smell the ocean :-)
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 01/04/2009 07:34:37 AM
Out of all three, i like this one the best. I like the depth given by the peer, and the shadows caused by the pylons really give alot of interest to the photo. I also like the soft light hitting your subject on the head and back. Just seems to flow together nicely.

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 01/03/2009 04:23:42 PM
I like this. The background is great but it's also very busy, and a little something is needed to make the boy stand out. The color does it. In the black and white shot, you have to work a bit harder to find him.

Message edited by author 2009-01-03 21:28:12.
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 01/03/2009 03:18:24 PM
I like this one the best. It has a magical storybook quality to it.
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 01/03/2009 11:38:56 AM
The color version is so soft (not in definition but in feel, pastel almost) and sparkly!
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 01/03/2009 11:38:17 AM
I prefer this edit, Deb. Would be interested to see if you do B&W edit on it.
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