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The Two Jakes
The Two Jakes
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Double Take III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jun 8, 2010
Aperture: f/ 11
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1 second
Galleries: Black and White, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Jun 8, 2010

 Taken at work in the link between the church and the parish house. It might to be in church? Oh well. First time I ever had someone plunge the shutter for me. Thanks to Fred our sexton for helping out.

Post:
Camera Raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0.
Two Crops.
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation.
Adjust sharpness.
Spot edit dust.
Layer of levels and gradient map converting to greyscale. Open the levels dialog and adjusted each of the RGB channels. Flatten image.
New layer, color curves adjustment, backlit default.
Merge down.
Resize. USM.
New layer, Topaz Adjust vibrance default. Merge down 32% opacity, normal blend mode.
New layer, Color curves adjustment, increase contrast default, merge down 51% opacity, normal blend mode.
Resize.
USM.

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 152
Avg (all users): 6.3315
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.1818
Avg (non-participants): 6.4153
Views since voting: 1185
Views during voting: 320
Votes: 184
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/21/2010 09:16:59 AM
very nice, congratulations Robert!
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 06/16/2010 03:07:32 AM
I love this shot! very clever and nicely done!
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 06/16/2010 02:49:57 AM
great job, Robert
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/15/2010 12:15:18 AM
Nice. The more I look at this the better I like it. Everything works a clear 10.
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 06/14/2010 03:05:04 PM
Very nice concept and execution! 9
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 06/14/2010 01:03:58 PM
hahahahahaha this is great!
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 06/14/2010 12:45:17 PM
Lovely idea, like the black and white.
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 06/13/2010 01:36:53 PM
Very interesting. Quite an imagination.
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 06/13/2010 05:34:09 AM
Nice B&W. Twins?
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 06/12/2010 09:30:07 AM
wow what a cool shot an eight
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 06/11/2010 04:18:10 PM
love the humour
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 06/09/2010 03:32:01 PM
Clever - made me smile which I always like.
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 06/09/2010 11:36:51 AM
Funny.
Excellent Black an white
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 06/09/2010 08:18:15 AM
creative, i like it
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 06/09/2010 07:16:20 AM
A chuckle, nice image and concept.
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 06/09/2010 03:57:20 AM
:-) Very creative take on the challenge.
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 06/08/2010 08:51:38 PM
... and humor, as well. I hope your self-portrait entry was better than this, because this is a winner in my book.
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 06/08/2010 08:21:28 PM
lol, good job
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