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by crabappl3

Comment by Artifacts:
Congratulations! Yours was the only one of my personal top 3 to actually finish there.

Your win is particularly satisfying because spot editing out the cage was instrumental to your victory. This is proof that the new rules work to make an image the "best it can" be without destroying the original photograph's integrity.

Great job.

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by crabappl3

Comment by joshua:
you make all dslr'ers proud. great stuff

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Comment by RHoldenSr:
Very nice! I really like this shot.
I will be headed there on my future shoot :)

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Comment by Rooster:
holy cow, great post processing work! Really jealous (in a good way) of both your foto taking skills & editing skills! Congrats on a very well deserved ribbon!

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Comment by Neuferland:
Congratulations!

Deannda

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Comment by sher:
WOW! great work...more proof that PS work doesn't just create digital art.

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Comment by Koriyama:
This is a great transformation! The editing really shows a strong argument for allowing more advanced rules here. Superb stuff.

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Comment by HRoxas:
Wow, amazing work. I looked at the original... excellent job. congratulations!

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by crabappl3

Comment by crabappl3:
Thanks for all the great comments. The eye was changed back from the blue that I mentioned in the comments.

For all of you who fear photoshop making digiart, here is the original file I started with:



I spent over 2 hours perfecting this shot so it could be what you see here. Cloning, dodging, burning, healing brush, sharpening actions... all tools that help take this from my trash bin, to the frontpage.

Thanks again!
-danny

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Comment by ursula:
Wow! Wonderful! Congratulations!