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giantmike


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Challenge: All Alone II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Mar 11, 2012
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: Mar 11, 2012

 I had some ideas for this that involved foggy weather, but unfortunately we didn't get any of that during this week. So on the last day of the challenge, I went with one of my backup ideas. At Olin Turville Park, the swings face the nice wooded area. With the sun filtering through the trees, this setup a nice shot for a single swinger (me), looking down in sorrow.

I like the emotion of the shot, but I'm not super fond of everything else. Due to not having L glass for the wide end, I resorted to using a blur brush to get a bit better depth of field. This was especially important for the grass, which had a number of annoying highlights from the sun hitting the side.

Post Processing:
* Crop
* Decrease exposure
* Increase Recovery
* Topaz B&W Effects
* White Balance
* Increase brightness
* Vignette
* Dodge the person
* Burn the bright part of the hair
* Burn the grass area
* Blur everything but the person
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 67 out of 131
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Avg (commenters): 8.0000
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Views during voting: 219
Votes: 133
Comments: 5
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2012 10:44:40 PM
Nice mood capture and I really like the color choice.
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 03/12/2012 11:18:55 PM
Excellent.
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 03/12/2012 02:22:20 PM
I almost did something similar to this with my daughter as the model. Great focus! Love the colors, it helps to portray that lonely feeling. Nicely executed.
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 03/12/2012 12:51:05 PM
I like the way the image pops.
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 03/12/2012 05:19:55 AM
A lot of emotion in this shot. Doesn't feel contrived or staged like so many.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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