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The woods are lovely, dark and deep
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
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Challenge: Where's Waldo? II (Basic Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Belmont, MA
Date: Jan 1, 2005
Aperture: 8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 4, 2005

 Taken in the last rays of evening sun on the hill behind my house. Original had some motion blur and didn't work despite the lovely sunset colors. But after some fiddling around in PS (all Basic-legit), I realized that the softness could be harnessed for an 'antique glow' in a duotone version. It also made my son's coat even more similar to the tree trunk...

* Raw adjust exposure (no crop)
* DigiDan's B&W-convert action
* Levels (darken blackpoint & center)
* Curves (notch down near center of curve)
* Colorize
* Scale down (bicubic softer)

Check out the out-take based on the same RAW file.

Statistics
Place: 56 out of 193
Avg (all users): 5.5543
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.2268
Avg (non-participants): 5.7318
Views since voting: 922
Views during voting: 429
Votes: 276
Comments: 8
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AuthorThread
 01/12/2005 01:28:55 AM
I really liked the dark tone of this shot and thought it was a perfect image for this challenge. Very well done!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/11/2005 11:04:24 PM
I like the setting of the photo.
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 01/09/2005 09:55:20 PM
Great b/w. The focus seems a little soft, which may be intentional? but imo it's a little bothersome not being able to focus clearly on the model's face. But points for quoting Frost!
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 01/08/2005 10:14:42 AM
This has the atmosphere of a German silent film; F.W. Murnau would be proud!
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 01/07/2005 11:22:47 PM
A+++
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 01/06/2005 10:15:51 PM
can you lighten this a bit?
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 01/06/2005 12:26:25 AM
Very nice shot... Waldo seems like hes going to do something very bad...
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 01/05/2005 08:06:44 AM
This approach to the lost in the woods theme has real class.
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