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Challenge: The Username Challenge (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Home
Date: Dec 24, 2005
Aperture: f1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Dec 25, 2005

A Plastic Harlequin Mask modeled by my daughter.

PS Work:
Some heavy work in RAW Conversion to make the shadows deeper.
Sharpen 300%, Rad 0.2 Tol 0 - Canon recommended sharpen for 10D
Gaussian blur on a copy layer. Applied layer mask to bring back the sharpness to the eye.
Some extensive work in curves and hue/sat to get the dark moody effect.
Brightness/Contrast.
Levels to bring back the black point.
Added largish black border to put some space around the face
Dosge and burn to merge the shadows with the black border, and to bring out the highlights in the ribboning

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 153
Avg (all users): 6.8744
Avg (commenters): 8.3125
Avg (participants): 6.6947
Avg (non-participants): 7.0167
Views since voting: 2346
Views during voting: 387
Votes: 215
Comments: 24
Favorites: 7 (view)


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01/04/2006 09:36:16 PM
Beautiful work! Congratulations on top 10!
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01/03/2006 10:13:43 PM
this is wonderful. i love the colors. they are really bold and make this image so appealing. and the post-processing is very well done here, you certainly achieved the moody effect. i love this. great job.
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01/03/2006 08:36:47 AM
Very captivating image. I could stare at it for a long time, just absorbing the detail and feeling the emotion of it.
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01/02/2006 02:53:11 AM
Very creative! Congratulations!
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01/02/2006 12:55:09 AM
Great Lighting. Congratulations on you top 10 finish.
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01/02/2006 12:47:32 AM
Cool and mysterious...So very well done. Congratulations on your top 10 finish.
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01/02/2006 12:41:37 AM
Certainly not surprised to see this one on the front page! Congratulations on 8th place.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/01/2006 09:17:09 PM
Very fitting image for the challenge. My favorite part is the eye itself. The embroidered embellishment draws my vision upwards. I like it. 9
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01/01/2006 09:36:48 AM
Well done, excellent
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12/30/2005 10:39:21 AM
Brilliant!
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12/29/2005 05:53:10 PM
really great entry - beautiful light, colour and composition
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12/29/2005 04:24:54 PM
This is very striking. Something about it appeals to me alot. Great depiction for that name.
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12/28/2005 11:57:53 AM
Fabulous photography.
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12/28/2005 06:15:56 AM
This will be hard to beat as it really is so good.................................
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12/27/2005 08:59:04 AM
I love the way this focuses on the eye and brings you in.
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12/27/2005 04:28:01 AM
So very good. Texture, color. light, mystery, mood. 9
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12/26/2005 07:14:52 PM
Not quite getting this one, but looks like a lot of creativity went into it!
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12/26/2005 04:59:45 PM
i love the dramatic colors and shadows in this shot
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12/26/2005 12:16:14 PM
Very creative
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12/26/2005 11:11:04 AM
I keep coming back to this image...such gorgeous, rich color. Very emotive, very surreal. Technically, the light and the DOF are perfect for the title and the type of shot you have selected for the name. Wonderful job and I hope you do well....sometimes gems like this one are skipped over and that would be a shame. :)
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12/26/2005 09:11:19 AM
Impressive with that dark feel.
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12/26/2005 07:35:47 AM
Love the tones and shadows! Nice!
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12/26/2005 03:29:48 AM
Very cool photo and perfect for the challenge.
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12/26/2005 12:46:29 AM
Man, this is the perfect photo! The clarity, color, imagination - WOW I'm giving this a 10
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