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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait II (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: 2006
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6(D) DT
Location: Virginia
Date: Apr 13, 2006
Aperture: F5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2006

RAW
- Adjust Levels
- Adjust White Balance
- Convert to TIF

Post-Processed with Paint Shop Pro X

Rotate left 19
Crop
Photo Fix (B/W points)
Color Balance (4500)

Select Mouth - layer
- Dodge/Burn/Soften brush on teeth
- opacity to 48%

Select Eye whites - layer
- Brightness & Contrast : HMS(-30,100,100)
- Clone to fix bloodshot left eye
- Dodge/Soften brush
- opacity to 30%

Select left Eye pupil - layer
- Burn/Soften brush to diminish second catchlight

Select backdrop color with magic wand - layer
- levels
- opacity to 59%

Invert selection to isolate person - layer
Duplicate person layer
Person layer #1
- reverse feather edge +5 on one person layer
Merge Person layers into 1

Resize all layers
Person layer
- USM (.75,100,15) +luminance
Mouth and left Eye pupil layers
- USM (.75,100,15) +luminance

Order layers (Backdrop, Mouth, Eye whites, Eye pupil, Person, Orig BG)

Merge all layers
Duplicate BG layer
- Soften brush on outside edges of person
- Dodge/Soften brush on dark spot under right eye
- USM (.75,50,10) +luminance
- opacity 42%

Merge all layers
Save as JPG

Statistics
Place: 127 out of 199
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Views since voting: 842
Views during voting: 354
Votes: 263
Comments: 7
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/21/2006 09:54:23 PM
The pose is good, pretty natural looking. The two different skin tones between the hand and the face are a bit distracting. I see you didn't use studio flash here but I would have still tried to go for a much higher shutter speed to avoid the slight blur in the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/21/2006 06:55:35 PM
The hand is brighter and has a different skin tone compared to the face. It therefore draws attention away from the face.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/20/2006 09:57:43 AM
i don't think the hat matches the shirt.
but who am i?
the fashion police?????
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/18/2006 05:57:56 PM
Shirt is more in focus than face. I feel the eyes should be in sharp focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/17/2006 09:53:56 PM
Nicely done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/17/2006 11:49:58 AM
A bit blurry, but a good portrait.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/17/2006 07:26:07 AM
quite blurry...sorry
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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