Wish this was advanced editing so I could clean up his face a little. Of course, you aren't a little boy if you don't have a little dirt on your face every now and then. :-) In his hand was a leaf that started out big and beautiful, but quickly became a crumpled mess. :) Just trying to take advantage of the pretty fall foliage.
-rotated & cropped
-levels and curves adjustment
-bumped up saturation a bit
-brightness/contrast adjustment
-unsharp-mask
-resized
-Unsharp-mask again
-added border
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Place: 105 out of 440 Avg (all users): 5.6923 Avg (commenters): 7.8182 Avg (participants): 5.7533 Avg (non-participants): 5.6179 Views since voting: 1115 Views during voting: 397 Votes: 273 Comments: 17 Favorites: 1 (view)
are you even kidding me? 5.7? oh i don't think so. whatever dipshits gave this a 1, 2, or 3 clearly have no concept of what bokeh is. part of me wonders if they're even aware this is a photography site.
this should have finished no lower than top 10! i just don't understand DPC voters anymore. this is a beautiful portrait, Jen, and one you should be proud of.
Oh, wow, I'd give this 11 if there were an 11. It is beautiful! The colours are like those of a classic painting, the composition is just right, the bokeh really works to enhance the subject, the expression is darling. ~10
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