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Challenge: Long Exposure II (Advanced Editing IV)
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Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Home
Date: Nov 5, 2006
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Nov 5, 2006

 30 second exposure, black sheet in the background and I on my knees. all lights off. Used the flash in my hand pointed at the floor to trigger two soft boxes on either side. Used f/22 so that the strobes controlled the exposure and not the shutter speed. Used 30sec because I can't find the dang remote. NR was on, just for laziness.

Cropped, and used several layers in different modes, screen, overlay, I saved over the .psd after I flattened and I can't remember exactly what they were.

Copied a selection of my eyes to another layer in normal mode and adjusted the levels to decrease the shadows around my eyes. Used a bg layer in screen mode and erased the parts on my cheeks to keep from blowing the highlights completely. Levels layer.

B/W conversion using two Hue/sat layers, lower one on overlay and colorize mode. I didn't desat the upper layer all the way to keep a slight blue duotone.

Flattened, cloning and some D&B, USM 100,1,0 ; resize, USM 90,.4,0 and saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 82 out of 239
Avg (all users): 5.7605
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.5625
Avg (non-participants): 5.9425
Views since voting: 875
Views during voting: 318
Votes: 167
Comments: 6
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 11/13/2006 07:43:29 AM
Very well done Steve... creative idea and you carried it out well.
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
 11/08/2006 08:13:55 PM
i don't know how you did this, but it's very cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/06/2006 06:43:07 PM
your score will go down if you are are from a set of identical triplets... otherwise, great shot!
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Nikon D80
Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Nikon
 11/06/2006 12:38:38 PM
great shot well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 11/06/2006 03:40:56 AM
Very cool!!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/06/2006 01:21:07 AM
Triple shot...the lighting is just touch harsh on the main face...yet nicely done....6
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