A mother and child having a stroll in the park.
Best of 2006? I doubt it, but I liked the airy feeling a lot.
Full frame.
Editing steps:
Some cloning out of small details
Dodge & Burn
USM in luminosity mode, faded a lot
Merge
Dodge & Burn
USM in luminosity mode, faded a lot
Slight median filter, faded
Conversion to very light sepia with paint brush
Levels
Brightness + Contrast
Reduce
Save for Web
Neat Image
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killer opportunity, great processing. just wish the image had been of some interplay between the mother and child. as is, she looks like she's trying to let the wind blow the hair off her face. not bad, but all the same, it leaves the image a hair below spectacular ;-)