This is a complete departure from my usual processing, so I'm interested in seeing what reaction and feedback I can get. I THINK I like it, but I'm not totally sure yet! (That should guarantee a total bomb...)
Noiseware, straighten and crop. Used high pass, followed with a bit of gaussian blur. I then used the history brush on his face, hand and boots to remove the blur.
Tweaked levels, burned grout line at right edge, resize, USM, save for web.
Afterchallenge;
Pretty much what I expected; some liked, some didn't :)
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I'm not sure if I'm a huge fan of the processing, but I really do like the shot - I like that he's looking out of the frame, and for some reaon, I really like the reflection of the hubcap in th ewindow.
Tone mapped? Looks a little soft and for me, the crop is on the wrong side of your subject. Lacking a touch of contrast, and the post isn't doing much for me personally.
Have you tonemapped the picture? I'm not fan of this kind of rendering.Not sure the reflection of the car adds anything. But the guy has a nice attitude.
Nicely titled and fairly well composed. Starbucks? sneakers and communism - but after all, it was always about China rather than communism. Hence the reason Russians called the Chinese 'radish communists' - red on the outside and white on the inside.
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