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Challenge: Image Grain II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portraits
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: Mar 12, 2007
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 13, 2007

Two key technical points: (i) strong (about 4 stops) underexposure at shooting and then 4 stops bump up in RAW conversion to have grain to begin with, (ii) extreme sharpening (radius about 10, amount 400% or something). Desaturation, of course. Some levels. I am not quite sure how to categorize it: low key, high key, both?


Will I be crucified for "digital art", "graphic art", "not a photograph", etc? Actually, I don't really care..

Statistics
Place: 91 out of 399
Avg (all users): 5.8596
Avg (commenters): 7.7500
Avg (participants): 5.7449
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 1007
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 178
Comments: 7
Favorites: 2 (view)


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04/12/2007 04:45:31 PM
I thought it pretty much rocked. Nice work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2007 04:05:25 PM
Great portrait and very nice use of grain.
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03/16/2007 03:39:59 PM
Hmm, I think I know this person. Very powerful portrait and interesting post processing, I like it very much.
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03/15/2007 07:30:32 PM
looks pretty neat, almost seems heavily edited, but whatever you did to make it looks like this in a basic editing challenge then let me know.
Nice focus
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03/14/2007 02:00:52 PM
I love it- looks like an old hard paper print
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03/14/2007 07:39:30 AM
Almost looks like Tony Montana,

"Say hello to my little friend"
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03/14/2007 03:00:28 AM
Great shot!
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