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His Master's Voice
His Master's Voice
kelmat


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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Zilker Park - Austin, TX
Date: May 17, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2007

Blur, burn & dodge background.

Statistics
Place: 535 out of 556
Avg (all users): 4.3934
Avg (commenters): 3.7778
Avg (participants): 4.2917
Avg (non-participants): 4.7907
Views since voting: 573
Views during voting: 287
Votes: 211
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/26/2007 06:22:06 PM
what is this blur around the dog ???
05/24/2007 01:07:23 PM
Your burning and blurring left a halo around the subject. You might want to try a mask layer next time.
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05/22/2007 07:31:24 PM
ha ha , very cute 7.
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05/22/2007 05:49:05 PM
The tongue looks too pink.
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05/22/2007 09:08:13 AM
This looks pretty good except the tongue looks unnaturally pink. Maybe making it a little more subtle would have scored it higher for me :) Good tones on the B & W though.
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05/22/2007 01:30:03 AM
The dog looks crook. I had a tongue like that last Sunday morning .
05/21/2007 06:30:03 PM
Dont like your blur technique especially around the edges of the dog.
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05/21/2007 01:29:26 PM
I can see that you've made an effort here, and that is commendable (it means your trying to learn!)

That said, you have a nice conversion here with good contrast, and the puppy seems well-focused. However, its also obvious that you've used a blur tool to make everything besides the dog OOF. It can work well to bring attention to your subject, but ONLY if it is done very subtly.

What works better is to adjust your camera's aperture setting to a low number & use a shallow depth of field when taking the picture. Your results will appear much more natural, and will score considerably better.
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05/21/2007 12:10:20 PM
I love this! Great use of the technique
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05/21/2007 10:46:03 AM
The blur is completely unnatural, and kills this photo.
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