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April 27, 1948 - May 2, 1966
April 27, 1948 - May 2, 1966
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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Albuquerque, NM in a cemetery
Date: May 17, 2007
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1250 sec
Galleries: Landscape, History
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2007

 I didn't actually know this person. I just found a random spot in a random cemetery and laid out some flowers. Anything for a challenge!

Shot in RAW: adjusted white balance; saved as TIF, tone-mapped in Photomatix

PS:
Black/White (masked off flowers, duh)
Curves
Dodging and Burning here and there
Resize
Sharpen
Save for web

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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 06/01/2007 02:51:59 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Um, this one is a toughy to critique. As far as it goes, it's a nice B&W image with good black and white gradations, but when confronted with the Challenge title, I did think the desaturation was a bit subtle.

I suppose it was mine, I'd have given ol' Jacob a few more flowers and more colorful ones. poor fellow, he didn't even make it to his 21st birthday.

Anyhow, you got dinged by your subtle image and that doesn't happen very often to you.

Continued success in your DPC experience.

SFAlice
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Pentax K20D
Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7
 05/28/2007 02:22:59 AM
Pulls at the heartstrings. Well, it did for me anyway. Maybe if the flower colour was stronger, it would have had more impact??
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05/22/2007 12:08:45 PM
It might have been nice to brighten up the flowers and add a little more saturation; they are so small they are almost lost in the shot and the viewer may or may not notice that they are in color... but otherwise, good shot!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/22/2007 12:11:06 AM
A perfect choice. Mabe a little too dark and the flower needs a little more red color. You get a good score from me ;)
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