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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: my mother's house
Date: May 20, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2007

 my niece through a diffusion filter and selectively de-sated.

Thank you all for the comments. For though process notes:

I took the image with the plan of desating it, but I was going for her hat, or her face. When I saw how well they turned out with the diffusion filter, I desated everything but her face. And only her face. No, it doesn't look better with her arms saturated. If her arms are saturated you're left wondering why her shirt and hat are desaturated rather than looking at her face. And if the entire is saturated, being that her shirt is pink, the hat is pink, the flowers behind her are pink, you lose her face and its wonderful tones. So she is lost in the pink.

Desated like this - you first instantly notice her face. You wander around, looking at her eyes, her smile, her fat little cheeks. Once that is done, you move out a little further, but are drawn back into her face by the boundary formed by the hat, the arms and the overly white shirt. The background is just that. That is why everything but the face is desated. Trust me. I know what I'm doing. ;)

Statistics
Place: 122 out of 556
Avg (all users): 5.8233
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 5.6742
Avg (non-participants): 6.3148
Views since voting: 1018
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 232
Comments: 15
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 05/28/2007 10:48:30 AM
She is a very pretty little girl. Great work.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 05/28/2007 01:48:11 AM
Ohmy! This is magical. It reminds me of one of those nostalgic greeting cards. Deserving of a much higher score than 5.82!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/27/2007 11:26:00 PM
Beautiful work - love the soft focus
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 05/27/2007 12:49:07 PM
Beautiful!
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 05/26/2007 05:15:56 PM
Beautiful model, beautiful job of desat.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 05/26/2007 12:23:21 AM
It bothers me that her arms aren't colored
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Konica Minolta DiMAGE X50
 05/24/2007 12:27:36 PM
Lovely capture. The desaturated arms take something away from it somehow.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 05/22/2007 07:26:03 PM
Beautiful portrait of an adorable young lady. Good Luck! 9
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 05/22/2007 02:46:23 PM
I wish her arms were in color also ... seems strange to have them desaturated
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 05/22/2007 05:23:38 AM
Who says you can't win ribbons with beautiful little girl portraits. A Very special photograph. Good luck in the challenge! 9
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 05/21/2007 12:33:20 PM
What a beautiful portarit-good job!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 05/21/2007 12:17:37 PM
You can't help but smile when you see this shot. Great composition and expression on her face. Really like the soft focus on your shot also. Nice job.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 05/21/2007 09:54:15 AM
It's a really cute girl and shot. I would have left all of her in color though...it doesn't enhance the image to have just her face and hair in color. Especially, since the color of her shirt is reflecting off of her chin.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 05/21/2007 06:44:05 AM
Nice photo, but the selective desaturation doesn't really add much to this image. It might have been better in full colour.
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Nikon D2X
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 05/21/2007 01:33:17 AM
This is beautiful! Very well done. 10
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