* Shot in RAW
* RAW adjustments (exposure: +1.2; shadows: 30; brightness: 79; contrast +49)
* Duplicate bacground layer in softlight mode
* Clone out dust specs
* Levels
* Hue/Saturation to boost red/yellow
* Channel mixer to convert to BW at 69% opacity
* Dodge and Burn using softlight layer
* Black layer masked to darken waves
* Merge visible layers
* Noise reduction with Neat Image
* Sharpen with USM
* Hue / Saturation layer for blue hue.
* Save for web
* Upload
Guesstimated Score: 5.4 to 5.7
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I like the desolate feeling of this, but because the subject is just a tiny speck on the horizon, so to speak, it doesn't feel much like a candid to me. Also, it feels as if it needs to be tilted to the right a couple of degrees
I look at this and am a little confused by the focus. It appears that the dog is in focus and the person isn't and I think that this feels a little awkward... Also you horizon appears to be crooked. There is an easy fix for this if you have photoshop. In fact there is a tutorial here to show you how.
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