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I See a Bird!
I See a Bird!
Lorene


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Natural Light Portrait (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Albuquerque, NM in my parents' backyard
Date: Jul 15, 2007
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2007

 This is Dylan, my nephew. He was looking at a bird on the power line above when I took this.

Shot in RAW:
adjusted white balance and exposure

PS:
Curves
Brightness/Contrast
Dodge on the hair
Hue Saturation to saturate the greens/yellows a bit
Resize
Sharpen
Clone, dodge, and burn a bit on the edge of the nose (sharpen looked funny there)
Save for web

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Place: 221 out of 366
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Avg (commenters): 5.0000
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Views since voting: 801
Views during voting: 302
Votes: 230
Comments: 4
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/24/2007 11:42:08 AM
I would have liked to see more of their face rather than their profile.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 22-55mm f/4.0-5.6 USM
 07/23/2007 09:47:44 PM
How sweet. Love the curls on the hair. I wish there was a bit more of the face showing though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/19/2007 01:01:16 PM
Ah, kids are great, this is nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40
 07/19/2007 12:45:13 PM
wheres the bird? how come the young boy was seeing a bird? im confused.. maybe he saw a superman or what.. lol ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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