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Challenge: Free Study 2007-08 (Expert Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Japan
Date: Aug 24, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: Aug 27, 2007

Convert from RAW
Cropped
high pass filter (Vivid color layer)
Brightness/Contrast mask
Shadows/Highlights for hair detail
Gaussian Blur (Luminosity Layer)
Selective Dodge/Burn to neck, lips and hair.
NoiseNinja
Re-size

Original file I worked with to give you an idea of how it changed.
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Statistics
Place: 83 out of 503
Avg (all users): 6.3312
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 6.2982
Avg (non-participants): 6.4186
Views since voting: 1317
Views during voting: 234
Votes: 157
Comments: 8
Favorites: 3 (view)


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01/20/2008 04:54:09 PM
absolutely gorgeous! i love the editing. the dodging and burning are really masterfully done. one suggestion...sometimes when heavy editing/sharpening is done, it can leave artifacts or hard edges on faces, eyes, noses, lips. a very (VERY) small blur brush set to "darken" can clean up hard edges and "jaggies" like around his little nostrils and the creases at his eyes without causing a noticeable blur. all in all, though, i think this is a wonderful photo and it really should have placed higher.
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11/10/2007 11:07:58 AM
oh i love that edit..i try it..but..did u use photoshop..and realy need to be raw?
I like to learn that hehe
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2007 08:57:15 PM
Great details, Love the shadows and highlights here
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09/04/2007 11:19:36 AM
Great detail with the hair. Very well done.
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09/02/2007 04:57:34 PM
The hair seems just a little over sharpened but it certainly doesn't detract from those very attention grabbing eyes. Great tonal range and focusing also.
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09/02/2007 12:23:16 PM
Nice shot - Like the tones - Great lighting on his hair and a nice simple expression.
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09/02/2007 03:46:47 AM
Great portrait.
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09/01/2007 01:28:07 PM
beautiful lighting
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