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Yellow Ribbon, Textures III, July 2005, Western Gray Squirrel by brianlh
Yellow Ribbon, Textures III, July 2005, Western Gray Squirrel by brianlh
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Deja Vu III (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Ottawa
Date: Sep 14, 2007
Aperture: F8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 15, 2007

 tweaked in Raw, croppd a lot, lots of NI passes, then used history brush to bring back the Squirrels fur texture, a touch of liquify on the eye, lots of dodge and burn on the background, added a sepia layer ijn overlay mode, and faded to ~60%. sharpened, saved for web, sharpened again.

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 111
Avg (all users): 5.8163
Avg (commenters): 6.5556
Avg (participants): 5.8000
Avg (non-participants): 5.8261
Views since voting: 999
Views during voting: 271
Votes: 147
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 09/24/2007 02:29:38 PM
Awww
adorable
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/23/2007 06:11:51 PM
Good tight composition but not very sharp.
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 09/21/2007 12:16:09 PM
Nice details on the textures off the hair and whiskers of this gray squirrel! This is also a good close-up portrait of this wild creature. My main suggestion to make this image visually pop more is to increase your dynamic tonal range of the B&W. Just off the top of my head this one DPCer's tutorial Methods of Black & White Conversion gives some good pointers on how to boast the dynamic ranges of your light and dark portions of the image. Playing around with different levels or mayhap you could adjust the contrast levels in your camera will greatly boast the 'wow' factor of the shot.
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 09/20/2007 09:03:18 PM
well done, great catch.
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 09/20/2007 12:33:42 AM
I like it! You show off his eager little personality perfect. Or is it an annoying little personality? 8
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 09/19/2007 02:48:06 AM
A bit harsh in some areas and very noisy.
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 09/18/2007 07:48:19 PM
I missing the sharpness and the light of the original here, but it's certainly a nice lookalike.
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 09/17/2007 07:53:25 PM
Pretty darn close, but I have to say, Brian's is just a tad bit sharper. It's sad I have to compare, because this is outstanding in it's own right.
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 09/17/2007 02:01:26 PM
Fun shot! B&W works grat here!
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 09/17/2007 04:54:05 AM
not bad. i'm amazed you got your model to pose so close for you. seems to me your image is a little to grainy. heavy crop?
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