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Rugged as a Wooden Post
Rugged as a Wooden Post
BrianR


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Date: Jun 9, 2008
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 9, 2008

 Rugged as a Wooden Post

7.04am overcast and a fog in the background with dew on the grass. Set up the camera on tri pod set to continuous mode and fired away as I went into a number of positions, this is the last of a 137 frame shoot, high contrast well that’s another story.

Opened raw file in Light room 1.4
Converted to B/W
Crop

CS2

Sharpen
Contrast Layer1

Statistics
Place: 218 out of 294
Avg (all users): 4.8343
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 4.6111
Avg (non-participants): 4.9903
Views since voting: 822
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 175
Comments: 2
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Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 06/24/2008 11:30:07 PM
Great job to keep the facial features natural while getting the high C effect in the hat and shirt.
Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 06/19/2008 11:19:05 AM
Hey, I recognize this outfit from the Cowboy challenge. Looks better on you than on the hanger. :) Good shot Brian. Nice high contrast, especially in the hat, shirt, and collar tip. I like your title too.

I like the shot the way it is, but I wonder if you had cropped it down to a standard portrait (including the hat and collar point) if it would have scored higher for this High Contrast challenge.
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