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The Princess
The Princess
boyd2000


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2008-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Poway, CA
Date: Nov 1, 2008
Aperture: 5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2008

 OK, it's kind of rough, but this is new territory for me. Selective desat plus selecting and darkening background. This was taking at a jousting tournament. I have a couple other action shots I almost submitted but liked this better.
The original:



others:


crop
Select girl, invert and desaturate
Select girl and knights, invert and reduce levels to remove distracting and partially modern background (after finding reducing brightness didn't handle it that well).
adjust saturation, levels, brightness
save for web

(post) Sorry everyone, I was doing new things (selective desat, background selection and reduction) I thought were legal in advanced editing but they weren't. Changing levels is OK apparently as long as it doesn't obscure any objects. I didn't get any more explanation than what you see in the DQ notice. The DQ was actually a blessing, since I was at a solid 3.8 when it got DQ'd! I suspect I would have gotten much better with the background in or with one of my outtakes above. Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool is nice and fast for selection but it makes some rough edges I should have cleaned up.
Disqualification Details
You may not use ANY editing tool to move, remove or duplicate any element of your photograph that would change a typical viewer's description of the photograph (aside from color), even if the tool is otherwise legal, and regardless of whether you intended the change when the photograph was taken.

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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/08/2008 08:18:42 PM
Next time try using a blur on the background rather than removing it
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Olympus E-5
Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 12/08/2008 09:39:30 AM
Why was this DQed?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 12/02/2008 12:45:32 PM
Editing feels a little rough around the edges, but I like the composition overall.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 12/01/2008 06:31:01 AM
The background isolation looks fake to me, nice idea and good composition, Cheers,
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Canon EOS R6
Canon RF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 12/01/2008 12:50:30 AM
The use of the selection tool appears very rough and choppy. To me, it's more distracting than whatever might have been in the background before.
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