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Lonni


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Challenge: Puzzled II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
Date: Feb 21, 2009
Aperture: f11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2009

 Editing:

Convert from raw with adjustments to brightness, contrast, colour balance.
Cloned out my tripod leg
Cloned out stray eyebrow hairs
Cloned out printing error in jigsaw (on upper lip)
Crop
Adjustment layer for brightness/contrast (masked only to jigsaw)
Adjustment layer for desaturation of yellow channel (over whole image)
Adjustment layer for Partial desaturation of red channel (masked only to jigsaw)
Adjustment layer for brightness/contrast (masked to smaller jigsaw in the jigsaw)
Resize to 1500 pixels wide
USM at something like 250%
USM masked only to left eye at about 70%
Resize to 720 pixels wide
Save for Web

Thanks everyone for the great comments. I didn't imagine I was so close to ribboning with this one.



Statistics
Place: 4 out of 168
Avg (all users): 6.4532
Avg (commenters): 7.6875
Avg (participants): 6.4516
Avg (non-participants): 6.4539
Views since voting: 3482
Views during voting: 430
Votes: 203
Comments: 26
Favorites: 9 (view)

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 07/09/2009 07:05:43 AM
wow .. i've looked at this some more ..
i hadnt read your processing steps when i made the first comment .. so i see that there was a tripod involved .. so its not a figment of my imagination .. !!
but this gets better and better the more i look at it .. :)
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 07/09/2009 07:02:34 AM
amazing idea and wonderful execution ..
your eyes are spectacular .. i got totally caught up in them ..
then i thought i saw a tripod .. lol lol !!.
congrats on a fourth place .. its a fantastic image .. :)
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/05/2009 04:30:54 PM
Great image Lonni! You are on a roll. Congrats on a top five four finish! WTG!
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Nikon D60
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR
 03/05/2009 08:35:27 AM
Hey Lonni this is great! You have gorgeous eyes to! Congrats!
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 03/04/2009 05:41:42 PM
on a roll Lonni! Keep up the good work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 03/04/2009 05:33:24 PM
Congrats on an intriguing image and your HM!
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 03/04/2009 04:56:31 PM
Brilliant idea and execution! Congrats!
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Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 03/04/2009 12:20:19 AM
Eight votes under three? Nice to see the "I think she cheated" voters still don't read the "how to vote" section. Great Idea, perfectly executed.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/03/2009 10:53:15 AM
if this does not make the front page i will be very disappointed /10
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Canon EOS-600D/T3 Rebel
Olympus 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
 03/02/2009 02:29:35 PM
i enjoyed the depth of the puzzles
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Nikon D700
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
 03/01/2009 06:34:12 PM
The look on the girls face really makes this shot for me. Good one
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Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 03/01/2009 10:27:26 AM
Great focus, I like this portrait a lot. Nice lighting and composition. Creative idea. Great job.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 02/28/2009 06:56:48 PM
The effort paid off. Nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D
 02/27/2009 11:23:41 PM
one of my favorites from this challenge
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 02/27/2009 04:33:29 AM
Very clever idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
02/26/2009 05:44:12 PM
Good Shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 02/26/2009 12:51:56 PM
Love the creativity
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 02/25/2009 11:36:39 PM
Great! Very creative! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/25/2009 10:36:04 PM
Wow, I have to know how you did that!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 02/25/2009 05:05:41 PM
I like it. (I wish the puzzle pictures were just a little clearer - some localized contrast or sharpening adjustments could do it.) Good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 02/25/2009 02:19:48 PM
Nicely executed! Good shot. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 02/25/2009 09:26:15 AM
This is so awesome, fantastic setup
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 02/25/2009 04:35:50 AM
idea is not new, but perfectly meets the challenge and shot is very well executed
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/25/2009 04:00:43 AM
You have a very very patient model.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/25/2009 01:56:55 AM
too bad you couldn't have gotten a better DOF.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 02/25/2009 12:59:12 AM
Top 10. Most creative and well-executed. A slight ding for being slightly washed out on the main face but otherwise, great work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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