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Challenge: Selective Desaturation (Advanced Editing II)
Collection: 2004
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: backyard, Rossland
Date: Jun 18, 2004
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Family, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 18, 2004
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One of my first pictures with the new Nikon, using the regular zoom lens that comes with the kit.
Steps:
- Cropped, selected area to remain in red and feathered very slightly (2px), promoted selection to new layer.
- Worked on original layer (adjusted contrast, cloned out small light/dark spots on the skin and background).
- split to RGB.
- Converted original to b/w using channel mixer.
- Copied red channel (from RGB split) and pasted in as a new layer over the original. Erased eyes in second layer, blended at soft light with background, and merged the two layers (not the top one containing the mapleleaf and flag).
- Made a copy of background (b/w) layer and applied a soft focus filter. Blended with background at about 80%, erased portions (eyes and lips) I didn't want soft.
- Merged all layers, resized, sharpened. |
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10/05/2004 01:40:43 PM |
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06/25/2004 01:11:20 AM |
| Nice try - and a good high contrast picture to use. Looks to me that the greens and blues on desaturation removed some of the hues that make the red look real. This looks like a black and white picture with a pure red icon drawn on it - and you very seldom find a pure red anywhere - except in some roses. |
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06/24/2004 09:11:13 AM |
| Well done. Attractive model. Excellent clarity and composition. |
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06/24/2004 03:43:13 AM |
| I would like to see this photo with her lips and maybe eyes still colored as well as the maple leaf and earring. I also wish the hair wasn't blocking the earring. The wisp of hair between the leaf and earring is perfect by itself. |
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06/23/2004 04:41:49 PM |
| I like this idea a lot, but i think the color is a little bit too overpowering. |
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06/22/2004 07:34:21 PM |
| beautiful ! the flag on the ear is just a little too much, which is why I give this an 8 instead of 9. great job! |
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06/22/2004 03:16:08 PM |
| Not sure you played by the rules, but it's an interesting picture. |
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06/22/2004 01:44:55 PM |
| Beautiful portrait. This would have worked well for this week's challenge too! :)9 |
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06/21/2004 07:32:29 PM |
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06/21/2004 02:27:25 PM |
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06/21/2004 01:41:52 PM |
| Very nice portrait. Such a pretty young lady as well! Nice touch of red...well done! :o) |
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06/21/2004 01:27:20 PM |
| Pretty girl, pretty tones, pretty focus. Winner. |
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06/21/2004 01:39:38 AM |
| Perhaps not your fault, but the maple leaf does not look convincing. |
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