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Challenge: Shoes II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Almaden Quicksilver County Park, San Jose, CA
Date: Feb 19, 2010
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Feb 19, 2010

Thanks again to Photo Assistant Carol for holding down the shutter button as I waved my shoes around on a hillside.

This was taken in the same location as my 'Chairs' entry:



I had originally been going for a reshoot of my entry in the first Shoes challenge, which didn't score as well as I'd have liked:



... but the shoes weren't really cooperating; they just weren't getting lined up right. Frustrated, I let the shoes go while the shutter was still clicking away. Turned out that I'd finally gotten the shoes properly silhouetted, and I liked the way the laces looked. I decided to keep it.

This was again not a rushed entry; I shot two days before the entry deadline. This lead time gave me the opportunity to return repeatedly to Photoshop and make a lot of little tweaks.

PP:
Initially: Crop, dodge & burn, many levels adjustments to different parts of the image, Topaz Adjust (my first time using the thing - what an awesome filter!), NeatImage, resize, USM

Tweaks: Little bit of vignetting, cloned out some distracting spots in the background foothills, lightened hand, face, and forearm, removed an out-of-place lock of hair, restored some detail lost in a small chunk of grass--and there you go.

focal length 12.0mm
4:53 PM

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Place: 19 out of 138
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Views since voting: 1498
Views during voting: 368
Votes: 174
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/28/2010 07:25:12 PM
A shoe-fly? The perfect match for my shoehorn-fly!
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02/28/2010 02:54:02 PM
you might think about eating a bit more lad...nice angle but a little over worked for my taste...7
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02/27/2010 02:22:06 AM
if you don't count the concept, the composition, the unique square crop, the exposure, the muted tones, the sharpness, the post processing, and even the ridiculously perfect title, there's absolutely nothing i like about this.

my favourite so far.

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02/26/2010 03:55:09 PM
haha funny
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02/24/2010 08:51:14 PM
the sky and background is terrific!
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02/22/2010 03:51:20 PM
Nice picture & I like your title!
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02/22/2010 07:38:15 AM
Good energy in this image. It woulod be even better for me if he wasn't wearing shoes, but maybe that wasn't the point of the shot.
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02/22/2010 02:15:40 AM
Ha ha lol... I like this idea. Nicely done.
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02/22/2010 01:45:51 AM
If they love you, they'll come back. :P
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