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Collection: CROW-volution
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
Date: Feb 16, 2011
Date Uploaded: Feb 16, 2011

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 Finally, I have added a new, empty layer, set to multiply mode, filled with "multiply-neutral color (white)".

I have selected the foreground color on my color picker from the darker warm parts of the image.

And I set my gradient tool to Linear, foreground-to-transparent, and draw a gradient in from the left, another from the top, and a third from the bottom.

I fade the gradient layer to suit, and I am done, except for sharpening and resizing.

I resized the original to 1600 pixels, flattened the image, duped the base layer and used "sharpen" on it, duped THAT and sharpened again, duped THAT and sharpened a third time, then resized to 800 pixels.

This was too sharp, so I tossed the top layer. It was still too sharp, so I faded the second layer to 25%. That worked, and i saved for web.

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OM System OM-1
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 02/16/2011 09:47:51 PM
"toos harp"? Took me a few seconds to translate this :)

great vision and processing skill to extricate this beauty from the almost unsalvageable original
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/16/2011 03:52:40 PM
While photo tools is downloading :), just to say what a great way to share your work, thank you!
Clicking back and forth on this tab and the final product, I've just realized how subtle is the sharpening.
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Google Pixel 2
 02/16/2011 12:49:41 PM
Excellent tutorial. Thanks a lot!
Gotta add Photo Tools to my arsenal.
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