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Challenge: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Washington, D.C.
Date: Feb 6, 2012
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 1/25
Date Uploaded: Feb 9, 2012

 I thought this incredibly long line of people waiting for the bus was interesting. I utilized a layer mask of gaussian blur to draw attention to the girl at the front of the line. Maybe a bit excessive. I just thought I'd give it a try. I hope you like it at least.

Edit:
Tone adjustments and b/w conversion in LR3
Gaussian blur - layer mask in Photoshop

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 68
Avg (all users): 6.0080
Avg (commenters): 8.2500
Avg (participants): 5.7941
Avg (non-participants): 6.0879
Views since voting: 733
Views during voting: 268
Votes: 125
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 02/19/2012 05:22:18 AM
Great job!
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 02/17/2012 10:49:42 AM
Originally posted by Melethia:
Congratulations on your new Personal Best! Somewhere there is a thread for posting such things - go post! I love that little flare of sun over her shoulder. The artificial blur is just a tad strong for my taste, but it worked to get your point across for this challenge, and that's what counts! Nice street work, too.


Thank you, all, and thanks Melethia for pointing out the thread!

I agree on the strength of the blur. It's only my second time using artificial blur in an image, and I didn't know how far to take it. I decided to lean on the artistic side, but now looking at it, I realized it's a bit much. In the future, maybe that knowledge will really help me out, haha.
 02/17/2012 07:28:35 AM
Congrats on the new PB! great job
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/17/2012 03:01:32 AM
Excellent use of blur, this one grabbed my attention straight away.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/17/2012 01:35:01 AM
well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/17/2012 12:54:20 AM
Congratulations on your new Personal Best! Somewhere there is a thread for posting such things - go post! I love that little flare of sun over her shoulder. The artificial blur is just a tad strong for my taste, but it worked to get your point across for this challenge, and that's what counts! Nice street work, too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/17/2012 12:46:54 AM
15th place? I can't believe it...this is awesome!!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/16/2012 05:56:23 PM
not easy he 9
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 02/15/2012 06:48:21 PM
Beautiful capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/11/2012 07:21:18 AM
Totally faked depth of field (I think!). But apart from that, a really nice idea / image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2012 05:32:20 PM
Cool processing. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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