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Challenge: Free Study 2007-02 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Date: Feb 27, 2007
Aperture: 1:4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60s
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: Feb 26, 2007

My steps:
crop
clone out baby's feet sticking out from under her dress
levels adjustment layer
hue/sat adjustment on baby
used eliptical marquee to select out baby, selected inverse, new layer via copy
hue/sat to desat boys
erased out baby parts that got captured
selective sharpening on eyes and hair of boys
flatten
followed Tut on model makeover on the baby's eyes juuuust a hair to clean up the whites
Sharpen
USM
Dodged in the catchlights in baby's eyes
resize for challenge
Neat Image
save for web :)

My poor boys were ready to kill me by this point :) This was day two of trying to get this to look right. Day 1 the main model got crabby ;)

Post Challenge:
Well, I now realize that I really really needed to sharpen it one more time LOLOL but, anyway, here is the sharper version:


THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE LOVELY COMMENTS AND VOTES :) wooohoo!! a new PB!! yayyyyyyyy!!!

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 624
Avg (all users): 6.4011
Avg (commenters): 7.3889
Avg (participants): 6.2899
Avg (non-participants): 6.7949
Views since voting: 2567
Views during voting: 303
Votes: 177
Comments: 34
Favorites: 18 (view)


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06/02/2008 11:46:36 AM
I have a similar shot in my portfolio. I like your setup much better. My shot was very spontaneous and it shows. Good looking kids!
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01/14/2008 09:17:59 AM
This was brilliantly posed and excellent thought put into it. As soon as I saw it, I understood what it was all about. Your children are going to cause you some problems when they grow up, all heartbreakers!!!
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12/24/2007 04:30:01 AM
Wow! Amazing work!
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12/05/2007 01:03:14 PM
This is wonderful !
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11/29/2007 09:24:27 AM
Hmm... happened upon this one again. I think I like it even more on a second look. I didn't realize these were all your children! Wow. You have a gorgeous family I must say!
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11/09/2007 08:03:54 AM
JoJo, this is AWESOME!!!!! What a treasure for all time! I love it!
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06/16/2007 12:35:21 AM
FANTASTIC. *note to self: add Johnna to mental list of people who like shooting their families*. Isn't it wonderful to be able to create such nice memories?
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04/04/2007 03:55:52 PM
AWESOME family shot! Put htis in a big frame & hangit oover the mantle! Realy gorgeous!
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04/03/2007 03:01:52 PM
Wow your kids are great! She's going to be one very well protected little sister, and I thought one brother was bad :)
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03/29/2007 07:53:01 PM
Wow, this is great! I missed this in the challenge!
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03/11/2007 06:10:42 AM
congrats on your personal best!

nice job with this great idea
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03/08/2007 12:59:02 PM
Got your hands full there.
75 out of 619 - not bad.. congrats on your personal best too!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2007 09:55:37 PM
cool surreal effect! 7
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03/07/2007 07:21:36 PM
Great concept.
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03/06/2007 10:03:57 PM
Great idea and setup. Very nicely done with the desaturated look on the 4 childeren and the color on the baby. Very nicely shot and edited. 8
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03/06/2007 12:27:04 AM
Really cool. Great contrast between central model and (supposedly) brother.
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03/05/2007 03:27:31 PM
Great shot.
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03/05/2007 04:58:29 AM
Beauty shot. Great idea.
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03/02/2007 10:28:21 PM
This is great! What a unique, cool perspective. Beautiful children too! 9
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03/02/2007 08:54:02 PM
love this set up!!! nice 8
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03/02/2007 06:27:39 PM
Innovative family portrait. Makes you keep looking at all the expressions ... rather intense, actually.
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03/02/2007 04:35:10 PM
Original 9
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03/02/2007 12:55:20 PM
Excellent and original work. Top points from me!
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03/02/2007 06:54:08 AM
Now THIS is a nice childrens portrait. Very nice!
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03/01/2007 07:11:08 PM
Beautiful shot
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03/01/2007 03:06:12 PM
Interesting composition, I think it works well.
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03/01/2007 02:19:18 PM
Love this photo. Awesome job.
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03/01/2007 01:21:49 PM
4 boys and then a little princess. This is a great family portrait! Well done! 8
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03/01/2007 12:41:26 PM
Very cute photo. I like how the baby in the middle stands out with the brighter colors.
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03/01/2007 01:44:15 AM
Nice portrait. Very creative.
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03/01/2007 01:32:40 AM
love the symmetry and desat on this! /9
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03/01/2007 12:59:29 AM
I ADORE this. The contrast between the center child and her brothers is fantastic. The boy's faces say everything beautifully, yah shes cute but guess what...we are damn awesome too. Yeah props!
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03/01/2007 12:33:54 AM
That is gunna be one spoiled little girl! I like this very much. I hope it does well, DPC is not often kind to child photographs. It's so strange... I don't know where to look which is usually a bad thing but works so well for this photo. You should be very proud.
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03/01/2007 12:30:26 AM
I'd say, there's no competition against her - she will win always... :)
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