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Crisis in Wheatsville
Crisis in Wheatsville
Jutilda


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon PowerShot Pro1
Location: Austin, Tx
Date: May 19, 2007
Galleries: Urban, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 19, 2007

 I was going down "the Drag" near the Univ. of Texas campus and Godzilla caught my eye, so I whipped into the parking lot and got this shot. This is dedicated to Ken Priest. ;~D

Crop
Duplicate layer
Optikal filter in Virtual Photographer
Marquee tool - cut to reveal green of Godzilla
Flatten layers
Dodge and burn
Adjust saturation and contrast
Clone and healing tool for minor sky blemishes
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 399 out of 556
Avg (all users): 5.0593
Avg (commenters): 6.1111
Avg (participants): 5.0543
Avg (non-participants): 5.0769
Views since voting: 734
Views during voting: 300
Votes: 236
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/06/2007 02:02:49 AM
Ha! Great job seeing this in the first place. :)
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 05/29/2007 12:56:18 PM
Yep, doesn't look like he left much of the town in tact. :) Thanks for thinking of me whenever you see a big, scaly monster with toxic breath. :P

...btw, this totally should have ribboned! Where is that "bitch about voters" thread...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/28/2007 01:34:53 AM
Very funny shot :D A crisis indeed!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/27/2007 10:50:42 PM
7 Godzilla Points.
 05/27/2007 03:21:25 PM
Cool capture, great for this challenge. :D
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/26/2007 01:12:53 PM
Automatic extra point for funny title.
 05/26/2007 09:03:10 AM
Is this Art ROFLMAO's joint? Cute photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2007 01:45:22 PM
LOL... now that's funny, nice choice of selective desat to draw attention to "GODZIRRA!"
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 08:47:00 PM
Thanks for the giggle!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 04:09:56 PM
The color is tonally too close to the black and white so it doesn't have much impact. I made the same mistake on mine.
 05/21/2007 04:55:45 PM
HAHAHAH! Heehee! I can't stop giggling!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 11:52:11 AM
LOL too funny. Wish you could have had some people running on the street. Great shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/21/2007 05:23:12 AM
You found ART's house!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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