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Collection: DC GTG 2007
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II/III USM
Location: Arlington Cemetery, VA
Date: Jun 23, 2007
Aperture: 1:5.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1600 second
Galleries: Emotive, Military
Date Uploaded: Jun 28, 2007

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Comments: 3
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Taken during the DC GTG.

The processing is actually quite simple (and I believe would be legal in Basic).

Straightened horizon, replace color, selective color, levels, resize, sharpen, save for Web.

The selective desat was accomplished via replace color and selective color
(the thing that made it easy was that there really were no other yellows, oranges, or reds in the shot - except the flames).

In PS:
Image/Adjustments/Replace Color
Using eyedropper select part of the dark green grass
Increase Fuzziness to about 125-130%
Move the Saturation bar all the way to the left
Click OK
Repeat to remove the hints of blue and any remaining "color" other than the flames

I used Selective Color to increase the saturation (and slightly shift the flame hues), then increased overall color sat and adjusted levels.

That's it! :-)

Shooting Mode: Aperture-Priority AE
Exposure Compensation: 0
Focal Length: 210.0mm
White Balance: Auto

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06/28/2007 08:23:46 PM
Wow! Awesome shot and processing. I am in awe.
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06/28/2007 08:15:04 PM
good job on masking that thing. probably took your a while.
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06/28/2007 05:28:20 PM
Love the desat on this one! Poignant and lovely.
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