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Challenge: Pet Portrait III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Harwich Port, MA
Date: Feb 24, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 900
Shutter: 1/50
Date Uploaded: Feb 24, 2008

Tone mapped for noise in Wukong beta, exported to CS3, cropped, channel mixer, high pass, resize, border, save for web

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This is pretty much exactly the effect I was looking for going into the shot. I am aware I am going to get hammered on contrast and noise both.

Statistics
Place: 254 out of 261
Avg (all users): 4.2814
Avg (commenters): 5.1250
Avg (participants): 4.0857
Avg (non-participants): 4.5000
Views since voting: 923
Views during voting: 311
Votes: 199
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)


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03/19/2008 04:31:58 PM
This is a really marvelous post process. It retains a lot of detail, especially in the eyes. It did get hammered for scores, but still glad you put it in for us to enjoy and see a different type of processing. Glad you are willing to experiment, of course. Interesting and stimulating
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03/07/2008 10:56:44 AM
This photograph is a lot better than the score it received. It is nice to see a different approach. I wish people were a little more open minded. The only constructive criticism I have is that the photograph appears bottom heavy since there isn't much negative space below the dogs head compared to the negative space up top.
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03/06/2008 03:01:23 PM
Love the post processing. It gives your dog more of that staunch personality which fits the breed well. Veryy cool. Surprised it did so poorly.
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03/05/2008 03:44:10 AM
Terrific picture - and yes it got hammered - Oh, me...

You could have done this for led zep - the graphic high contrast gives you a figurative dimension. Good stuff.
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03/03/2008 04:09:54 PM
I love the graphic quality of this. I gave this a 7 and then never got back to my 7s for bumps.
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03/03/2008 12:36:56 AM
Love the effect. Seems perfect for the subject. Looks almost like a wood block print.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/01/2008 12:50:52 AM
I like the effort at an artistic b/w look, but It's not appealing to me. I think it is the posterized look and almost 1/2 his face being hidden in shadows.
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02/28/2008 08:50:45 PM
I think this "grunge" look would have worked a little better if the lighting had been different. The darkness takes away from the nice expression on the dog's face.
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02/28/2008 09:12:06 AM
This is fascinating to me - the effect is an almost human visage emerging.
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02/28/2008 01:23:27 AM
I'm not fond of the processing. Good on you though for trying something different.
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02/27/2008 05:09:22 PM
Too much editing for my taste. You've lost all definition in the lower right corner. But, if the upper right corner were black as well, that might give you a very interesting design.
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02/25/2008 02:28:35 PM
Emergent evolution, of new characters and qualities at complex levels, dogs, I belive are one of them.
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02/25/2008 02:00:23 PM
this is a neat effect, it would look awesome silk screened onto a bag or something!
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02/25/2008 08:22:05 AM
Very intersting photo. I like it. Nice touch with the grain.
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02/25/2008 08:17:56 AM
The processing doesn't work for me in a photo contest. Too much lost detail on the left side of his face, in my opinion.
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02/25/2008 02:04:44 AM
Wow, this is really high contrast or sharpened extensively. Interesting choice in PP.
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