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True Grit
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Challenge: Image Grain (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Out and About
Date: Oct 20, 2005
Aperture: f1.4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 23, 2005

 shot with a borrowed 50mm f1.4 nikor lense
now i am buying it, lol.

raw adjustments-
shadows
contrast&brightness
also change of WB
slight vignette

PS adjustments-
masked person
convert to B&W via channel mixer
curves to person only
made new layer of person only and changed to overlay, then blended the opasity.....
(i feel cheep but i knew i would want the shot both with and with out noise so i took it at ISO 200) and added film grain using the artistic "film grain" filter in PS.....(its just a good shot both ways i did want to take it with noise and regrette being stuck with it that way only)
boardered by enlarging the canvis....
-end of editing-

not sure what i'm going to call it still but i will need to come up with something fast

thanks for all the views, votes, and comments

btw go white sox 2 to zip we go to texas ( oh yeah :OP )

Statistics
Place: 153 out of 274
Avg (all users): 5.1640
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 5.0932
Avg (non-participants): 5.2817
Views since voting: 768
Views during voting: 304
Votes: 189
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/03/2005 09:12:37 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Very strong portrait image and the background makes the title fit in all ways by helping your subject appear very strong.

Your lighting and lens and or filter selection for this were well done as you have very minimal reflection in the glasses.

As for meeting the challenge I think you needed to add more grain to this. I do see some grain in the background but your subject just seems to have very little grain on him.

As I said this is a very strong portrait and you captured the person well here.

Anna
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 10/31/2005 12:49:12 AM
and we are chock full a that man!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/30/2005 11:37:09 PM
great work buddy
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/30/2005 02:35:09 PM
Serious and yet funny
great picture capturing all sides of life
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/28/2005 09:39:21 AM
Very appealing photograph of an interesting subject. It's the kind of 'real life' portrait that is so much more memorable and powerful than all that artfully posed crap. The grain is subtle, but sufficient for your purpose. Nice work. 8
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 10/26/2005 01:07:43 PM
Interesting portrait and well done in black and white. Good control of reflection in the glasses. However, I just don't see image grain in the photo.
 10/25/2005 01:48:10 PM
I think that the background should help explain why this man has true grit. To me, it just seems to be a picture of a man.
 10/24/2005 12:42:09 AM
Love the title. Good contrast. Great portrait. NOt seeing tons of grain.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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