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Adorable Attitude
Adorable Attitude
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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
Location: Boston
Date: Aug 12, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 64
Shutter: 60
Galleries: Family, Children
Date Uploaded: Aug 23, 2006

 I did have another idea that I have been perfecting... in my head... for this challenge but I did some edits to this picture & thought I would use it instead. I know DPCers usually have a distinct aversion to pictures of kids but the more I look at this pic the more I love it. While I value DPCers, their votes & opinions, it has never really influenced the choice of shots I have submitted. It's all about me dammit! :P
This pic was taken at my lil cuz's birthday party. She loves butterflies & had a lil butterfly wand which was way cute. Most uncooperative with picture taking, I managed to snap this pic of her that captured a bit of her unwillingness to have pictures taken of her.
Post Processing Steps:
1. Adjusted levels to get the exposure mostly right
2. Cropped to get rid of the rocks on the top left in the original.
3. Created a dupe layer and polarized the hue to get some greener pastures
4. Layer mask to reveal the original colour of Oroni but keep the grass an even green.
5. USM
6. Neat Image to reduce some of the noise
7. A bit of healing brush to remove a tiny rash on her cute little cheeks
8. Resized & optimised for web & that's a wrap!


Statistics
Place: 325 out of 684
Avg (all users): 5.6343
Avg (commenters): 6.8750
Avg (participants): 5.6095
Avg (non-participants): 5.7241
Views since voting: 833
Views during voting: 328
Votes: 268
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 11:58:07 PM
adorable attitude is right...love it! 10
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 09/07/2006 12:14:08 AM
Beautiful, excellent pose.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 10:21:10 AM
Sweet shot but not sure about the angle and it looks like you focused on her hands and not her eyes
 09/04/2006 09:43:00 AM
looks like possibly too much neat image on the face but i love the fantasy feel with the glowing effect and bright mystical colors. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2006 02:16:27 PM
Personally, this looks like it was neat-image was used a bit too agressiviely, but I like the perspective -6-
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2006 06:49:10 AM
Bit to neat, but very adorable!
 09/02/2006 12:21:52 PM
Aawww, she is too cute! Very sharp and beautiful lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 12:33:25 PM
Youve nailed those eyes - the catch lights are fantastic
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 09/01/2006 10:34:08 AM
She is adorable, love the colours and the pure white.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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