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Piper!
Piper!
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Challenge: Pet Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: My Back Yard
Date: Dec 8, 2006
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 8, 2006

 Taken on the deck of my house, looking out toward the south. This is my dog Piper. She is a 3 year old Welsh Corgi and was amazingly cooperative in having here photo taken!

For the editing, I followed the steps in the November '06 issue of Popular Photography (p 43-44).
Cloned out lens flare
Cloned out small tree branch
Channel Mixer
Levels
Variations
Resize
Smart Sharpen
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 157 out of 378
Avg (all users): 5.6834
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.3780
Avg (non-participants): 5.9773
Views since voting: 1094
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 259
Comments: 6
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AuthorThread
 01/25/2007 01:58:34 PM
Absolutely love this photo! Shows a lot of pooch character :) Very nice!
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 12/29/2006 04:43:35 PM
A like the shot a lot. But would make a few changes.

I would crop the post to the right of the image, first off. It's a bit distracting.

As far as the B&W conversion goes, it is a bit flat. In levels or curves adjustments, you can jack up your whites and blacks a bit and will see a major improvement in the look of the shot.
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 12/28/2006 10:17:09 PM
Very nice portrait. I think a tigher crop might work . Maybe just cropping out the post on the right of the image. You have nice tones in the B/W and nice sharpness. Also a very nice bokeh effect with the background to eliminate distraction.

Message edited by author 2006-12-28 22:19:51.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/20/2006 01:12:29 PM
Very nice portrait. Getting in closer might improve it. The reflections in the eyes make them unclear. I found this to be a problem with my cat portrait as well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/18/2006 05:53:39 AM
6 - Nice composition and relaxed capture of Piper. Something odd going on in some of the darker areas, almost looks like gamma/contrast/something issues, likely as a result of the toning/pp. The eyes don't seem 'clear' - again could be the pp has accentuated that. Mostly though, Piper's right eye has a white mark over the bottom of it, so trying to fix that in this Advanced Editing Challenge would have helped you.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/14/2006 09:07:07 AM
I've come back to this several times. Nice lighting, composition and DOF. Her face is just a heart breaker. Love it! Good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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