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It's a Girl!!!
It's a Girl!!!
Rob O


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Challenge: Shallow DOF III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX APO Macro EX DG HSM for Canon
Location: Chandler, AZ
Date: Jan 30, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3s
Galleries: Family, Children
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2007

 Truth be told, my wife is 7 mos pregnant ... so this isn't exactly a surprise. :-P But I thought the idea would be good for a shallow DOF shot. I was a little disappointed that both indicator lines didn't come in at the same color strength; had this been an Advanced Editing challenge I would have "fixed" the faint one.

Shot tripod mounted with MLU active and triggered remotely.

RAW Conversion in ACR 2.0:
WB (temp) 2550* and Tint -1
Exposure +1.20
Shadows 15
Brightness 50
Contrast 50
Saturation +20
Medium Contrast Curves

Final processing in CS3:
Cloned out sensor dust
Levels adjustment layer - pulled in whites (211) and blacks (7)
Selective Color adjustment layer - removed yellow tint and blacks from White; enhanced Reds with extra magenta and blacks; enhanced Blacks (+15)
Curves adjustment layer - pulled down shadows a bit for more contrast
NR with Noiseware Pro @ default setting (mild application)
Smart Sharpen at 150% and .9 (Basic Mode, Lens Blur, More Accurate)
Resize for web (640px wide) then final Smart Sharpen (50% @ .5)
Add border, convert to 8-bit sRGB and Save As ...

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02/03/2007 01:59:28 AM
Congratulations
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 02/02/2007 08:11:15 PM
Congratulations!!
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 01/31/2007 11:01:44 AM
the 2 redlines are not focused. i think u need 2 focus it there for it to work w the title
 01/31/2007 01:41:37 AM
congradulations
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