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DAY 9. edited. watching the dog .
DAY 9. edited. watching the dog .
roz


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Collection: 003 - MARCH 07. MINIMAL EDIT THEN PROCESS
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
Location: our paddock
Date: Mar 21, 2007
Aperture: F8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Animals, Rural
Date Uploaded: Mar 21, 2007

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 this is the unedited version ..


these are the processing steps in CS2 ... opened jpeg ...
brightness/contrast adjustment layer
hue/sat adjustment layer and master/desaturated, then selectively erased areas in adjustment layer to create some areas of colour ...
colour balance adjustment layer and created a sort of sepia tone in the desaturated areas which had been a sort of grey colour after desat ..
duplicated background layer and did a filter/artistic/poster edges and opaqued a bit ...
did a lighter vignette and erased everywhere except bottom of image ..
used a flaming pear plug called organic edges that created a bit deeper look to the desaturated areas ...
scaled the image just a tiny bit to give a better proportion and to get rid of the white bit of sky ...
did a kubota border and then did a flaming pear/melancholytron on it and opaqued that effect a whole heap ... cropped ..
resized ...
did a noise ninja and erased it from the sheep ..
selectively sharpened the sheep ...
saved for web ..

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 10/20/2007 06:33:32 PM
I love the textures here! And the way the picture goes in and out of sepia tones is just fantastic!
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 03/22/2007 03:46:09 PM
Great shot of the sheep to begin with and your editing choices make this quite delightful!
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 03/22/2007 09:54:19 AM
Fabulous editing. LOVE their inquisite faces.
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 03/21/2007 11:14:12 PM
Another excellent shot in your portfolio Roz, well done sweet girl.....
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 03/21/2007 10:38:54 PM
Roz, You're killing me with the sheep pics. This is just wonderful. Excellent job of making a good image into a fine image. Love the gradient desat.
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 03/21/2007 07:44:08 PM
Good album cover shot. Spooky.
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