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Challenge: Selective Desaturation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: my mother's house
Date: May 20, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2007
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my niece through a diffusion filter and selectively de-sated.
Thank you all for the comments. For though process notes:
I took the image with the plan of desating it, but I was going for her hat, or her face. When I saw how well they turned out with the diffusion filter, I desated everything but her face. And only her face. No, it doesn't look better with her arms saturated. If her arms are saturated you're left wondering why her shirt and hat are desaturated rather than looking at her face. And if the entire is saturated, being that her shirt is pink, the hat is pink, the flowers behind her are pink, you lose her face and its wonderful tones. So she is lost in the pink.
Desated like this - you first instantly notice her face. You wander around, looking at her eyes, her smile, her fat little cheeks. Once that is done, you move out a little further, but are drawn back into her face by the boundary formed by the hat, the arms and the overly white shirt. The background is just that. That is why everything but the face is desated. Trust me. I know what I'm doing. ;) |
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05/28/2007 10:48:30 AM |
| She is a very pretty little girl. Great work. |
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05/28/2007 01:48:11 AM |
Ohmy! This is magical. It reminds me of one of those nostalgic greeting cards. Deserving of a much higher score than 5.82!
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05/27/2007 11:26:00 PM |
| Beautiful work - love the soft focus |
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05/27/2007 12:49:07 PM |
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05/26/2007 05:15:56 PM |
| Beautiful model, beautiful job of desat. |
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05/26/2007 12:23:21 AM |
| It bothers me that her arms aren't colored |
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05/24/2007 12:27:36 PM |
| Lovely capture. The desaturated arms take something away from it somehow. |
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05/22/2007 07:26:03 PM |
| Beautiful portrait of an adorable young lady. Good Luck! 9 |
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05/22/2007 02:46:23 PM |
| I wish her arms were in color also ... seems strange to have them desaturated |
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05/22/2007 05:23:38 AM |
| Who says you can't win ribbons with beautiful little girl portraits. A Very special photograph. Good luck in the challenge! 9 |
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05/21/2007 12:33:20 PM |
| What a beautiful portarit-good job! |
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05/21/2007 12:17:37 PM |
| You can't help but smile when you see this shot. Great composition and expression on her face. Really like the soft focus on your shot also. Nice job. |
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05/21/2007 09:54:15 AM |
| It's a really cute girl and shot. I would have left all of her in color though...it doesn't enhance the image to have just her face and hair in color. Especially, since the color of her shirt is reflecting off of her chin. |
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05/21/2007 06:44:05 AM |
| Nice photo, but the selective desaturation doesn't really add much to this image. It might have been better in full colour. |
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05/21/2007 01:33:17 AM |
| This is beautiful! Very well done. 10 |
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