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The Scottish Philosopher
The Scottish Philosopher
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Challenge: Duotones III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Date: Nov 8, 2007
Aperture: 2
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 9, 2007

 This is Alasdair Richmond, a much beloved philosophy lecturer at Edinburgh University.

The original picture was quite badly overexposed, but turned out pretty nicely in B&W with a bit of tweaking of exposure levels etc. during RAW conversion.

Editing steps: minor cloning and healing brush, channel mixer, levels, brightness/contrast, dodge/burn, numerous soft light layers to make the shadows more interesting (the original lighting was pretty bad).

Statistics
Place: 220 out of 295
Avg (all users): 5.2129
Avg (commenters): 5.6667
Avg (participants): 5.2020
Avg (non-participants): 5.2321
Views since voting: 807
Views during voting: 207
Votes: 155
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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 11/19/2007 03:47:00 AM
What makes this work for me is the warmth in his eyes. At 1/30th of a second, it's hard to get a sharp image, even with a tripod when you're shooting people - the darn things breathe and move and stuff. That said, I think you did a great job with this in post to get a very nice portrait!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/16/2007 11:14:33 PM
nice image but it's just not interesting.
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 11/15/2007 10:21:35 PM
The forehead and noselooks to have some blownout highlights and the picture seems to be a biy oof.
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 11/14/2007 10:07:22 AM
Good protrait
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 11/13/2007 06:38:12 PM
Nice headshot. sharp. blown out a bit across the nose and forehead.
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