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On Learning of his Father's Death
On Learning of his Father's Death
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Honolulu
Date: Jun 8, 2008
Aperture: f/1.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/13s
Date Uploaded: Jun 9, 2008

 In Raw: Adjusted Fill Light +45, Black +4, Brightness +74, Contrast +99, Clarity +100. Highlights +100, Lights +8, Darks +9, Shadows -39. Saturation: Red +5, Orange -36, Yellow -100. Luminance: Red -17, Orange +17, Yellow +21. Camera profile: red +3, Saturation -75. All adjustments made to whole photo.

Converted to PS

In PS: USM increased to about 300. Got rid of a few hot pixels and dust. Cropped, resized, and small black border added. Resized again.

Statistics
Place: 108 out of 294
Avg (all users): 5.5765
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.4085
Avg (non-participants): 5.6970
Views since voting: 593
Views during voting: 244
Votes: 170
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 07/04/2008 10:56:00 PM
Great photo, the tones, the processing and the crop all work so well with his expression. The title is annoying, it's too obvious and a feels superficial for such a strong emotive photo.
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 07/04/2008 10:19:38 PM
I didn't need the title to get the full poignance of the image. Remarkable portrait. The lower lip breaks the circle of the hat brim, symbolizing whatever has broken.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/14/2008 02:42:55 PM
My goodness. And then he let you take a photo of him?..... he must have been in a state of shock. Very good image, though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/12/2008 02:32:09 PM
beautiful texture details in the face and hat. one of the best in this challenge
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 06/11/2008 11:06:11 PM
good shot, soo sad expression.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2008 03:53:44 PM
this is a lovely image, but i'm afraid it's not really a high contrast image. high contrast has a limited tonal range of high and low tones, with very few intermediate tones. the ultimate high contrast is pure black and white, no greys. the more greys or intermediate tones, the less high contrast it is.
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