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But MOM!
But MOM!
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Challenge: Free Study 2008-09 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Date: Sep 28, 2008
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50s
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2008

 Open RAW, adjust brightness, export as JPEG.

Open in CS3
Crop
Curves to adjust contrast
small use of healing brush on backdrop to get rid of a spot of dirt
layer via copy and select eyes
USM on iris at 100, 1.5, 0
Reduce opacity to 25% and merge down
Sponge tool on iris on dup layer
burn tool on outside of eye and pupil on dup layer reduce opacity to 10%
flatten image
duplicate layer change to soft light reduce opacity to 35%
flatten image
duplicate layer and run Virtual Photographer soft light layer reduce opacity to 60%
flatten image
USM at 100, 1.5, 2
resize for challenge
USM at 50, .5, 0
added border
resize again
SFW

Enjoy! I am hoping someone notices that this baby has 2 brown streaks in her left eye. She was SO darn cute! :)

Statistics
Place: 229 out of 430
Avg (all users): 5.5886
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.6000
Avg (non-participants): 5.5660
Views since voting: 1125
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 158
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/09/2008 03:58:00 PM
Well, your commenters loved it! :) Silly other voters ...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2008 09:50:13 PM
As she crawled anguishingly toward some food, Abby couldn't help but curse the fate she had been left with. How cruel, to have been born with the bottom half of a fairy princess, and yet be left without wings.

Struggling desperately for her goal, she let out a desperate cry, and continued on.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/02/2008 08:38:35 PM
LOL - Look at those gorgeous curls....ohhhh - fantastic!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2008 12:48:54 AM
excellent shot, nice skin tone, superb focus on the eyes. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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