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Yo_Spiff


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Collection: People
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Waxahachie, Texas
Galleries: Candid, Street
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2008

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 Spotted this colorful guy at a veterans day WWII reenactment. Considered this for the "Red" challenge, but I thought it would get killed in voting as a snapshot. Might have done better in the Street photography challenge, but it was too late for that one.

Don't quite recall all the editing steps, but I did a fair amount with layers and dodging in order to try and bring out his face from the deep shadow of the hat. Also some selective sharpening.

I also did one of my new favorite adjustments on it, to bring out detail from shadows and highlights:

-Duplicate layer
-Desaturate duplicate layer
-Negative image duplicate layer
-Gaussian blur of 4 on duplicate layer
-Overlay layers
-Manually adjust overlay to desired amount and merge layers.

I've saved this procedure as a script for PaintShop Pro. If anyone would like it, I have it uploaded here: Negative layer technique.PspScript

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 11/30/2008 04:46:49 PM
Ah yes, the Texas flag as a shirt - I've seen a lot of those!
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