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The Pouting Fairy
The Pouting Fairy
karmat


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2008 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Portraiture
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Pinhook, NC
Date: May 17, 2008
Aperture: unk
ISO: unk
Shutter: unk
Galleries: Candid, Children
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2009

 I submitted this last summer at another photo site and it bombed horribly. You would think I would learn. However, I really like it. I normally don't go for the "overprocessed look" but obviously in this one I like it.

PP (not that anyone will want them, but that I can remember what I did)

crop
duplicate teh layer, multiply 18
merge
next layer -- desat 97 "erased" flowers, lips and wings
next layer -- colorize -- hue 20, saturation 81 opacity at 46
layer -- dodge hair opacity at 23
clarify 3x at full power (5)
autosaturate
layer -- multiply
"erase" fairy
reduce multiply to 84
clarify
crop
add vignette
use channel mixer to switch to monochrome
opacity set at 22
merge
soften skirt 39
merge
border
resize
submit

Statistics
Place: 412 out of 531
Avg (all users): 5.1486
Avg (commenters): 5.8750
Avg (participants): 5.1369
Avg (non-participants): 5.1852
Views since voting: 1512
Views during voting: 397
Votes: 222
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/25/2009 05:22:07 PM
OMG. I didn't see this in voting (stopped at first 20%) but I love this. you were robbed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2009 04:29:49 AM
I can see why you love it! That expression is classic. Gorgeous shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/22/2009 03:46:36 PM
So it was that The Tooth Fairy's request for a raise was turned down, and his reaction became the basis for kind-hearted ribbing from all the major mythical creatures from that day forward.

For a being that collected teeth, they said, perhaps he should smile once in awhile.

Of course, the deeper psychological issues continued to go unexplored. There were no therapists in Mythical Land.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2009 09:50:32 AM
I love the stark, bleak processing. It's so wrong, yet so right....8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/18/2009 10:23:12 AM
Doesn't look so happy, interesting choice in PP
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2009 11:40:00 PM
Processing is a bit harsh, but the subject matter stands up to it, more or less. Priceless moment.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2009 01:54:45 PM
this is too much!!!...should be in the personality challenge...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2009 06:32:02 PM
it's a great pose, but the edit makes it really harsh and almost dirty looking
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2009 10:06:34 AM
an awesome facial expression accentuated by even better processing
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2009 09:40:52 AM
this one made me smile! Her expression is so funny!
Why ever, reminds me to "miss little sunshine"
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/16/2009 01:25:34 AM
"The Pouting Fairy"... Rightfully so! Excellent photographic capture of the emotion. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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