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BrianR


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Challenge: Pet Portrait IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Home, Hervey Bay,Queensland,Australia
Date: Feb 8, 2009
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2009

 Yes Master

Our pet Niki, a golden Labrador.

Opened Lightroom
High contrast B/W with minor tone adjustment.
Crop.

CS3

NI- Sharpen/Noise
Brightness/Contrast
Border
Usm- Final Sharpen

Original

Statistics
Place: 191 out of 278
Avg (all users): 4.9880
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 5.0000
Avg (non-participants): 4.9800
Views since voting: 568
Views during voting: 390
Votes: 251
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 03/01/2009 01:31:50 PM
I really like the b&w and contrast. I like the composition too.
 02/18/2009 03:57:55 PM
I love the high contrast of this! Works really well with your dog. Reminds me of SandyP's work in a way.
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 02/18/2009 03:01:50 PM
If approached as high key, it's wonderful... so that is the way I will go. I love that you saw potential in the original shot to salvage it and enter it in this category. It is unfortunate that more people didn't see it this way.

I love it!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/17/2009 01:56:11 AM
This is difficult to judge.
Do I say overexposed snapshot, or WOW a beautiful highkey portrait. Unfortunately my tendency is towards the first as the background is not uniform and distracts a little, and on my monitor (Manually calibrated) the neck and lower jaw blend into the background.. I would also have preferred a crop to have maybe included the ears.
Nice looking dog by the way.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/15/2009 07:04:20 PM
good idea but too much glare.
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 02/14/2009 04:48:15 PM
nice shot
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 02/12/2009 12:59:02 AM
Nice idea. really stands out.
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 02/11/2009 10:35:48 PM
Interesting high-key shot. I'm not sure it totally works, but its a nice change of pace for this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/11/2009 12:50:16 AM
Not sure about the title
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