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Happy Tet New Year!
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boyd2000


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
Location: Balboa Park, San Diego
Date: Feb 28, 2009
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2009

 Taken at the 2009 Tet Festival.
Cropped out top and right distractions
resized to 720
Topaz Adjust to custom sharp portrait setting increasing sharpness.
In PS increase saturation, select and brighten teeth and whites of eyes.
Select eyes and USM.
Selected mouth again and adjusted color slightly towards blue.
Did a little more USM on entire image.
Spot healed several freckles.
Blur on much of face and teeth to clean up noise.
Cloned out some stray hairs.

I'm not expecting much but I thought it was a decent shot to submit at the last minute. Hopefully it won't be looked on as a snapshot.

Statistics
Place: 289 out of 436
Avg (all users): 5.2886
Avg (commenters): 5.1667
Avg (participants): 5.1373
Avg (non-participants): 5.6170
Views since voting: 727
Views during voting: 222
Votes: 149
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/06/2009 05:49:42 PM
I like how the contrast of the bright colors of her dress and her face work against each other. Very complementary
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 03/06/2009 05:34:04 PM
A tad over sharpened
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/04/2009 11:07:17 AM
great shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2009 12:01:02 PM
Love the colors, I cut myself on the sharpening.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2009 11:17:50 AM
Super detail and color. This image really pops. She has a wonderful smile. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2009 03:32:53 AM
This almost looks a bit too sharpened, and the only reason why I am saying that it because of her eyes... I like it though!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2009 12:14:22 AM
Pretty model. Colorful and interesting costume. Much too sharp.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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