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Challenge: Grunge (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: 2009 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: Preston CT
Date: May 16, 2009
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 16, 2009

 My thirteen year old son Charlie. Shot on a rainy/ cloudy afternoon at an abandoned gas station near our house. Lighting included a fill flash to provide some improved lighting to his face - i would have used a reflector but i don't have one...and i ran out of Aluminum foil....

Edit:
1. Converted RAW to JPEG in CS4
2. Duplicate Layer - Desaturated using Hue/saturation - Multiply and opacity adjustment
3. Adjusted curves, levels, Contrast, Hue/Saturation as adjustment layers
4. Merged Layers
5. Duplicate Layer - Topaz Adjust (Portrait Drama and Clarity) - adjust opacity down
6. Burn/ Dodge face for contrast and detail
7. Add subtle vignette
8. Minor clone along pant legs
9. Adamus Sharpening using resize, sharpen, resize for web.

Post Challenge: Very happy with the score and the final placement. Some great images in the challenge. I want to thank Team Polska for providing some very useful feedback of my original edit, enabling me to 'find' this final version.

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 99
Avg (all users): 6.4400
Avg (commenters): 9.0000
Avg (participants): 6.2222
Avg (non-participants): 6.4964
Views since voting: 2912
Views during voting: 347
Votes: 175
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/27/2009 12:59:35 PM
Excellent job, Peter! Congrats on top 10!
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 05/27/2009 12:54:18 PM
nice finish Pete!! wow! look at the avg commenter's score..

Nicely done..so now have you hit the "real" goal? ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/27/2009 08:23:11 AM
many congrats Peter, top shot.
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 05/27/2009 03:51:47 AM
Congrats on top 10 with this fantastic image, Peter.
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 05/27/2009 03:23:17 AM
Congrats on the Top10 Peter this image is awesome, would make a seriously good Album cover!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/22/2009 04:54:20 PM
nice comp and contrast
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 05/20/2009 12:45:03 PM
Great shot.
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 05/20/2009 04:33:59 AM
I love the band :D, this is the fist 10 I would give on this contest
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