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Challenge: The Username Challenge III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2009 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon MF 24mm f/2.8 AIS
Date: Jul 25, 2009
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jul 25, 2009

 This IS tuba_charlie, my son Charlie holding his 3/4 size tuba. He and his brother James jrrose1 got home for music camp at Western Connecticut University today. The concerts were excellent and the experience was very rewarding for all.

Lighting: Single tungsten 500w bulb in umbrella from side.
Editing: Converted RAW image in CS4. Topaz Adjust "photo pop" on duplicate layer. Desaturated using hue/saturation. Increased contrast using USM at large radius. Cropped and merged layers. Cloned in background to smooth blacks and rid some wrinkles. Minor clone in face and on shirt. Resize and Adamus sharpening.

Statistics
Place: 61 out of 169
Avg (all users): 6.0974
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.9437
Avg (non-participants): 6.2289
Views since voting: 925
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 154
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/03/2009 02:55:54 PM
excellent image! whew..you just stayed about your 6 there...:)
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 08/03/2009 09:18:19 AM
Peter, very nice shot! probably the only username image where the subject is the real person! I can't believe how big our kids are getting...Another score above 6; only 3 more to go for 10 in a row!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/02/2009 08:42:00 AM
he really doesn't look like his name was Charlie, but a very good portrait nevertheless. bumping up
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 07/31/2009 08:35:12 AM
Nice conversion and great tones!!
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 07/30/2009 10:27:23 PM
This is by far the best image in the challenge. Spot on lighting, brilliant concept, probably one heck of an expensive tuba. My top pick for the challenge - 2.
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 07/28/2009 05:43:06 AM
8 - This just works for this username.
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 07/27/2009 10:31:10 PM
Lovely portrait. I really like how clean the tuba is, nothing distracting here. Very nicely done.
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