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Bedtime
Bedtime
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Date: Nov 13, 2009
Galleries: Portraiture, Children
Date Uploaded: Nov 22, 2009

Editing Steps:
Convert from RAW
Nik filter - Contrast Only
Nik filter - Bleach Bypass, Overlay mode, 62%
Brightness -34, Contrast -16, masked out area of boy and bear
Minor Dodge/Burn around boys head
Levels, 0, 1.00, 216
Topaz Filter, 33%
Nik filter - B&W conversion, 51%
Flatten
Resize
USM on area of boy and bear
Levels, 0, 0.91, 255, mask out boys face
Neat Image on boys face
USM on area of boy and bear
B&W adjustment layer on lower right corner only
some cloning to minimise dictration of soft toy in lower right
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 180 out of 366
Avg (all users): 5.6599
Avg (commenters): 7.1667
Avg (participants): 5.6923
Avg (non-participants): 5.5814
Views since voting: 649
Views during voting: 49
Votes: 147
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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12/08/2009 12:15:35 AM
I love this shot. Beautiful work.
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12/08/2009 12:05:38 AM
urgh lost my comment. Nice picture. 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2009 06:14:34 PM
I think I've used this same effect before, or one very similar. I'll be curious to read how you did it. Nice.
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12/06/2009 07:33:09 PM
Nice effect. I kinda wish there was a little more happening on the left side but not a biggie.
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12/06/2009 05:47:50 PM
Heh, I wondered if folk were going to think it was overlayed. Glad to see it validated before the end of voting. Great experiment and I hope you do share the details on this one.
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12/04/2009 10:54:13 PM
Oh yes! What an emotion laden photo ... it reminds me of the way I felt approaching bedtime as a child ... the death of sleep, the hope for morning, the companionship of my bear
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12/04/2009 11:58:08 AM
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: Shot through some form of fabric I presume; it works just like an overlay - I really like it. The success of the image lies in its ability to conceal and reveal to just the right amount. Lighting and colour are sublime.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: Excellent work.
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12/02/2009 11:34:03 AM
doing camera motion? I like what it did to the picture...enough that I can still see what you subject is
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12/02/2009 03:55:57 AM
The textures you have achieved in this shot makes it feel a little diturbing, like something from the paranormal. I think that's what appeals to me here. : ) Nice work! : )
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12/01/2009 09:14:33 AM
Doesn't appeal to me but a keeper, for sure. Nice work!
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12/01/2009 05:28:01 AM
Bedtime is scary! The wisps definitely look like something ghostly, but he doesn't look too spooked. Probably because teddy is there to protect him, eh?
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