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Challenge: Balloons (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Compact Hyperzoom Aspherical for Canon
Location: outside....
Date: Apr 17, 2010
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Snapshot, Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 18, 2010

 This is Keely one of my friends. She was kind enough to help me with this challenge. =] Got some other great shots although this one i think will do the best. I think this could get about a 5.7 Well hopefully it does.
Here are the editing steps the i did:
Sharpened
Silver Efex Pro (which made a new layer)
Masked SEP layer
'deleted' the balloon BW part
cleaned up
blurred the outer edge of balloon
resized
saved
submitted

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 329
Avg (all users): 5.9333
Avg (commenters): 7.3750
Avg (participants): 5.7754
Avg (non-participants): 6.2361
Views since voting: 1514
Views during voting: 369
Votes: 210
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 05/05/2010 07:16:35 PM
WOW SOFIA . !!
this is fantastic .. i love the b&w with that bright red balloon . i love keely's nearly lost/sad/far away expression .. i love the background with the trees and the long grass .. almost like a fairy tale or something .. congrats on an awesome pic .. i bet she loves it ... would look amazing printed .. :)
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 04/26/2010 03:11:31 AM
Hehe, great finish too, especially considering the standard of this contest and the sheer number of submissions. The selective desaturation (which I rarely enjoy) is actually very applicable here. Shame it didn't quite make it over 6. Congrats.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2010 01:55:16 PM
Not really a fan of selective desaturation but works wonderfully here.
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 04/23/2010 09:51:12 PM
Almost looks like blood on her fingers...
 04/23/2010 10:38:03 AM
Very dramatic
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 04/21/2010 11:38:05 PM
I'm normally not a big fan of selective desat, but it works well here and you've captured quite the expression.
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 04/21/2010 06:56:47 PM
Nice shot and I love the background.
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 04/20/2010 08:22:07 PM
Great pic. 9
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 04/19/2010 10:29:15 PM
Nice contrast & mood ---effective..
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 04/19/2010 10:03:59 PM
Big fan of the selective desat.
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 04/19/2010 04:17:48 AM
Great use of selective desat and I love your subject and setting. My only comment would be more negative space to the right would improve this composition greatly. Well done and good luck. 8
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