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The Old Man & The Angel
The Old Man & The Angel
JacksonGariety


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bokeh VI (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: UFO Festival, Mid-Day, very sunny
Date: May 15, 2010
Aperture: f/24
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/80 sec
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2010

 This was taken at the 11th annual UFO Festival hosted by McMenamins in McMinnville, OR. There I saw an assortment of people dressed in Alien costumes, but by far the most intriguing thing I saw all day was this odd couple, an immensely obese woman and his tiny alien dog with fairly wings. Surrounded by a crowd of aliens all waiting to see who won the "Alien Pet Costume Contest". This wasn't the first place winner, but it sure made a great photo.

Editing:

1. Crop
2. Hue/Sat for B&W
3. Curves for a tad more contrast
4. Gaussian Blur

The editing was relatively simple. The crop only excludes a small portion of the photo to the left to get the woman and her dog in the right place, the light was fairly good so just bump of contrast with curves made it perfect. Yes, it's synthetic bokeh, GB did the trick just fine.
Disqualification Details
You must retain your original, unedited file (exactly as recorded by your camera), and provide it to the Site Council along with a list of your editing steps within 48 hours of any validation request. Files that have been saved or altered with any editing or transfer software are NOT originals.

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 10/05/2010 02:35:01 PM
A beautiful candid photo, love the dog going to sniff the stick ;), great capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/26/2010 02:36:40 AM
Originally posted by DCNUTTER:
Gaussian blur is not allowed in basic as you found out....wait..yes it is actually. So why the DQ?


Gaussian is allowed, but spot editing isn't, so it has to be applied at the same amount across the entire image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/26/2010 02:15:27 AM
Gaussian blur is not allowed in basic as you found out....wait..yes it is actually. So why the DQ?

Message edited by author 2010-05-26 02:18:03.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/22/2010 03:16:51 PM
A nice conversion to b/w. The blur looks as if it was created during post processing, which works nicely for isolating the subject, but doesn't really seem to fit with the spirit of the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2010 09:30:09 PM
This would make an interesting free study too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2010 03:18:33 AM
Amazing capture. Candid, impromptu.
(Use of a Lens Baby should get you off the DQ hook I hope!)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2010 02:46:13 AM
Pretty special.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2010 01:56:59 AM
that's not bokeh, it's blur...

Looks like a lensbaby.

(Looks like there is now a thread about this comment..) :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2010 01:13:18 AM
Nicely done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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