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Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Date: Aug 22, 2010
Aperture: 2.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2500
Date Uploaded: Aug 25, 2010

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 Color Balance with curves

NIK pro contrast (20,20)

Clone

Topaz ADJ to reduce contrast

gaussian blur skin @ 15% w/ 5px highpass for texture

dodge and burn to smooth highlights

selective hue/sat on red/yellow

curves for contrast in highlights and midtones

dodge and burn on eyes and lips

NIK Contrast Only (8,8,-5)

USM @ 100,.3,0

USM @ 12,40,0

Crop to straighten

Resize to 1600 px and USM @ 80,.3,0

Save as JPG

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 08/25/2010 06:06:30 PM
Thanks! i really try not to go the plastic skin plastic hair route :)
 08/25/2010 06:02:04 PM
This looks really nice at 1600px. Like the sort of grittiness-yet-still natural look.


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