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"Absque Deo Nihil"
"Absque Deo Nihil"
HarveyG


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Challenge: Sun in Frame II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG for Nikon
Location: At home
Date: Sep 11, 2011
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Macro, Children
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2011

 My old boarding school, The Armidale School motto - "Without God, Nothing."
A play on the idea that without light, there'd be no sight.

This is my 8 year old's eye filtered through net curtain in his bedroom. Natural light. He battled through 10 odd shots. He did not look at the sun directly. Yes he has extremely long lashes and thus wide screen post box style to fit them in...

I finally took the plunge and did some advance editing...
Sharpened in RAW export to 8 bit TIFF
Topaz Labs DeNoise 4
Converted to BW and played with contrast and sharpening
Selectively brought back the colour in the eye.
Cloned out 2 stray hairs and 1 very small aperture flare imperfection.
Dodged and burnt irritating highlights and dust speck.
Cropped, added border, SFW.

[Sep. 12th, 2011 02:59:44 AM]
Avg Vote: 6.4444

[Sep. 16th, 2011 11:45:12 AM]
Seems like a "Love It, Hate It" Shot. Wild swings at both ends. Some great comments, thank you! Started levelling off at 6.2xx. Should do well for my BYOAKC Round #2 against young Nicky nB

[Sep. 18th, 2011 04:58:16 PM]
Votes: 119
Views: 231
Avg Vote: 6.3025
Comments: 8
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 146
Avg (all users): 6.2937
Avg (commenters): 8.2857
Avg (participants): 6.2239
Avg (non-participants): 6.3729
Views since voting: 1282
Views during voting: 242
Votes: 126
Comments: 12
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 09/19/2011 01:34:22 AM
Amazing. I thought this was going to be hammerd, but for me it is the top shot. Thanks for sharing.
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 09/19/2011 01:20:49 AM
I also think this should have scored a bit better. Tough challenge but a great shot and PP works well. Still a good score
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 09/19/2011 12:43:20 AM
This should have scored better! This is the most epic shot ever!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/18/2011 11:31:32 PM
a perfectly subtle capture... I hope viewers have calibrated their monitors.
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 09/18/2011 11:19:53 AM
This is really cool. Excellent idea.
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 09/18/2011 10:33:54 AM
Powerful. Without a soul evil becomes unlimited.
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 09/16/2011 04:12:38 PM
Great shot and great take on the challenge.
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 09/15/2011 12:46:17 PM
Very artistic
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 09/15/2011 09:40:59 AM
Impressive. Awesome shot. Amazing detail and beautiful.
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 09/13/2011 07:24:26 AM
this one bent my mind as to the quality for this challenge, you did well
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 09/12/2011 03:44:13 PM
fantastic, my pick for the blue. good luck
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 09/12/2011 08:47:48 AM
Unexpected. That eye has earth and sky colors. COOL
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