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United States
Title: Fountains of Life
Fountains of Life (14)
jmcl Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 261 W: 4 N: 204] (656)

Corel Paintshop ProX
Corel Paintshop ProX
LCannon Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 367 W: 169 N: 390] (2317) [2007-09-10 21:57:32] [2]
Perhaps I overdid the brightening a little, it took away some of the shadows I enjoyed so much, but I can see his face more clearly. I used the fill flash tool, then selected just his face with the magic wand and created a new adjustment layer and brightened it, merged it into one again, then used the clarify tool. I still like the shadows in the original better and the trees look kind of weird in my version, but I did enjoy seeing the expression on Andrew's face very much.
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United States
Title: Shared Joy
Shared Joy (22)
jmcl Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 261 W: 4 N: 204] (656)

brighten, crop
brighten, crop
Kilted-Arab Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1036 W: 74 N: 2193] (9471) [2007-09-01 20:09:29] [4]
Hi john - I felt the basis of a good portrait was there, but it seemed a little dark - brightened, RGB level adjustment and slight crop to remove the half-hand. Hope you don't mind.
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United States
Title: Part of Mine
Part of Mine (26)
jmcl Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 261 W: 4 N: 204] (656)

paint Shop Pro X
paint Shop Pro X
PierreFrigon Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1947 W: 231 N: 3761] (15465) [2007-08-30 18:20:44] [2]
Copied the image to two layers.
Bottom layer: changed to B&W
Top Layer, erased everything that was not part of Andrew and his sister.
Also brightened it a lot to retrieve the colors.
Hope you like it
Pierre
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United States
Title: There Would Always Be the Spring
There Would Always Be the Spring (30)
jmcl Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 261 W: 4 N: 204] (656)

Brightened
Brightened
PierreFrigon Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1947 W: 231 N: 3761] (15465) [2007-08-27 17:43:53]
Hi John,
With Paint Shop Pro X, I played with shadows, midtones and brightness to see more details. Then added a splash of the clarify tool
Hope you like it
Pierre
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United States
Title: Sunlight in Shadow
Sunlight in Shadow (22)
jmcl Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 261 W: 4 N: 204] (656)

Black and white, shadow/highlight
Black and white, shadow/highlight
rychousmama Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1168 W: 156 N: 58] (228) [2007-08-26 19:10:20] [1] [+]
Well, in order to emphasize the play of light and shadow, which I think is what you wanted to do here, I converted first to black and white since color has a tendency to distract from plays of light and shadow. Then I applied the highlight/shadow function and adjusted the midtone contrasts a little, to increase them. Then adjusted levels to make the darkest tones and midtones a little richer and darker. Then I used the "sharpen" tool in the vertical skinny toolbar to sharpen the face, hands, and arms just a little bit (strength at about 27%). Hope you like it!
-Lara
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