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kbeall Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 532 W: 109 N: 902] (3580)
"Find something that you love to do, and figure out a way to get paid for doing it."--advice I've heard given to young people as they try to figure out "how to be successful". This man must be a success, because he makes a living out of photography, and yet this is how he spent much of his vacation. (But he might have spent less time behind the lens if they had let him bring his Harley onboard the ship.)

He was concentrating intensely on a subject in the water, with a hint of a smile, and I don't think he knew that I caught him.

I totally blew the original shot; it was almost entirely overexposed, but I managed to save the facial features by drastically reducing the midtones (-100) and then applying a sepia filter.

Update 7/21/09: We lost Skip last month, and I've never seen anyone fight a more valiant fight. He was a true friend, courageous and honorable, and was my chief encourager in photography. He is loved and missed by many. His hope was in God, and by God's grace, we who loved him will see him again.

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kbeall Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 532 W: 109 N: 902] (3580)
Photoshop El. 3
Edited by:gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2662 W: 74 N: 4764] (21697)

Lytle “WS” work...
I followed book info - suggestions, PS3 and this is what I got...
- color adjustments
- croping
- sharpen
- adding frame

I hope you like it.
George

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kbeall Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 532 W: 109 N: 902] (3580)
Photoshop CS3 B&W Converter
Edited by:riverfriends Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 997 W: 241 N: 1783] (6972)

Many times we overexpose with intent...
any time that you may find an image over exposed, before you reject it, try B&W and play with gray channels, and you will be surprized!
I simply used gray channels to play with tonal ranges:)
Please go in:
Adjustment/Black & While:
and play with all channels there
Thanks