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rminkow Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1968 W: 106 N: 2574] (15656)
My friend Mario has been playing the bass professionally since he was nine years old. He is working on a solo album playing the seven string bass and needs some pictures for a CD cover…this is the first shot of a few I will post. It will be good to hear comments and might point he and to the best shot.

As with my other black and white shots, the conversion was done in the Channel Mixer using primarily the Green Channel. An Overlay Channel was added at 12% to give a bit more contrast. The shot was sharpened in the area of his eyes, glasses, jewelry as well as the metal parts of the bass.
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rminkow Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1968 W: 106 N: 2574] (15656)
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Edited by:messenger1 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 546 W: 37 N: 914] (4404)
Roger -
I tried to clone out the background to leave it dark and blurred. It was a bit of a sloppy job, particularly between the outside guitar keys and the left edge of his hair, but I just wanted to get an idea of how the image would look with a basic dark background. Not sure how I feel about it in the end. Hope you don't mind my taking a shot at playing with your great image.