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Photo Information
Copyright: Jean Michel Peers (ornis) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 148 W: 20 N: 139] (842)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-07-03
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Edited by: Adrian Warren (AdrianW) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 131 W: 131 N: 105] (307)
Edited Image Upload Date: 2004-07-06 11:09:44
Categories: Portrait
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Exposure: 5.6, 1/500 seconds
Workshop Note
Purpose: To illustrate my critique suggestions :)

Method: Contrast Masking, to reduce the shadows and bring out some more detail - NewLayerViaCopy, Desaturate, Invert, Blur/Gaussian 20px, merge mode set to Overlay at 100%. Applied a little more sharpening to bring out some more detail - usual USM values applied to L (brightness) channel in LABcolor mode (10%, 20px, 0)(40%, 1.2px, 0)(20%, 0.8px, 0). Finally converted to LABcolor and applied a light Gaussian blur (2.4px) on A and B to reduce some marginal ISO colour noise in the shadows.

Of course the shot becomes less of a portrait, but it's an alternative! I hope you like it :-)
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