9th Sunglasses by Fredman by ctfchallenge

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Sunglasses
by Fredman


01-MAY-2007	Fredman

Not the most original of concepts, but it it fills out the gallery a bit.

Canon PowerShot G7
1/160s f/2.8 at 7.4mm hide exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Guest		07-May-2007 19:05
Very clever!

Rod		07-May-2007 00:40
Doug, this is a partial desat:-)

ctfchallenge		05-May-2007 03:12
I guess I'm in the minority as I do enjoy a selective desaturation, especially when done to create subject isolation. I maybe would have tried only a partial desaturation though. -COAmature

ctfchallenge		02-May-2007 22:55
I'm not a big fan of partial desats but this seems to work well for this shot as it helps draw the eye away from the nose which was too prominant in the original. Great reflection shot Fred! CJ

ctfchallenge		02-May-2007 19:27
Hmmm... I'm not sure how I feel about the selective desat. It certainly makes the nose less prominent, but now he looks like "the great stone face." Nevertheless, the reflection is great. --Mary Anne

ctfchallenge		02-May-2007 10:38
Thanks everyone for your comments. Rod, this one isn't very good in full color either I'm afraid. Cheers! Fred

Rod		02-May-2007 10:34
I really don't like the look of selective desats I think it spoils this shot which looks like it could have been a goodun. Well done for the view in the glasses which looks very good:-)

aam1234		02-May-2007 08:52
Selective desaturation works very well here.

ctfchallenge		01-May-2007 19:39
Great framing, love the use of selective desaturation - Jamdiver

Brent		01-May-2007 18:44
I think this works quite well Fredman and Mary Anne suggested a great tweak for the image. You really did a nice job lining up all the angles in the reflection and picking a nice scene to reflect as well.

ctfchallenge		01-May-2007 15:59
Thanks, Mary Anne. You're right. I made a new version with selected color and some Gaussian blur on the nose and background. Fred

ctfchallenge		01-May-2007 15:17
I think it's a good take on the topic, and the reflection is well done. I just find the pores on the nose to be distracting. I'm wondering if it would look better if you softened or desaturated that area a bit. Do you have other shots that aren't so close? --Mary Anne

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