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04-MAR-2006 Oved

Red Tie (*)

Cropped, CM (contrasr masking), hipass sharpen, resize and USM.

Canon PowerShot S1 IS
1/60s f/4.5 at 58.0mm hide exif
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Date/Time04-Mar-2006 14:26:32
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot S1 IS
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length58 mm
Exposure Time1/60 sec
Aperturef/4.5
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge11-Mar-2006 14:33
Thanks for your comments, Britt and Brent.

I've uploaded a version in which I blurred the background a bit in exhib:
http://www.pbase.com/update_image/57093920
Please let me know what you think...
/Oved
Brent 07-Mar-2006 20:20
This guy really has an interesting "humanlike" quality to his face.
Guest 06-Mar-2006 17:14
Very pretty face :)
ctfchallenge05-Mar-2006 19:28
Armin, your remark make me shudder, vooohh!. This is no joke...

RK, high pass filter sharpen is a technique one use to have the sharpening effect mostly on the edges (much more effective with blurred background that you don't want to sharpen). Here is a link to a page detailing the "how to":
http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/high-pass-sharpening-photoshop.html
In the current picture, USM would probably have rendered equivalent results.
And please be frank - saying 'very nice' is good for the ego but not very helpful with regard to learning the art..
/Oved
ctfchallenge05-Mar-2006 03:37
Love dogs.
Oved... whats hipass sharpen?
Find the picture to be bit flat...maybe increasing the contrast will help.
Hope I don;t come accross too negative...I am trying to say the way I see it...and I am no expert.
- RK
ctfchallenge04-Mar-2006 21:12
Hmmmm :o) I love dogs, one German sheppard was guarding my cradle...but in this case we can be happy, that only the collar is red ;o)))
Cheers, Armin
ctfchallenge04-Mar-2006 20:10
Thank you Alex for your comment. The dog was not very cooprative; as it saw me lifting the camera to my face it barked at me and ran away... (Scary dog, isn't it? :-) As for sharpening - my workflow has it both before and after the resize. I'll see what I can do with the background :-/
/Oved
alexeig04-Mar-2006 17:46
Nice looking dog
* This looks as if it is 100% crop. What is the purpose of sharpening before resize? Background is a tad too messy and distracting