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20-JUN-2006 Ray A. Akey

June 20, 2006: Guardian Angel

Windsor, Ontario Canada

We went out looking for cool locations to do some goth style images
Having seen this cemetery many times, we decided to scout it
The place is absolutely awesome and we'll see Sharon is a similar setting soon

However, this angel with broken wings just called out to me that she wanted to be today's PAD photo
Can you hear her, praying silently on sacred ground, keeping watch over that which lies beneath?

"Mend the broken homes
Care for them they are our brothers
Save the fading light in our souls"

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/125s f/2.8 at 70.0mm iso50 with Flash full exif

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Guest 22-Jun-2006 02:21
kej your funny!!!
kej21-Jun-2006 17:34
Ok, that gives me a headache just thinking about it. How about just putting a cardboard cutout in front of the lens and crossing one's fingers?!
Ray Akey21-Jun-2006 17:13
It was actually about a 40 step process from start to finish. The vignetting was done in two stages. The first using the Photoshop filter "Virtual Photographer" by optikverve on a layer copy of the image, then opacity tweaked. The second element of vignetting was using the Photoshop filter Andrew's Gothic Glow on a layer copy of the image, then opacity tweaked. It looked very cool without the effects but I wanted to really emphasize the angel during post-processing and this worked best for a goth feel.
kej21-Jun-2006 12:23
Nice pic. How did you do the edges?
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