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JD Anderson | all galleries >> Jonah Skylar Anderson > 8421Jonah-13Aug03-Pbase.jpg
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8421Jonah-13Aug03-Pbase.jpg

This original was a little blurry, but I wanted to do something with it because Jonah's eyes and smile were wonderful! I tried to make it look like an older photograph by desaturating the colors and creating several layers, one in 'overlay' blending mode and another in 'soft light' blending mode. I adjusted the opacity of the layers to get this. It wasn't quite right (to look old) so I flattened the image, then duplicated it and applied a light gaussian blur to the upper image. I reduced its opacity to 30% just to soften the image. I erased the portion of his eyes in the blurred layer, just to keep them sharp. A lot of work for an image that isn't great quality, but is priceless as a moment in Jonah's life (at least to Tracy and I).


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