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Nice shot John, what are the details surrounding this shot? Where were you etc? Tell us the story sir Leek! Well done!

Love the composition and colors Leek. However I'm sure Senior Constable Stubbsy of the Halo Division will write you a ticket for excessive halination.

Great shot, Leek. Nice colours. What PPing, if any, did you do?

Alex

kipper wrote:However I'm sure Senior Constable Stubbsy of the Halo Division will write you a ticket for excessive halination.

Well before he does... let me tell you that the blue / purple background is totally fake and I purposefully used a gradient away from the eyes to the edge of the picture...

Geoff wrote:Nice shot John, what are the details surrounding this shot? Where were you etc? Tell us the story sir Leek! Well done!

Thanks Geoff, it was taken today at an Italian festival in Five Dock... lots of stalls, coffee and music (Volare!!!) and other entertainment... There were also entertainers on stilts dressed up in Carnevale outfits... One of them formed the subject for my "Il Sole Bello" post and another the subject for my entry in the Blue Challenge.

Alex wrote:Great shot, Leek. Nice colours. What PPing, if any, did you do?

Alex

The short answer is - Lots!!!

Here is the original...

I can't remember everything, but From memory:
- I erased the cluttered background using the Eraser (it took a while, but I think it was worth it)
- extended the canvas upwards to hide the fact that I'd lost the top of the hat in composition
- Added a new layer.
- Selected 2 shades of blue and then used the Gradient tool centreing on the eyes and dragging to the right-hand side of the picture.
- Selectively lightened up the eyes a little using the dodge tool...
- I probably tweaked the curve - ever so slightly...
- I then resized to 900 width and then used Unsharp Mask 140, 1.4, 8
- Used canvas size to apply frame...
et Voila!!!

Nice shot and PP John!

Thanks for posting the PPing info. I am amazed at your PPing skills. You should run seminars

Alex

Alex wrote:Thanks for posting the PPing info. I am amazed at your PPing skills. You should run seminars

Alex

I am a mere beginner compared to some people here... I learnt most of what I know from MattK at one of the forum's workshops... Thanks anyway though...

Darryl, John

You guys are such party poopers.

Like the other shot, I think the image AFTER PP works and, John, I'm impressed with your patience and PP skills. It certainly makes for a MUCH better image having remoived the distracting background. Won't say anything about halation

Sergeant Stubbsy

Nice work John

Looks very cool to me, and good work on the pping.