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Age of Innocence #3


	Age of Innocence #3 This is another shot of one of my little cousins I took last weekend. It was overexposed unintentionally. However, the expression on her face was so wonderful, I decided to work with it. This is what I ended up with. Dale Ann Cubbage
	Original Image Dale Ann Cubbage

Dale Ann Cubbage

Here is the original for comparison.

da

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May 13, 2005

Brinn MacDougall

I think you did a wonderful job! Love how it turned out!

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May 13, 2005

Liza M. Franco

I always say, "no mistakes, just new creations." This has an incredibly eye catching look.

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May 13, 2005

Melissa L. Zavadil

This is wonderful! Just a beautiful creation!

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May 13, 2005

Carla Metzler

Wonderful, Dale Ann! Great job!

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May 13, 2005

Mary J. Costa Pearson

this is fantastic!!! Love what you did with this ! Great job!

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May 13, 2005

Tammy L. Odell

Your effects are perfect for this image Dale Ann!!!

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May 13, 2005

Kara L. Hendricks

LOvely work on this Dale!! I love it!

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May 13, 2005

Lori S. Aschbrenner

Oh, Dale Ann! I think this one is my favorite! Could you please share what you did, because I just love it!

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May 13, 2005

Lori S. Aschbrenner

Oh, Dale Ann! I think this one is my favorite! Could you please share what you did, because I just love it!

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May 13, 2005

- Laurence Saliba

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This is Superb Dale Ann!!!!! What a gorgeous portrait!!! Nice work!!

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May 13, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thank you so much Brinn, Liza, Melissa, Carla, Mary, Tammy, Kara, Lori, & Laurence for those wonderful comments. I'm so pleased you all liked it.

Lori, the first thing I did was shoot in very bright sunlight, which made it hard to check my LCD screen. So on my screen it looked ok, from what I could tell. My settings were shutter @1/500, and F4. It should have been at about F10! Anyway, after that I did auto levels on it. Which brought back some detail in the face and hair. Then I used a midnight sepia action on it, and adjusted the hue and saturation till I was pleased. Same with the contrast, just adjusted it till it was where I liked it. Then I sharpened the eyes, whitened the whites of eyes, cropped it, and then converted it to black & white. I also burned her lips in a little bit, so they would show up more. I think that's about it. I hope that inspires you to try something similar!

da

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May 13, 2005

Tammy Nuxoll

WOW, You did an Excellent job on the Dale Ann!!! I love it!! Hope you have a Wonderful Weekend!!!

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May 13, 2005

Paul Michko

WOW!!! This has such a retro 20's feel. I love it, Dale Ann. Great work on this.

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May 13, 2005

Murry Grigsby

Thanks for sharing your magic with us Dale Ann! You've got to learn to always say INTENTIONAL high-key exposure :0) This really is a marvelous pose and portrait (and great SAVE)!!

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May 13, 2005

Michelle R. Kovach

Wonderful save sista! These are all so beautiful! Great shot!

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May 13, 2005

Colette M. Metcalf

This is a winner, DA!!! Wonderful!!

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May 13, 2005

Lori S. Aschbrenner

Thank you, Dale Ann! It will make me rethink some of my photos! Again, great job! I love this!

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May 13, 2005

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Wonderful work in making the best out of an image that may otherwise have ended with a push of the "delete" button. So often I'm tempted to throw things like this away, but you turned this into a beautiful piece of work. Nice job. ~Jacquie :)

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May 13, 2005

Deborah Sandidge

Beautiful save, Dale Ann - I agree with Murry, "intentional high key" - :o) great work!

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May 13, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thank you Tammy, Paul, Murry ;), Michelle, Colette, Lori, Jacquie, & Deborah for those great comments! I'm so glad it worked out and you all liked it!

da

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May 13, 2005

Amy M. Parish

The end result is perfection!

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May 13, 2005

Margot Petrowski

Great save!!!!!

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May 13, 2005

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excellent DA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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May 13, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thanks so much Amy, Margot, & Kathryn, I'm so happy with all these great comments on it!

da

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May 13, 2005

Karma Wilson

This is great DA! It looks like you did it intentionally! This is called a porcelain effect I believe.
Karma

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May 14, 2005

Donna La Mattino Pagakis

WOW, this is fabulous, amazing what you can do Dale Ann!!!! Keep up the great work!!

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May 14, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thanks so much Karma & Donna! I'm glad you like it!

da

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May 14, 2005

Tammy McAllister

What a beautiful image DA!
Tootles

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May 15, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thanks so much Tammy!

da

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May 15, 2005

Elisabeth A. Gay

It turned out to be a really stunning portrait, especially the black & white, and the crop.
Ann

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May 16, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thanks so much Ann!

da

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May 16, 2005

Marcie A. Fowler

Another wonderful "save" Dale Ann. I love this one and that expression is priceless for sure!!

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May 16, 2005

Lynn Crawford

Wow Dale Ann, I just think this is beautiful, what a great expression on her face, her eyes stand out so much using the B&W. Beautiful job :)

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May 16, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thanks so much Marcie & Lynn, I appreciate your comments!

da

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May 16, 2005

Wendy Jones

Dale Ann, this is so pretty! I'm inspired by what you've done, b/c I have plenty of pictures that I can go work on! Thanks for reminding me to look beyond the original.

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May 18, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thank you Wendy, and good luck with your images.

da

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May 18, 2005

Alisha L. Ekstrom

WOW WOW WOW!!! Oh my gosh I absolutely LOVE this image. You did a marvelous job. I will have to try this. I hope this wins cause it's fabulous!! I love her expression & the whole look!!!:)

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May 18, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thank you Alisha, I appreciate that very enthusiastic comment!!

da

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May 18, 2005

Michael Khoury

Hi da,
an extremely beautiful photograph; has a lovely 'turn-of-the-century' feel to it...well done...
michael

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May 29, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thank you Michael, I love your interpretation of it.

da

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May 29, 2005

Laura E. OConnor

Certainly looks like everything you did was intentional! Wonderful PS work! I love the crop!

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June 04, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thanks so much Laura!

da

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June 06, 2005

Lynn Crawford

Congrats on being a finalist :)

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June 21, 2005

Margot Petrowski

CONGRATS DA!!!!!!

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June 21, 2005

Kathleen R. Struckle

Gorgeous!! CONGRATS DA!!!

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June 21, 2005

Deborah Sandidge

Beautiful image, Dale Ann - congratulations!

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June 21, 2005

Donna J. Taff

Congrat's on your finalists, Dale Ann!!!

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June 21, 2005

Jennifer Rennison

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Dale Ann!

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June 21, 2005

Danilo Piccioni

Dale Ann, did you see? trying to fix something "broken" may gives you ecellent results sometimes!
Glad to see this is wonderful!
Big Congratulations!!!!!

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June 21, 2005

Debra Booth

Wonderful work on this beautiful portrait, Dale Ann! Congratulations!

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June 22, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thanks Lynn, Margot, Kathleen, Deborah, Donna, Jennifer, Dado, & Debra!

da

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June 22, 2005

Norman P. Banks

And Congrats to you DA! I see that you are really perfecting your craft! (smile)

Norm ,:-)

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June 22, 2005

Donna La Mattino Pagakis

Excellent finalist Dale Ann, so pretty and original!!

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June 22, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thanks Norm & Donna!!

da

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June 22, 2005

Kimberly J. Whipps

Congratulations Dale Ann. Great shot.

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June 22, 2005

KHAWLA Haddad

Congratulations on your finalist Dal Ann!!!

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June 22, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thank you Kimberly & Kelly!

da

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June 22, 2005

Michelle B. Prince

Wow, great save. I love the outcome. what is a midnight sepia? if you don't mind.

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June 28, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thanks Michelle. Midnight Sepia is a photoshop action. You should be able to do a search for it on the web and get a free download of it.

da

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June 28, 2005

Karen Slagle

Wow!!! This is gorgeous. The overexposure and BW make this work. This one should be on your business cards. Great shot!!!

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July 12, 2005

Dale Ann Cubbage

Thanks Karen! I'm so glad you like it!

da

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July 12, 2005

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THey say it all Dale Anne, truly a great professional, congrats!

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November 02, 2007

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