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Wisdom


	Wisdom A Tibetan refugee standing in the doorway of his home in Darjeeling, India. Resubmitted after some fine tuning. Steve M. Harrington

Anna M. Halasz

Absolutely beautiful portrait.Beautiful lighting and contrast.Love it ! Anna

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October 27, 2007

Crystal L. Craig

Steve, this is fabulous! Wonderful details, great lighting, incredible capture of character :)

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October 27, 2007

Steve M. Harrington

Thanks very much, Anna and Crystal. This is my fourth submission of this guy. I think I'll keep at it until he is banned from BP. :)
Steve

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October 27, 2007

Dianna Hauf

I am TELLING YOU, I will request a brain scan on BP if they pass this wonderful (and a favorite of mine) image up!!!! Glad you are NOT giving up!!!! "Good on you!"

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October 27, 2007

Steve M. Harrington

Thank you for supporting my stubborness, Dianna. :)
Steve

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October 27, 2007

Daniella Puente

Strong portrait Steve, like saturation and excellent details on the man...

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October 27, 2007

Steve M. Harrington

Thank you, Daniella.
Steve

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October 27, 2007

JO ANN CLEVELAND

This is awesome! His will and character show through your wonderful capture!

jo ann c.

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October 28, 2007

Steve M. Harrington

Thanks a lot, Jo Ann. I'm glad you like this.
Steve

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October 28, 2007

Dianna Hauf

HA! GREAT! He was chosen again! EFP! COME ON!! He is on his way yet again! ;) We're pulling for you!!!!!!

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October 29, 2007

Steve M. Harrington

Thank you for the heads up, Dianna. I'm almost ready to sign a new cheerleading contract with you. I'll send it over shortly. :))
Steve

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October 29, 2007

Marta J. Baldwin

You better send me one too Steve...This is really an awesome capture and presentation of this wonderfully wise old man. I bet he could tell you a thing or two! Congratulations on this well deserved EFP!

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October 30, 2007

Steve M. Harrington

Thank you, Marta. I'm really pleased you like this image. I met this man over three different years and, although we didn't share a common language, he taught me a great deal.
I'm thrilled to send a contract, but no purple pom poms, ok? :)
Steve

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October 30, 2007

Aggie Villanueva

What a fabulous capture. ANd the work you did on the photo to make the most of this man's unique qualities is superb. Well done. And congratulations on the pick. You deserve it.

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November 01, 2007

Steve M. Harrington

Thank you, Aggie. I'm working hard to get this guy right! :)
Steve

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November 01, 2007

Peter R. Hammer

Great portrait Steve but it has a very strong magenta cast. Try duplicating the layer and then do a filter->distort->average to the layer. Hit ctrl I to invert the colour and set the blending mode to color and adjust the opacity slider to about 29% to remove the cast. Another way is to use a curves layer or levels layer and adjust the green slider to add the opposite of magenta.

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November 01, 2007

Steve M. Harrington


	Wisdom color adjust Steve M. Harrington

Thanks for that interesting suggestion, Peter. I tried the first technique and found his face looked a bit washed out at 29%. Here it is at 20%.
Will this technique work for any color cast?

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November 01, 2007

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