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Matt Roberts
Junior Member
Registered: December 2002
Location: Australia
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I had intended submitting 800 wide.
But felt there was a lot interesting fine detail
that would be easier to see in a larger version.
Age had given this photo a very flaky texture so
submitting large meant I had tough time retaining sharpness.
I wanted Santa, the lady and children to be the main focal points.
To aid this I removed some items I felt detracted from the look of the photo.
I removed the hand emerging from Santa’s beard and the sliced lady on the right. The clothes on the shelves and paper on the floor.
Santa’s head looked a little too close to the lady.
I moved his head back a fraction to hopefully give a
slightly more balanced look to the photo.
Christmas is a colorful time of the year.
I would have loved to add some color.
But I ran out of time and energy.
Matt
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| · Date: 12/9/2006 · Views: 2941 · Filesize: 32.4kb, 184.9kb · Dimensions: 1220 x 904 ·
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Cassidy
Senior Member
Registered: September 2002
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,104
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A very clean looking retouch there matt
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Cass
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Lorraine
Senior Member
Registered: September 2001
Location: Flemington, NJ
Posts: 214
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Excellent work, Matt.
I'm happy that you removed the hand and other woman from the photo. If I ever finish my version, my plan is to remove that hand also.
Lorraine
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lurch
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Registered: July 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 523
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Impressive! It's a real accomplishment to get rid of all the crackle and crazing and still maintain such sharpness. Wish I could do as well (without taking months). Like your removal of distracting stuff, too.
Carole
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<C> - Photoshop CS5 on a Core 2 Duo iMac
Illegitimi non Carborundum
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Matt Roberts
Junior Member
Registered: December 2002
Location: Australia
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Thanks for the comments Cassidy and Lorraine.
Carole - I had to hit this twice with Neat Image to reduce the crackle.
Matt
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klassylady25
Senior Member
Registered: November 2005
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Posts: 339
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When Larry gave me the picture to do I wasn't far along in my skills, I virtually ironed the cracks out by using very small smudges LOL Would that I would have known about NeatImage and how to mask.
Now the only thing I see that is the hardest to make out are the 'popcorn' balls. The kids look like they are eating paper wads. :o) Tough thing to work on though.
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Candice - http://www.flickr.com/photos/clearimage/
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