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2020 Darkroom Challenge
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Submissions
#1 My intention was to present the bird in a natural, attractive way, with a natural looking sky and enough but not too much negative space.
#2 I wanted a way to manage the lack of feet without cropping into the animal more and without having to rebuild the feet. So, I put the deer in Jackson Hole just outside a cabin window. I used photoshop’s object selection tool to pull out the deer and select and mask to refine it. I also used a healing brush layer to reduce the shadows.
#3 I wanted to add color, so I selected the pier and moved it to a Laguna Beach sunset I had taken. I then did a lot of burning and dodging to get the two images to feel right together.
#4 No comment
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Editing Skills Challenge

The three images below are available for you to download and edit.  Feel free to edit any or all of the images and submit them to  fstopsentries@gmail.com

​Submissions are due no later than midnight July 27.
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If you wish, include a brief comment on what your vision for the image was before you  began.  You may also include what program was used.  This will give others a better insight into your work.  The comments can be included with the email.

All images will be posted and you will be able to vote for your favorite edit.  Have fun!

If you have questions, please email me at lloyd.delaney@verizon.net.
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Deer.jpg
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Cormorant.jpg
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Pre-visualization by Bill Debley
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Do you pre-visualize a shot before you frame and shoot or do you find yourself coming upon a nice subject or scene, firing off multiple shots and hope that in post a good edit with come out of it? 
Knowing how to visualize a shot in your head before you take it is paramount and the first step in the creative process. To be more successful in this photo edit challenge, pre-visualization is the key taking an image to the next level. Just as you would frame a shot before you press the shutter, look at the digital image you are going to edit, crop for strength, decide what you want to keep and eliminate everything else. Keep what’s inside the frame from getting out, and what’s outside from getting in. Composition is key, use negative space and the frame line to create tension. Since in the western world we read left to right, consider flipping the image horizontally. Often, there is a vertical within a horizontal image that may be stronger. Now, visualize what feeling you want to convey, calm, warmth, cold, color, mood, etc. Now, you’re ready to start applying your vision and editing skills. 
We have one rule: “There are no rules”! Good Luck!  Look at this presentation for an example of how previsualization works.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP_xpMRWi0s

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