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Gold Faced Japanese Hero God
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[Image: japanesedollSM.jpg]

Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
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#2

Boy, I'm glad my God isnt like that!! Big Grin

Cave canem
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#3

I like a lot the colors in this one Don, I think they are very warm. There are a lot of textures involved. About the subject, I couldn't say much, it is the first time I see something like this. I am not familiar with Japanese culture. Sorry

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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#4

Yowza--me too. Mine is invisible.

Thanks Irma. My son brought this back from Japan a few years ago.

--Don

Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
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#5

I like the composition, color and tone of this one a lot. The focal point is solidly in the Fibonacci golden zone that Mitch talks about (rule of thirds). Great coordination of background color and foreground materials.

The only issue I have is that the use of Smart Blur here has removed more of the hair texture than I think is good for the photo - the amount on the beard is good but the hair seems a little clotted in the forehead area.

(somewhat off-topic discussion follows)
I have encountered that issue with Smart Blur quite a lot in my stuff - when it works - its fabulous, but it can tend to remove too much texture - and other than "fading" it after I apply it, I haven't been able to control the filter to my satisfaction. I almost always use Buzz Simplifier instead to smooth textures (see Greenville photo - http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1965 ). It does much the same thing but has a much sutler area of effect - the downside is that Buzz costs money...I use it quite a lot so I don't mind paying - buying only Buzz Simplifier is a great cost saving over buying the full Buzz Pro suite which you don't really need if you use PhotoShop. The only real downside that I have encountered is that it doesn't work well with large files.
(end off-topic discussion)
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#6

Thanks, Toad. I love your comment. I have been experimenting with that very process. I think this may have been a judgement call--noise vs sharpness. I'll play with it some more.
--Don

Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
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#7

I've been in the homepage and it is really interesting what you can do with this filter. The good thing is that you can use it also with Paintshop. Thanks for the advice! Smile

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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#8

Irma:

What home page?

--Don

Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
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#9

The hompage of the Buzz simplifier... you can see it here.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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Thanks Irma.

--Don

Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
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