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	<title>CraigSoup PhotoBlog</title>
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	<description>My Own Amateurish Foray into the World of Photography</description>
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		<title>Boxer Pup in Flight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Girl!</title>
		<link>http://craigsoup.com/photoblog/2008/04/07/its-a-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just found out this morning that we&#8217;re having a girl! 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We just found out this morning that we&#8217;re having a girl!<img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080408-mjsdatrk81usk9p38jyjphxf76.jpg" height="416" width="650" alt="Sharon's Pregnant Belly" /> </p>
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		<title>Bane</title>
		<link>http://craigsoup.com/photoblog/2008/03/09/bane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[english bulldog]]></category>

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		<title>Bethany</title>
		<link>http://craigsoup.com/photoblog/2008/02/26/bethany/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bethany is the adorable daughter of a friend. This was one of few moments when she wasn&#8217;t running directly towards the camera.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bethany is the adorable daughter of a friend. This was one of few moments when she wasn&#8217;t running directly towards the camera.</p>
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		<title>Candlesticks</title>
		<link>http://craigsoup.com/photoblog/2008/02/23/candlesticks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Berries - Post-Production Woes</title>
		<link>http://craigsoup.com/photoblog/2008/02/20/berries-post-production-woes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to get everybody&#8217;s thoughts on the post-production for the following image. I&#8217;ve been using Photoshop for a while, but I&#8217;ve just recently started using it specifically for post-production on my images, so I need all the feedback I can get. Anyways, here&#8217;s the original image:

The original was okay, but since I only had [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wanted to get everybody&#8217;s thoughts on the post-production for the following image. I&#8217;ve been using Photoshop for a while, but I&#8217;ve just recently started using it specifically for post-production on my images, so I need all the feedback I can get. Anyways, here&#8217;s the original image:</p>
<p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080221-tfagqw6d4hfp371im5e352mj1x.jpg" alt="Original Berry Image" height="435" width="650" /></p>
<p>The original was okay, but since I only had my telephoto lens with me at the time, I wasn&#8217;t able to get too close, and the in-focus berries here don&#8217;t stand out quite enough from the out-of-focus berries. So I decided to do some major color/contrast tweaks using a number of color adjustment layers in Photoshop. Here&#8217;s the result:</p>
<p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080221-xdmhceacfruy28qyeffi76xhx4.jpg" alt="First color corrections" height="433" width="650" /></p>
<p>The colors in the above image remind me of the high contrast visual style of the movie <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">300</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal"> . . . which happens to look cool even with berries. However, even though </span>I</span> liked it, I was a little concerned that I would be the only one, so I decided to tone it down. So I copied the original image, placed it on a layer above the Frank Miller image, and reduced the opacity. Here&#8217;s the result:</p>
<p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080221-1dr8yhungisu59m59g14siib87.jpg" alt="Final image of berries" height="433" width="650" /></p>
<p>Let me know what you think!</p>
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		<title>Pants</title>
		<link>http://craigsoup.com/photoblog/2008/02/20/pants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Raindrops on Branches</title>
		<link>http://craigsoup.com/photoblog/2008/02/19/raindrops-on-branches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sun in the Clouds</title>
		<link>http://craigsoup.com/photoblog/2008/02/16/sun-in-the-clouds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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