Photo Gift #1: The Hunters
(Those with an aversion to hunting may wish to skip this post.)
I normally use a very light touch with Photoshop--not doing much more than fixing up scans of old photos, color/contrast correction, and occasionally removing distracting details. But for this photo I decided to do a bit more:
It's a picture of Drake, his Dad, and his brother this past hunting season. I didn't take the photo (I didn't go back this year for hunting season) -- a family friend did. It was taken with our old digital camera, which Drake brought with him. I loved the photo of the three guys, but felt the photo needed a little something.
The inspiration came from a beloved family photo of hunting in the mid-1950's. That little guy in this pic is Drake (with his folks, of course).
And so I decided to do an antique-y treatment on the photo, but I didn't want to go all the way to black-and-white or duotone. I wound up doing more of a faded-color-print effect, with a bit of a "burned" edge around it:
Drake found the perfect bronze-hammered-metal frame, which provided just the right rustic touch. I thought the whole thing turned out quite nicely--and both Drake's brother and his folks really enjoyed received the framed prints.
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I might have an aversion to hunting, but I love to consume Deer balogna,and I also hate being overrun with deer. I think the photo looks great. (Our actual only problem with hunters is that they spotlight on our property which is unsportsmanlike in the middle of the night, considering the no hunting signs posted all over) That and the stray bullet that goes whizzing by my parents doing yard work... Regular hunters who hunt where they are Supposed to don't bother us at all, in fact, I think some deer removal is the best thing for the population!!
Nice photo, I seem to have waxed on a bit about hunting. Oops.