Chris Prior
About the Image(s)
Canon 20D with Canon 400 f5.6 lens 1/2000sec f8 ISO 400
I shot this image 1st March 2025 at my surfboard riders club monthly competition. I choose this image because I love the facial expression and how much fun and happiness it exudes. Opened in camera RAW where I increased contrast and lightened shadows before cropping & importing to Photoshop where I went back into camera RAW via FILTER>CAMERA RAW FILTER and added a subtle vignette. Did some dodging on face and body shadows and burned small area of wave face adjacent to knees/ surfboard and also white water on the right edge. Finally converted to mono by creating a new fill adjustment layer and selecting SOLID COLOR (black) and COLOR blending mode on 100% opacity.
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  Posted: 03/14/2025 13:12:03