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Old 08-24-2009, 08:48 PM
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Just fooling about. The low light made the colour shots lousy so, in the spirit of

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Waddaya mean My Head looks Big in this

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Old 08-24-2009, 09:22 PM
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the grainy look of the shoots gives it an old school feel. very nice. were you shooting at 1600 ISO?
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Old 08-24-2009, 10:07 PM
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great shares Nathan!
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Old 08-24-2009, 10:19 PM
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Very cute! Second one is priceless!
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Old 08-24-2009, 10:29 PM
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Looks to me like you did the right thing. Great shots.
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the grainy look of the shoots gives it an old school feel. very nice. were you shooting at 1600 ISO?
Funny! I was going to say they could benefit from the use of noise reduction. They would look a little softer with NR but I think that would be fitting for these shots.
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Old 08-25-2009, 05:44 PM
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Thanks all for your comments.

@Digidave. I like the grainy look for B&Ws but I'll try it with a little noise reduction and report back.
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I love the expression in the second shot! good salvage
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