tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15970346.post2707194686573342836..comments2007-12-14T11:13:10.736-05:00Scott Harrishttps://profiles.google.com/108053721075516563705noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15970346.post-2148276628448265372007-12-14T11:13:00.000-05:002007-12-14T11:13:00.000-05:00He is my clone, and I love him dearly!!Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750915013348769846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15970346.post-80773641685619722772007-12-14T10:37:00.000-05:002007-12-14T10:37:00.000-05:00That is a wonderful news Scott. Give him a biiig hug from us. In the small version of the picture he looks like your clone!Adolfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116894646790319961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15970346.post-67075574411494917472007-12-14T10:32:00.000-05:002007-12-14T10:32:00.000-05:00thanks all for all the well wishes. always a bit scary when your children are revealed to be mortal, and always a relief when they check out OK.<BR/><BR/>James, I have been fooling around with portrait photoshopping (a feature in Debbie Grossman's latest PopPhoto article). <BR/><BR/>So, I brightened his teeth, because that particular morning, he hadn't brushed well, and they were yellowish. I brightened the eyes (probably too much). Then I blurred out the background to bring him into sharper focus. Finally, I screwed up the curves to give a wash-out, overexposure setting, mostly so his teeth would match the levels in the photo.<BR/><BR/>I'm still perfecting the techniques, but I still like the photo, even if he begins to resemble <A HREF="http://www.7digital.com/shops/assets/sleeveart/008811216528_350.JPEG" REL="nofollow">Satchmo</A>.<BR/><BR/>Original photo <A HREF="http://bp3.blogger.com/_T8CPZ_7pABY/Rsjh3AchC7I/AAAAAAAACo0/z47_GTz-tUs/s1600-h/00025.jpg" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750915013348769846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15970346.post-26454977479887966152007-12-14T10:25:00.000-05:002007-12-14T10:25:00.000-05:00Until your Mom's comment I hadn't enlarged the picture of Eddie. What kind of post processing did you do on that shot?JamesFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861155533959393695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15970346.post-33826384183123690182007-12-14T09:09:00.000-05:002007-12-14T09:09:00.000-05:00I'm thrilled to hear that Eddie got a clean bill of health from the cardiologist. I'm so glad that you followed thru with the cardiologist. That child has the biggest smile!!Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15970346.post-61228543451263043002007-12-14T08:13:00.000-05:002007-12-14T08:13:00.000-05:00good news indeed.gazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08883526858198039013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15970346.post-24969301340121947332007-12-13T22:54:00.000-05:002007-12-13T22:54:00.000-05:00Glad to hear the good news.JamesFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861155533959393695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15970346.post-49558097795491526092007-12-13T22:46:00.000-05:002007-12-13T22:46:00.000-05:00excellent newsBarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607380754256566076noreply@blogger.com