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Anthony,
stop punishing those lovely Rotties ! I like the overall effect but both Rotties could come up a bit in exposure at least on my monitor.

Also, I think I'd like to see a darker mat under the dogs. But I like the fireworks a lot.

Now, let's see you make them smile .

Jim

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Sorry, can't do it. I just cannot help but abuse my poor rotties. My co-workers are threatening to report me to some animal abuse groups.

As for smiles? The big boy just poses. He will not smile or move. The little girl is all over the place. She will smile once in a while but only when not looking at the camera. of course...

I have two machines profiled with the same equipment + software but one is a bit brighter. I see the same issue on one of the machines. (I just LOVE how color management makes life easier. ... not.)

The fireworks, well I took those a few years ago and simply layered them in with "screen" layer mode so the black sky just turns transparent.
The backdrop was black velveteen, so the setup was trivial...

Hardest part was the positioning the rear flash to give a bit of higlight as if the fireworks were really there behind them. I probably could have used some modifiers to keep the light from exposing the mat so much.