Sports Photo of the Day
I took this picture of Charles Woodson in 2009 when I was in Green Bay to see the Packers play. Charles was definitely one of the stars of the team at the time. Charles is the definition of a star. At Michigan he won the Heisman Trophy playing on both sides of the ball while leading his team to the National Championship. He beat out a player that you might have heard of to win that award, Peyton Manning. He was then drafted early in the NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. Since that time he has spent the last seven years with the Packers as a very valuable member of the team. He was cut a couple of days ago in a move that had more to do with salary than anything else. Dwight Freeney was let go for a similar reason. This is the nature of the game with the salary cap now. He is one of the best cornerbacks ever, and he will be missed in Green Bay for sure.
Technical Data
I usually don’t like to do too much to a jpeg, but in this case I used Matt Kloskowski’s light sports preset for Lightroom on it. It is a quick and easy way to get me close to where I want to be with a picture. From there I tweaked the sliders to get the shot where I wanted it. The image still had an element that I did not like. At the top was a bright orange yard marker that seemed to distract. I used the brush in Lightroom to select the marker. I then desaturated it to make it a non factor in the picture. From there I exported the picture to post it here.
Dave Wegiel Photography 