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01/26/2005 12:18:02 AM · #1 |
OK- I have a confession to make: I almost didn't enter this image. Really. I was staring at my monitor 5 minutes before the deadline wondering if I should even bother submitting. I figured the image might get a low 6 (a decent enough score), but "breaking new ground" is sort of my calling card and I wanted a blockbuster. I submitted half-heartedly 90 seconds before the deadline. Silly me. ;-)
How I did it:
The setup is fairly obvious in the original image... basically a sheet of cardboard with a hole cut in it for the frame. Wallpaper was necessary to make the wall convincing (I think the seam actually helped). Rest assured that no wall in my house was defaced by that paper, but now it'll grace my profile page for a LOOONG time! I had a single monolight positioned at the top left (on very low power to avoid overwhelming the TV screen background). There's a sheet of gold poster board on the floor to bounce some light onto the bottom of the wall. The shutter speed is set just fast enough to freeze my daughter while showing a hint of movement on the dropped baseball. I took over 120 shots for this one- and my patient model blinked on the vast majority of them.
My initial idea was to use a vase of flowers (which looked really convincing), but I couldn't get a good sense of depth. The model just looks like she's holding a blossom up to the picture rather than reaching into it. In this case, I used a painted background, lit by a second monolight behind the cardboard. Result: great "painting," poor illusion.
I was really bummed that the flowers didn't work better, and sat pondering my options for about 45 minutes before I came up with the baseball approach. I found a perfect baseball background in my archives (after some retouching), but it was too late to make a big printed background, and my attempts to get it on the television screen were an utter failure. Grrr! With time running out, I paused a frame from a DVD on the TV (the green section is a result of the TV screen refresh). I wasn't too happy with the scan lines, but the bright, featureless colors did help to mask any sense of depth in the framed picture.
Needless to say, I'm not sorry I submitted this one. Thanks to everybody who voted!
Message edited by author 2005-01-26 00:32:43. |
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01/26/2005 12:23:33 AM · #2 |
lol, how in the world could you not enter it after doing all that work?
Ohh congratulations btw!
Message edited by author 2005-01-26 00:23:48. |
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01/26/2005 12:25:30 AM · #3 |
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01/26/2005 12:30:15 AM · #4 |
wow i've pondered not entering stuff before but this........u must really really be a profectionest cause i would think after all that work that it would be an easy thing to do.....just click the submit buttom.
congrats. this image is awsome and i still can't concive of how u began to think of it wounderful....
adding to favs. now...
_brando_ |
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01/26/2005 01:23:12 AM · #5 |
very ingenious. I knew it was the winner the moment i saw it. I hope you dont mind, I might try to accomplish the 3d flower look myself.. looks like it was fun to do!
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01/26/2005 08:14:40 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by aerogurl:
I hope you dont mind, I might try to accomplish the 3d flower look myself.. looks like it was fun to do! |
Knock yourself out. FWIW- I thought this would make a very cool tug-of-war scene (hint, hint). |
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01/26/2005 08:17:34 AM · #7 |
You are waaaay too clever :)
Congrats!
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01/26/2005 08:27:00 AM · #8 |
This is what we can all learn from! I don't know why some people think you can do well without giving the shot much thought or effort? Thanks so much for sharing this with us, your hard work really paid off....I gave it my highest vote.
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01/26/2005 10:28:26 AM · #9 |
ladies and gentleman, if you don't realize it yet, shannon calvert is undoubtedly one of the hardest working photographers at dpc! it is utterly amazing how much effort he puts into his entries. shannon provides a very real benchmark to measure effort and scores: honestly, how can i expect to score like him, when i know the effort he is making compared to efforts i have made?
again, great job! |
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01/26/2005 10:34:54 AM · #10 |
Amazing photo, Great job setting it up and perfect execution. Congrats!
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01/26/2005 01:19:39 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Ingenious. |
ditto! |
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01/26/2005 07:03:03 PM · #12 |
| Your idea is unbelievably clever. The result was fantastic, as well. I can't believe you were thinking of not submitting it! Wonderful job.. that took a lot of effort and your blue is well-deserved! |
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01/26/2005 07:27:05 PM · #13 |
The fact that you nearly didn't enter makes me feel a bit better about my own lack of judgment. I nearly changed my entry for "Mechanical", which would have been a big mistake as it was my highest scoring shot of 2004.
Congratulations on your blue ribbon. That's a fantastic shot. I just can't believe how much effort you put into some of your entries for a virtual ribbon.
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01/26/2005 08:02:22 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
I just can't believe how much effort you put into some of your entries for a virtual ribbon. |
Neither can my wife. ;-) |
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