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Challenge: Your Shadow (Advanced Editing I)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Feb 2, 2004
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Abstract, Humorous
Date Uploaded: Feb 2, 2004

 My hands at a cafe this morning, lit by multiple small overhead lights. I liked the way my hand cast two shadows, one seemingly "normal," and one looming in the background, reminiscent of the Mad Magaazine cartoons where the shadow acts out what the character wants to do/think but can't. Title comes from the old mystery series tagline; it is the answer to the question "Who knows what evil lurks in hearts of men?"

See: //members.iquest.net/~drivers/shadow.html

I also liked how the texture of the tabletop reminds me of the ridges and whorls which comprise our fingerprints.

Handheld macro (after the coffee), Cropped out a bit of unnecessary background and foreground with s slight rotation; one tone curve for contrast; sharpened to show the ridges.

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 53
Avg (all users): 5.0214
Avg (commenters): 6.4000
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Avg (non-participants): 5.0680
Views since voting: 1252
Votes: 187
Comments: 8
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AuthorThread
 04/17/2005 07:33:06 PM
Originally posted by xion:
This is such a cool image. Most creative. Love the way you've presented it.

Thanks for reminding me of this one. I just looked at the scores and it actually did better than I remembered (or expected).
 04/17/2005 03:38:06 PM
This is such a cool image. Most creative. Love the way you've presented it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2004 09:11:18 PM
I'm not sure what the shadow knows in this picture, but it sure makes for an interesting photo. Good depth of field.
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 02/03/2004 09:22:30 AM
Interesting texture, nice colors. Tiny distraction from the foreground being out of focus.
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 02/03/2004 03:35:53 AM
Vary Artzy! Interesting and original...well done
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 02/03/2004 12:54:16 AM
I like this.
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 02/03/2004 12:34:32 AM
would have worked better on a non textured surface
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 02/03/2004 12:28:03 AM
The pastels together with the undulating mesh textures make this a lovely juxtaposition. If the light, although well captured here, were closer to the -golden hour- the apparent narrow depth of field, I imagine, would be more dominant, and I, for one, would dance in my shirt. ;-)

Nevertheless, a very satisfying capture, and a -potential great-, a fact the present title cannot reflect.
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