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Lorenza F


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Challenge: Portrait of a Camera (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Date: May 17, 2008
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2008

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Statistics
Place: 7 out of 137
Avg (all users): 6.5256
Avg (commenters): 8.1250
Avg (participants): 6.2097
Avg (non-participants): 6.7340
Views since voting: 3523
Views during voting: 593
Votes: 156
Comments: 31
Favorites: 6 (view)


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05/27/2008 05:13:03 AM
SO glad this finished well.
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05/27/2008 04:30:55 AM
Wow, thanks a lot everybody for the kind words, the comments and the award nomination, they are a great encouragement for me.

I must say that I am not 100% satisfied of this one, because the concept is quite ok, composition is a bit scholastic but acceptable; what I don't like is the light and the overall quality of the picture, I wanted it more luminous, more contrasted, the subject more "present" in the picture. Next time I'll do a better job.

Windtale spotted exactly what I had in mind in doing this shot, the character Molly Million that appears in various novels written by William Gibson (Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Burning Chrome); she had her vision enhanced with the insertion of Zeiss-Ikon lenses in her eye sockets; the name of the company was readable in tiny letters subtly worked into the patterning around each iris. The lens I used fot this photo is actually a 50mm zeiss ikon tessar 2,8 (unfortunately the compressed version of the photo does not allow to read the name of the manufacturer on the lens, but it is there and I know it ;-) ) taken from an 1936 Contax II, that appears dismantled in the hands of the "razor girl".

Really thanks a lot everybody again.

Message edited by author 2008-06-17 18:32:34.
05/26/2008 06:32:48 PM
PostLuminous Award Nominee!
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05/26/2008 04:08:46 PM
this is awesome! great vision and creativity and the best of the lot imo
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05/26/2008 01:43:26 PM
Oh, Yes! Very different, dramatic and delicately beautiful. Congrats on top 10, Lorenza.
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05/26/2008 01:22:14 PM
Great pic, awesome idea. This should have ribboned!!
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05/26/2008 11:51:50 AM
I'm glad this finished in the top ten - it is a great image.

It reminds me a little of the 'Borg' in Star Trek . .
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05/26/2008 11:32:10 AM
Congrats for your top ten. Are you italian? Ciao, Paolo.
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05/26/2008 10:18:28 AM
Completely outstanding image. Love the feel you've created with the highkey lighting. Tres futuristic. This really should have been among the top three, but even so, I'm glad it placed where it did.

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05/26/2008 02:06:42 AM
I really like this image, was on e of my top choices. I am glad you made top ten.
joe
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05/26/2008 01:36:39 AM
This is incredibly different and creative. Absolutely my choice for winner!!

ps. I simply cannot get over how incredible this photo is

Message edited by author 2008-05-26 01:43:31.
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05/26/2008 12:47:47 AM
Congrats on a PB Lorenza...looking forward to seeing more of your work
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2008 10:24:25 PM
background is too light for the subject, interesting concept though
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05/25/2008 03:12:15 AM
Awesome
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05/24/2008 09:49:01 PM
Wow! very interesting...: )
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05/24/2008 02:45:12 PM
Neat idea, good tones and comp.
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05/24/2008 12:51:18 AM
fantastic!
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05/23/2008 01:02:01 PM
The borg have struck again. Very creative composition... 9
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05/22/2008 09:48:38 PM
Really a great shot- reminds me of something... i'm trying to place where i've seen something like this done! its very beautiful!! :) great job! :)
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05/22/2008 03:58:18 PM
wow kind of strange but also very creative, nice shot
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05/22/2008 04:31:46 AM
I feel like the camera is a prop, not a subject. However, this is a very unique, interesting, and captivating photo, and I really love it.
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05/20/2008 08:43:58 AM
Great interpretation, like a William Gibson's novel. 9
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05/19/2008 07:12:21 PM
Resistance against making a "Resistance is Futile" comment is, in fact, futile.
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05/19/2008 04:07:21 PM
Funny idea - reminds me partly of Terminator I and Gottfried Helnwein. Unusual interpretation of the theme, but I like it.
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05/19/2008 03:25:54 PM
really like the envelope stretching idea, just a bit distracted by the wood grain tabletop, for me it fit the sterile 'techno' feel
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05/19/2008 02:26:56 PM
My wife says to give this the benefit of the doubt... as to whether it is a portrait of a camera or not. 9
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05/19/2008 01:58:15 PM
Incredibly creative, and really rather powerful. An easy 10 from me.
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05/19/2008 10:49:06 AM
That is uber imaginative. Bravo for your creativity. I'm sure the DPC crowd will pass this by. I hope I'm wrong. 9
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05/19/2008 10:23:47 AM
Fabulous. Not so much a "portrait" of the camera, but uber-creative take.
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05/19/2008 12:22:17 AM
clever image...creative
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05/19/2008 12:17:59 AM
very interesting idea, i love the way you did this-7
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