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Challenge: Masks (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Jun 1, 2008
Aperture: 3.50
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 1, 2008

Borrowed the masks from a friend's father, mounted them on transparent head filled with Christmas lights, backed with a sheet of white paper.

-Noise-reduction with PictureCooler
-Handheld, Shutter-Priority mode
-RGB Curve
-Red Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Resize
-Crop a bit from the bottom to eliminate wires
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 144kb

Links to resized shots of the setup, with and without the colored lights on:


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Avg (commenters): 5.3750
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Views since voting: 897
Views during voting: 314
Votes: 185
Comments: 12
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06/09/2008 03:22:53 PM
Originally posted by boyd2000:

Based on the set-up shots it looks like the sideways facing faces were purely unintentional.

Yes! I'm so glad you spotted those -- usually I'm good at seeing the "other picture in the picture" but not this time. The actually remind me of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks seen in association with the theater industry, which was actually one of my alternate topics if I hadn't gotten hold of this one.

The other reason I cut off the nose was that it was pretty lopsided, and I didn't think I could (legally) clone it enough to straighten it out -- I try to avoid taking any liberties with the rules that other members might not get away with. :-)
06/09/2008 03:17:03 PM
Originally posted by LydiaToo:

"Find or create a mask, and photograph someone wearing it this week." I had to count off for the 'no wearing' part... but it's an interesting image... I wish the bottom of the mask weren't cut off.

I wish the bottom weren't cut off too, but leaving it in would have required too much cloning work to have been legal under the applicable rule set. I tried to fix these problems in the print version.

BTW: The mask is being "worn" by my vitreous friend, Professor Airhead:

06/09/2008 03:15:46 PM
Based on the set-up shots it looks like the sideways facing faces were purely unintentional. Also the lighting really looks like it's brushed paint in the submitted shot. I was one of your 7's. Good submission and very underrated IMHO. But yes, too bad you had to crop the nose. You should have hid the wires better.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2008 01:32:33 AM
This mask in facinating. It looks like it has two silhouette faces on the sides. Good composition with the "fire" behind. What is it really?
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06/04/2008 10:20:03 PM
"Find or create a mask, and photograph someone wearing it this week." I had to count off for the 'no wearing' part... but it's an interesting image... I wish the bottom of the mask weren't cut off.
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06/04/2008 05:07:20 PM
nice effect. imo just a little more light on mask
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06/03/2008 11:49:23 AM
too bad the bottom of the mask if cut off, i like the background, but i feel like this photo is missing something. 5
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06/02/2008 09:11:02 PM
original concept, lighting is off and the bits of yellow on the mask are distracting
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06/02/2008 04:40:10 PM
I think a little more contrast could have really helped this image. Maybe making the full nose visable would have help as well.
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06/02/2008 04:15:59 PM
Scary stuff! Good idea!
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06/02/2008 02:18:09 PM
This has a great almost abstract feel to it - love the combination of colours and shapes
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06/02/2008 01:55:51 AM
Interesting effect you've captured. Good luck!
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