Duckness & Light
by Leok

Comment by Tammer:
Nicely composed duck shot - made me smile. The specs on the light ray are a bit distracting, but a very clever entry.

Duckness & Light
by Leok

Comment by DottieD:
quack

Duckness & Light
by Leok

Comment by terje:
Ducky Duck! Nice reflection

Duckness & Light
by Leok

Comment by homeslice:
Great naming!!!!!!!

Duckness & Light
by Leok

Comment by mycelium:
wonderful picture! this is my kind of slightly irreverent entry

Duckness & Light
by Leok

Comment by K-Rob:
HAHAH! You obviously knew that title would be over used. That's great.

We're all born naked
by Leok

Comment by Leok:
Hi everyone and thanks for all your votes and comments. 15 tens for my first entry, wow!

Inspiration - not from mesmeraj's lovely and very similar entry, I hadn't seen it prior to entering. If I had I might not have entered this image but I'm glad I did. Also hadn't seen the HP ad, don't watch all that much TV and it may not shown here in Australia anyway. I had seen something vaguely similar though - a hand holding a Palm Pilot which had an Xray image of the hand on it, as if the Palm was an Xray machine itself. I don't remember if it was here or on worth1000...

How was it done? A shirt folded and pinned up, a short wraparound skirt tied at midthigh level and a picture frame. I always intended to make the image black and white but oce I did this felt it was missing something, so decided on selective desatutation. I did tone the skin tones down a bit as they were too warm otherwise, I preferred the more muted effect. I had to clone out some picture hooks from the wall, the skirting board, fixed her hair and removed some giveaway wrinkes on the shirt. Used levels to get rid of most of the shadows on the background. Probably should have set the shot up better and spent less time in photoshop, but the final effect was pretty much what I pictured. I did have other shots where the props & hair was better but didn't like the lighting.

Thanks to my beautiful wife for posing and thanks to everyone who complemented her...

Message edited by author 2005-08-29 03:02:21.

Duckness & Light
by Leok

Comment by Bear_Music:
great title...

We're all born naked
by Leok

Comment by claudia26:
superb idea and sense of humour - 8

We're all born naked
by Leok

Comment by saloonstudios:
unfortunately i've seen this done many times, and this isn't one of my favorite uses. i don't really see how the title fits either