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Challenge: Stranger In A Strange Land (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Kitchen
Date: Jan 2, 2003
Galleries: Humorous, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2003

Trick shot: Took a picture of me on a plain background, cut out the excess and printed that on a transparency. Then I found an appropriate photo from an much earlier shoot of an ant "swimming" on water. Combined the two for this result.
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Statistics
Place: 42 out of 67
Avg (all users): 5.1705
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.1698
Avg (non-participants): 5.1714
Views since voting: 1426
Votes: 88
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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02/12/2003 09:15:25 PM
Wow...I never saw this one before. This is very cool Swash! Great technique, great idea, well executed.
Regards,

Grayce
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01/29/2003 06:34:18 PM
Just how strange would one want? Would anyone that voted this a 1, 2 or 3 be kind enough to explain what they thought was bad about this? I promise, no arguements, I just want to be a better photographer, please help me.
01/19/2003 07:45:19 PM
A visit from the critique club.

I'm glad you wrote how you did the photo. This helps people who aren't familiar with such techniques to get a better idea on how to execute them.

I suppose I should critique two photos separately, then critique the combination of the two.

The photo of you is great. I love the expression of the face which seems to be fitting with the rest of the photo. One thing that I don't like about it and you explain that you printed it on a transparency is that you can see parts of the background if you look carefully. I'm not sure what your reasoning was to print on a transparency but I think regular paper would have worked well too.

The photo of the ant I don't like too much. It's an interesting photo but I think the background of it is too bright and overpowering. And the ant is in a weird position in relation to you. I think doing a profile shot of the ant would have helped a lot. When I visualize myself doing this photo I would try to get a profile of the ant or some other bug and a profile of me on my knees or something and also make sure I am much smaller than the ant. Then position it in a way that looks like I am begging for my life from the ant. Also, the flash spots on the water are odd, I'm tempted to say they are distracting but on the other hand I would say that this makes the ant look a bit like a magical creature that can do magic and it's about to cast a spell on the man.

This certainly creates an interesting effect with the two photos being sandwhiched together like this. I think although not very strong on their own the two photos make for a very compelling image.

I think this is a great idea, well executed but could be done just a tiny bit better. I think it's the positioning of the subjects that throws me off a bit.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/12/2003 02:51:05 PM
Great photo and great idea :) i like it! (9)
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01/10/2003 05:53:34 PM
I'm not even going to ask how you did this. All I can say is "WOW". Better title - Attack of Killer Bee? What an imagination, besides ability. Bet a lot don't like it, but I think it's wild. Not my type of photo but sure gets your attention. Great one. PTL
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01/09/2003 10:08:31 PM
great job swash.. the photos match really really well... a super nice effect... the only thing I would like is different light so the glare and color of the ant are more balanced (7)
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01/08/2003 10:11:11 PM
love the creativity, nice shot.
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01/07/2003 09:03:53 PM
Cool shot. I really like the fee of it all, like "attack of the killer tomatoes". I like it. Jacko. 9
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01/07/2003 07:49:18 PM
One of my favorites, 9
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01/07/2003 05:42:47 PM
Terrific photo! How did you do it?
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01/07/2003 03:53:36 PM
interesting :) Good composite work... - setzler
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