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Low Budget Low Carb Angst
Low Budget Low Carb Angst
phoensoul


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Stopped Motion II (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: Bathroom studio, Hermitage, TN
Date: Sep 19, 2004
Aperture: 2.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 19, 2004

This shot was fun! A big box of pasta, a couple lamps, and a piece of posterboard for the background (blue, so I could mess with the levels when I monochromed it in color balance).

Used color balance and unsharp mask, that's it.

Statistics
Place: 150 out of 170
Avg (all users): 4.5746
Avg (commenters): 5.2500
Avg (participants): 4.3704
Avg (non-participants): 4.7583
Views since voting: 758
Views during voting: 442
Votes: 228
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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09/29/2004 10:43:35 AM
This shot was done with bright light between the hand and the background to get that outlining effect around the hand. Then I changed it to greyscale by using the channel mixer, and finally did two strong unsharp masks on it.

The idea was for it to come out looking like a cheap photocopied 'rage' poster of the sort you might see on a street corner, this one showing frustration with the expense of eating low-carb. Spaghetti, pictured here, is one of the cheapest foods there is, and it's very much inaccessible to the low-carbohydrate dieter.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/26/2004 04:41:57 PM
A little too much effect
09/26/2004 01:52:22 AM
GeneralE? At first I was gonna mark this a lot lower than I'm thinking now.... I usually don't like shots that are processed as much as this one seems to be. Then I thought about how I sometimes feel just like this... When I look at this, I see a conflict between restraint and rage and this time, rage wins.
You're right on the edge with this one. Hope it does well, but doesn't cause a digital art border fight.
TC
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09/25/2004 11:05:41 PM
I love the concept, but I'm not a fan of the solarization. I would like to see the original and compare the two. Thank you for trying something different. I think this is one of the riskyist shots in the group.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/24/2004 04:55:58 AM
Very good work, nice retro feel to it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/22/2004 04:39:48 PM
Feeling agressive, were we? Very nice image. I like the contrasts, the stopped action, and the overall graininess of the image. It really works. What did you do that highlighted the subject's right arm and hand so much? It makes it look slightly "unreal", but again, in the context of the whole image, it really is effective. Congratulations and good luck with the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/22/2004 12:02:07 AM
Too much PS on this. It's not even a photo anymore. :(
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/21/2004 07:47:43 PM
somewhat attractive, too heavy-handed for my tastes, and I'm not sure what the subject is doing. Breaking something, but I'm not sure what.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/20/2004 10:07:11 PM
overprocessed
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09/20/2004 01:39:54 PM
Really interesting image, very Man Ray looking. I'd like to know how you got this visual effect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/20/2004 09:03:55 AM
nice
09/20/2004 07:22:41 AM
Cool shot, but the extreme contrast is a bit over the top


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