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Giant Misdemeanor
Giant Misdemeanor
giantmike


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Challenge: Self Portrait VIII (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Date: Aug 23, 2013
Aperture: 11
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Aug 23, 2013

 Like how I made myself 11 feet, 9 inches tall? :)

I'm glad for an expert editing challenge for once. This allowed me to take the idea I had in my head, and make it real. I did pretty much exactly like I envisioned, so I am very happy with the result.

I fully expect to get a validation request in the middle of voting. People will certainly think the text is added, but it is not. I printed out the numbers to tape on the wall. And I printed out the sign to tape on a piece of poster board. No lettering was added in post processing.

The main things I used expert editing for were adding the lines, and some aggressive Nik Color Efex Pro filtering. The Nik filtering may be legal in advanced, but in expert I have no fear to push it. This is what really gave me the grungy look.

Looking back to my first self portrait entry a few years ago, I have certainly come a long way in photographic and editing abilities. That image scored 4.7, so I'm hoping for at least a point higher.

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For fun, I looked back at my previous entries to see what I scored on shots where my face was shown.

4.7098
5.0611
5.8430
5.7333
5.8712
5.3901
5.2268
5.8105

My mug has never broken a 6. Here's hoping it will this time :)

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 81
Avg (all users): 6.1689
Avg (commenters): 7.8000
Avg (participants): 6.1064
Avg (non-participants): 6.1980
Views since voting: 724
Views during voting: 347
Votes: 148
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/05/2013 09:04:33 AM
This was a funny one Mike, and now reading the liner notes, I get it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/30/2013 10:17:14 PM
I thought I just saw this at the post office.
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 08/30/2013 02:40:26 PM
cool
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 08/29/2013 03:05:59 AM
Roflmao!!!! Loveit!!!
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 08/28/2013 03:39:06 PM
nice premise, good lighting and presence in the image.
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 08/28/2013 11:34:17 AM
LOL!!!! 11 3/4 feet, eh?
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 08/28/2013 03:16:46 AM
The NBA posted your bail... ;-)
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