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"Das Boot" -- ("The Boat")
"Das Boot" -- ("The Boat")
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Challenge: Movie Titles (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Location: Harwich Port, MA 02646
Date: Jan 6, 2005
Aperture: f: 4.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2005

 I liked the pun on boat/boot. The movie is on my all-time favorites list. It's a WW II submarine flick. When I saw, on the night of the 5th, that a nice snowfall was starting, I realized that with luck the boot would coat in such a way as to seem a conning tower plowing through a sea.

I left the boot out overnight. Shot it in the morning, hurriedly, before snowmelt began and before I let the dog out to pee. I had to crate her as I shot through open deck door.

Shot in RAW.
Levels and curves in photoshop.
Convert to grayscale.
Convert to duotone (black and pantone 281)
Adjust duotone curves to just a hint of cool.
Convert back to RGB color (can't jpeg a duotone)
Resize, create border, save-as in steps.

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AuthorThread
 01/19/2005 09:37:10 PM
The idea was that the boot would emulate a conning tower rising from the sea, that the snow would emulate the wake surging over the hull, etc. Thus the angle; it closely duplicates an angle in the movie. I had hoped the horizontal band of snow would "suggest" a stormy sky.

Evidently, it didn't work.

Robt.
 01/19/2005 01:06:38 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club:

Exposure: This is a well exposed B&W with good tones. You can see good texture in the snow. (There is a small band of it that looks like it may be burned out, but there's enough texture in most areas so a few small areas are not a problem. Though flat lighting makes it easier to shoot in the snow, flat lighting means there's no added "drama" or interesting shadows.

Subject: This could be more interesting, perhaps even a more "military" style boot evoking imagery more similary to the movie.

Composition: The composition follows the rule of thirds. I think it looks better, however, to crop out the band of snow at the top of the fence--that competes for attention. I also think there might have been more interesting angles to approach this from--perhaps including a bottoms up view (which might mean than any boot would do).

Hope that helps!

Message edited by author 2005-01-19 12:16:38.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/16/2005 01:50:56 PM
if the
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 01/15/2005 06:45:33 PM
Nice booty.... well exposed and composed. Good job.
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 01/13/2005 04:02:47 AM
Nice photo, but a bit of a liberal interpretation of the title.
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 01/12/2005 04:36:24 PM
Never thought of that one...and I am german...LOL
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 01/12/2005 02:37:32 PM
good concept! ;-)
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 01/12/2005 10:19:14 AM
subtle. I like that it isn't cluttered.
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