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The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
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Challenge: Faceless (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Powell, Ohio
Date: Jan 22, 2005
Date Uploaded: Jan 22, 2005

Movie Titles meets Faceless!

So I've done quite the research for this: Watched all of the old Invisible Man movies, listened to that queen song, etc. This picture is inspired by the original Claude Rains invisible man. I built a frame for a torso, dressed it, stood it on a PVC rod, and hung the glasses by wire. This picture has refined my cloning and editing abilities tremendously. I'm amazed how bad I was looking back on some of my earlier attempts. Made this picture B&W because the original movie is in B&W.

Gonna get hit by the "doesn't meet the challenge" but it was darn fun to do.

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Statistics
Place: 15 out of 173
Avg (all users): 6.2926
Avg (commenters): 7.2917
Avg (participants): 5.8750
Avg (non-participants): 6.5940
Views since voting: 48345
Views during voting: 463
Votes: 229
Comments: 28
Favorites: 7 (view)


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06/04/2008 10:26:17 PM
Not really sure why this didn't ribbon, very creative and really an incredible shot, great job nonetheless, ran into this again, when looking at "how'd they do that?" section, and just had to comment and add to faves.
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01/31/2005 09:07:16 PM
James: Congratulations on your 15th finish. You are young man that is going places. Keep at it and nothing but the best awaits you.
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01/31/2005 07:16:48 AM
Ok, 15th isn't bad, but I am surprised this did not get a ribbon... great shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/30/2005 05:09:09 AM
Nice portrait. To me, the sun glasses seem pretty high up on the invisible face, but I don't know what the invisible person's face looks like, so I could be wrong =). The shadows towards the left side are a bit distracting. Very minor: wrinkle on the back of the collar. I'm wondering what this would look like with a pure white background (as apposed to gray). Excellent setup. 8
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01/30/2005 03:00:40 AM
Very Creative and think this is a great photograph. IMO the sunglasses should be aimed at the camera a little more. But still a great shot.
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01/29/2005 12:56:46 PM
Very good digital darkroom work loved it!
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01/29/2005 06:33:03 AM
thought of doing this, too hard to pull off, good job.
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01/29/2005 02:13:14 AM
graphicfunk style, must bump up to 9 for excellence.
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01/28/2005 07:58:29 PM
Cool idea! Bumping up
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01/28/2005 06:13:12 PM
creative
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01/28/2005 02:25:04 PM
Was this supposed to be for the Movie Title challenge?
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01/28/2005 12:20:57 PM
Very clever. I wish I thought of it. 9
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01/27/2005 06:54:45 AM
Think you've hit the DPC formula on the head with this one :).

Fantastic Image - I'm sure some will complain about the uneven colouration on the wall, but for mine it adds a little something - some character to the image.
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01/27/2005 05:37:40 AM
Clever, but there needs to be an actual human in the photo, and I can't see one.
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01/26/2005 12:02:35 PM
Quite good!
There are however few things about it that bother me a bit.
a) The sunglasses sit unnaturally high (on the "face") and tilt strangely upwards.
b) You are too close to the wall, imho, and I don't like the shadow that falls on the wall to the left on the picture.
c) I don't like the wrinkled shirt collar.

And I might add that the tie is a bit too dark and that you should have adjusted the jacket a bit better. ;)
Otherwise, quite good actually.
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01/26/2005 03:25:26 AM
I don't know how hard your setup was, but adding a smoking pipe or cigarette would just put this completely over the top. Maybe you can clone one in later to see ...
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01/25/2005 09:43:56 PM
Very clever. Great imagination.
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01/25/2005 08:39:35 PM
Sweet. I predict a ribbon. 10
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01/25/2005 05:26:24 AM
well, his face sure isn't visible, lol.
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01/25/2005 03:21:37 AM
I thought movies was last week:) Great photo, this should win a ribbon.
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01/24/2005 07:18:57 PM
Very inventive and well done photo. 8.
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01/24/2005 11:12:44 AM
norma activity?
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01/24/2005 01:41:38 AM
Great idea, don't know if it meets the letter of the challenge.
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01/24/2005 01:14:28 AM
is this an outtake from the last challenge?
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01/24/2005 01:03:57 AM
wow thats really cool . sometimes i feel like i want to be the invisble woman lol
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01/24/2005 12:49:48 AM
Would have done great in the Movie Titles Challenge Too!
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01/24/2005 12:45:31 AM
"Photograph human beings engaged in normal human activity" Where is the human being, or the activity? Amusing but not meeting the challenge by my definition.
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01/24/2005 12:30:27 AM
this is one of the best submissions for this challenge, why didn't anyone else think of that? awsome job.
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