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One Careful Owner, Needs Some Attention
Mr_Pants


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Challenge: Self-Portrait III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Bedroom
Date: Feb 11, 2005
Aperture: f8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Humorous, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Feb 11, 2005

Printouts of eyes and mouth, the latter gripped between my teeth. Shot in the bedroom with a large piece of black felt hanging over the curtain rail to serve as a background. Manually focussed, timer with flash bounced from the ceiling. Post processing included turning down brightness of background to hide creases in the felt, cloning out a stray edge of paper, desaturating green channel, turning green shirt to grey, turning up the red a bit, resizing and sharpening. This was actually only going to be a test shot, but when I saw it on the LCD screen after taking it, I nearly choked on my coffee, so I had to enter it.

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 247
Avg (all users): 6.6024
Avg (commenters): 7.7805
Avg (participants): 6.3774
Avg (non-participants): 6.8092
Views since voting: 3413
Views during voting: 655
Votes: 332
Comments: 50
Favorites: 12 (view)


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11/28/2006 11:48:51 PM
It's like I'm seeing this for the first time. It's very creative.
But there's proof that I have seen this before because my vote shows up as red. I should have given it a higher score.
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05/04/2006 08:41:05 PM

This is a wonderful photo...I've been looking through your portfolio and self-portrait 30-day thingy. Your DPC port truly does not show the really unique talent you have with photo/digital art vision. What's up with that? ;)

Not trying to say anything except that I really enjoyed your self portraits!!!

Chow,
Katy

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04/30/2006 02:32:49 PM
Under rated should have been top 5 at least. I love your work!
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12/23/2005 04:08:31 PM
This is hysterical! I love it! One of the most creative (& funny) self-portraits I've seen. Very cool.
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07/01/2005 10:15:06 PM
What a hoot. I love it. Sometimes the funny ones are the best. Way to go.
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02/21/2005 10:21:43 AM
Very well done and very humourous. The lighting and exposure are dead on. Really love it.
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02/21/2005 12:40:55 AM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. perhaps the funniest in the challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2005 11:05:38 PM
LOL- nice sense of humor. Could have been even stronger if the prints didn't appear washed out.
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02/19/2005 06:11:41 PM
I love the idea here......
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02/19/2005 03:19:19 PM
Made me laugh. I love it
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02/19/2005 02:25:05 PM
I love this portrait - it obviously shows your sense of humour. But the grey t-shirt and plain background say something about an uncomplicated and easy going nature that I'm sure complement your humour.
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02/19/2005 01:50:53 PM
funny take on the challenge, executed well. Good luck
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02/19/2005 01:06:20 AM
A most interesting and funny photo. Well done!
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02/18/2005 04:42:48 PM
Very good. I like your sense of humor!
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02/18/2005 05:17:39 AM
funny indeed, great work
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02/18/2005 04:15:48 AM
Also needs less coffee by the look of it! :-). Great lighting, and I love the idea.. 8
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02/17/2005 08:44:06 PM
very expressive, very fun. great exposure and composition. one of my favorites! 10!
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02/17/2005 08:07:13 PM
Returning for comment: I like how this very simple but effective device works. Knowing you a bit from the site, I think it's fitting, and a portrait should show something of the portraitee's personality. Well done. Bumping up.
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02/17/2005 05:25:19 PM
Funny and unique.
The black BG works very well and I like the composition very much.
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02/17/2005 05:05:02 PM
great idea , great shot 8
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02/17/2005 03:50:17 PM
This image create instant laughter that lingers. Every challenge contains a special gem and this is one of them. A great effect. bumping up to 7 for great funny rendition.
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02/17/2005 01:17:44 PM
great idea - and smile !!
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02/17/2005 11:47:39 AM
This is so good and so original - well done. 9
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02/17/2005 03:16:41 AM
Haha. This is really funny.

I like the composition of it too. Really great. 8.
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02/16/2005 11:05:02 PM
I love this -- very creative!
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02/16/2005 04:09:23 PM
i don't know anything about portraiture, so i'm using your image as a guinnea pig as to what i think i would or wouldn't do in this situation, as well as what i notice and get out of your image.

this looks like fun, and it looks like something that would be cool to be able to do at the drop of a hat. i do think it would work better if you had matched the tones in the printed face to the actual face. nice work with the lighting.
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02/16/2005 07:36:33 AM
:) great job...
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02/16/2005 01:25:04 AM
LOL
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02/16/2005 01:20:18 AM
LOL!

Kudos to you for being silly enough to try such a gimmick. In this case I feel it works. You may not show much of your real face, and I get no idea what you might look like, but I sure get a good idea of your personality :)
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02/15/2005 10:42:18 PM
woooow, amazing!
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02/15/2005 05:35:19 PM
Great concept, It made me chuckle
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02/15/2005 02:19:34 PM
haha, very cute image. I love the expressions.
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02/15/2005 02:17:59 PM
thats funny!
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02/15/2005 01:20:24 PM
Freakin hilarious :) Good lighting! 7
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02/15/2005 11:08:31 AM
LOL!!
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02/15/2005 09:45:18 AM
ok the expression on your "Face?" is had to look at without laughing. The lighting was well done. The image is nice and crisp. While not a very challenging shot. Still one of the better shots in the challenge IMO. Keep up the great work. And thanks for the laugh
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02/15/2005 04:17:32 AM
Fun shot: I would imagine you've achieved pretty much exactly what you were after - apart perhaps, from the comparative saturation in the prints, and those slight jaggies around the hand and top of head. I like the mad quality of it a lot.
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02/15/2005 01:16:28 AM
hilarious!
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02/14/2005 11:47:42 PM
Returning for comment. Good use of negative space. I love how the grin is giant. Very creative idea! On second look, am bumping up.
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02/14/2005 09:21:29 PM
Funny idea, and well executed too!
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02/14/2005 07:49:54 PM
lol ... cool effect ... well done my highest so far
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02/14/2005 07:13:58 PM
LMAO! 10
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02/14/2005 06:07:42 PM
Hilarious! 10
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02/14/2005 04:23:38 PM
very creative... Nice
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02/14/2005 02:15:18 PM
i love this. Hilarious!
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02/14/2005 11:40:46 AM
10
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02/14/2005 10:59:47 AM
LOL! too funny.7
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02/14/2005 05:51:30 AM
Great lighting and gave me a good laugh... good job of keeping the dome on top from reflecting a whole lotta light ! I like it !
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02/14/2005 05:07:13 AM
I laughed my sox off when I saw this :)))))
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02/14/2005 01:44:19 AM
Very funny LOL
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