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Son of The Son of Man
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Challenge: Surrealism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S50
Location: Riverside Park in Lynchburg, VA
Date: Mar 6, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Portraiture, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Mar 7, 2005

 Rene Magritte homage.

I added the banana because the apple (which was large) wouldn't cover my face. Either Magritte had access to huge apples or he was quite petite...maybe both. Also, I didn't have a hat on...I have a size 8 head...that's big...freakish, even. Basically, I can't find hats that fit unless I look reeeally hard.

Post processing included rotation, crop, color balance adjustments (it was cold and my face was red), levels, and some USM.

By the way, I held the apple in front of my face by putting a fork in my mouth and sticking the apple on the tines.

If you want some useless trivia, after the shoot, I ate the apple and it gave me food poisoning...I missed a day of work and lost a few pounds, so all in all, it wasn't a bad thing. Wait, yes it was.

Statistics
Place: 67 out of 271
Avg (all users): 5.4876
Avg (commenters): 6.1429
Avg (participants): 5.2264
Avg (non-participants): 5.5953
Views since voting: 1162
Views during voting: 694
Votes: 363
Comments: 15
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/15/2005 07:20:19 PM
I lik ethis interpretation of a common theme for this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2005 04:01:49 PM
very surreal, reference made me laugh.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2005 01:19:59 PM
did this really need further exploration?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2005 01:05:36 PM
Very unique. I really love what you've done here. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2005 11:08:59 PM
Ah, the mistake here was to use the over ripe banana. kidding. Very well done and well composed. Bumping up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2005 04:04:31 PM
the tree is distracting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/10/2005 04:24:20 PM
One of the many art replicated ideas, but well executed. Even to the point where the objects in front of face feel edited instead of naturally composed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/10/2005 08:35:37 AM
Magritte-like. I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/09/2005 11:23:15 PM
lol
 03/09/2005 10:57:14 PM
I like the Magritte reference. I wish the background was simpler, ar a bit surreal in its own right. The busyness of branches distracts from the simpicity of your central image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/09/2005 02:23:29 PM
interesting....8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/09/2005 01:10:30 PM
if I had the time to do a photo, this was exactly what I was going to do! great interp of a classic painting! It's great that you were able to find a place where you had a fence of sorts made from hard material, I believe the original work was a brick wall, so that definately reinforces that you are not strictly recreating the work, as does the combo of apple and bananna. I hope people voting will understand the reference. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/09/2005 03:12:18 AM
:) good theme.
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 03/09/2005 01:52:52 AM
You could have chosen a better looking background....
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 03/09/2005 12:55:43 AM
What is it with fruit in peoples faces?


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