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This is not "The Son of Man"
This is not "The Son of Man"
Matthew


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Apple (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: My house
Date: May 17, 2005
Aperture: 32.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 0.8
Galleries: Humorous, Traditional Art
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2005

Or my preferred title - Ceci n'est pas "The Son of Man", which might go down badly.

Rene Magritte is a truly fantastic artist - "The Son of Man" is a picture that I have always admired (and can relate to). And famous now thanks to the Thomas Crown affair film.

Wish this was an advanced challenge - lots to do here still!

apple on fishing line in front of my face, camera on self timer.

Post processing was auto levels, brightness up and down and noise & dust flters to get rid of trace of fishing line. some colour changed in hues (yellows moved to make apple greener, reds down and darkened, blues saturated and darkened) some levels (recast red and green channels) and saturation variously up and down at various stages. crop, resize, USM, submit.

Expect to get criticised for over processing, but don't care. Had to do a lot to get rid of fishing line in basic editing - could have done something less processed in advanced!

File Name
IMG_5799.JPG
Camera Model
Canon EOS 20D
Shooting Date/Time
17/05/2005 21:21:12
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
0.8
Av( Aperture Value )
32.0
Metering Mode
Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
800
Lens
17.0 - 85.0 mm
Focal Length
59.0 mm
Image Size
3504x2336
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance Mode
Custom
AF Mode
Manual Focus
Parameters Settings
Contrast Standard
Sharpness Standard
Color saturation Standard
Color tone 0
Color Space
sRGB
Noise Reduction
Off
File Size
2949 KB
Custom Function
C.Fn:01-0
C.Fn:02-0
C.Fn:03-0
C.Fn:04-0
C.Fn:05-0
C.Fn:06-0
C.Fn:07-0
C.Fn:08-1
C.Fn:09-0
C.Fn:10-0
C.Fn:11-0
C.Fn:12-1
C.Fn:13-0
C.Fn:14-0
C.Fn:15-0
C.Fn:16-0
C.Fn:17-0
C.Fn:18-0
Drive Mode
Self-Timer Operation
Owner's Name
unknown
Camera Body No.
0620420394

Statistics
Place: 139 out of 386
Avg (all users): 5.3701
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.2761
Avg (non-participants): 5.4593
Views since voting: 1255
Views during voting: 552
Votes: 335
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)


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06/02/2005 06:41:00 AM
Disclaimer: *I didn't vote* (the apple challenge just didn't appeal to me). I'd say the reason you didn't do brilliantly - i.e the fifteen ones would have come from people who were sick of seeing the margritte imitiations. There were quite a few of them in this challenge, and there have been quite a few of them in other challenges in this site.

While not very original, it was a very well done shot in the technical sense
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05/25/2005 11:51:38 AM
I like this a lot - pretty surprised it ranked down here but what can you do? Great interpretation of the original piece and you've made slight adjustments which suit 'this medium'. Bad luck to do so badly with such a cool image.

Alex
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/25/2005 12:50:04 AM
142nd place wow you got robbed I really thought this would atleast be top 20. Well it was my pick overall.

Ty_roni
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/24/2005 02:27:49 PM
This needed to be validated? ( I think that's some string/monofilament I see coming from that apple? Not bothersome though. ) Hmmm...The best Magritte homage..nice light, nice clear colors esp. that red tie...maybe a little too much sharpness ? I'm not sure...but very nicely done indeed....that red tie is scrumptous.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/23/2005 09:44:04 PM
I was going to try this one but couldn't get the outfit. Out of all the "Magrittes" here, this is my favorite. Very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/23/2005 01:15:26 PM
Apple in your face. Nice colors. Bump.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/22/2005 12:03:41 AM
I am leaving a comment for everyone so no one will feel left out so here is yours...
the best Son of Man in the group
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/20/2005 11:24:07 AM
I noticed a couple of other similar ideas in the challenge, but this is the most well executed for me. Great colors. I really like the shiny tie. The apple just looks a little strange however as though it was cut and pasted even though I know it wasn't. Maybe because it is so far forward from the face. Overall very well done and I gave 8.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/19/2005 10:38:10 AM
I like the vivid colors and sharpness.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/19/2005 09:56:31 AM
The colors really pop. Love this, good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/19/2005 08:05:55 AM
Very well done ! I hope you will reveal how you did this after the callenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/18/2005 08:29:40 PM
And I bet it isn't a pipe either! This is the best Magritte image in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/18/2005 09:49:15 AM
This is a nice image. I like the coloring seen in this image as well as the sense of creativity.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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