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Caught Sweeping
Caught Sweeping
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Challenge: Illusions II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: My back yard
Date: Aug 7, 2005
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2005

 Took a pic of my son sweeping, printed, cut out & glued to bird house, his friend lent a hand, took pic, adj RAW, adj levels, curves, sat, d & b, clone out some little specs, blur some lines, crop, resize, save for web, upload, type in this description and other fields, click submit, get msg about over file size limit - DOH!! - resave for web (adj compression), redo all the info on this page! :(

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 127
Avg (all users): 5.8253
Avg (commenters): 6.1905
Avg (participants): 5.5000
Avg (non-participants): 5.9612
Views since voting: 1278
Views during voting: 598
Votes: 292
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 08/23/2005 12:03:44 AM
Cute capture and title. Pretty creative, if you ask me. Well done!
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 08/19/2005 11:26:54 AM
Ken... Ken (Priest) right?


Message edited by author 2005-08-19 11:35:23.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/14/2005 10:18:50 PM
Great concept. The lighting leaves a little to be desired though. The skin tones of the hand don't quite look right and the cut out kid doesn't match the rest of the shot. Shoot this indoors where you have more controll over the light and you could really make this pop!
TC
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 08/13/2005 07:07:20 PM
Now we know what really happened to "Mike Tevee" from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (just kidding). I like the idea and the setup. The boy seems a little bit flat, but I still like the illusion. Well done.
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 08/13/2005 07:54:47 AM
'8' - Good illusion, just somehow sharper on the 'little one', make it better in my opinion. Nice 'set'.
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 08/11/2005 11:36:59 PM
Pulled this off quite nicely! Excellent tone & exposure.
Be interested to see how you did it. (8)
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 08/11/2005 09:13:52 PM
This is a superb idea ... but I can't see how this is possible without moving or copying major parts of image/s ... Further - the boy does look as if he was dropped-in using Photoshop -yes? .. Oh my God!... am i a crazy fool? ... Turns out that this was a great, simple technique - I wasn't letting my mind leave the box! I do think a Photoshop expect could have made the boy/hand connection more real in post-process - but great ideas!

Message edited by author 2005-08-15 07:41:39.
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 08/11/2005 06:04:11 PM
Nice "little" illusion, good composition and take on the challenge.
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 08/10/2005 07:08:52 PM
GReat idea! Nice highlights in the moss. The little man seems just a touch blurry and maybe just a bit too small. Great work though
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 08/10/2005 11:59:04 AM
nice job creating this scene
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 08/10/2005 01:17:30 AM
I like the idea, simple but effective.
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 08/09/2005 08:54:29 PM
cool. the cut-out is a little too bright to match the rest of the photo but it's never easy right?
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 08/09/2005 08:12:36 PM
that looks a little bit like a paper cutout..but I like the idea, nice birdhouse.
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 08/09/2005 01:38:25 PM
Interesting shot.. the color on the kid is off though.. takes away from the illusion IMHO
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 08/09/2005 10:34:53 AM
Good Idea. I think a different shirt color would have made the boy stand out more from the birdhouse.
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 08/09/2005 03:27:16 AM
Nice clear representation. More of the "floor" would not have hurt. Very nice!
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 08/08/2005 10:16:49 PM
I like this, but it might have been worth seeing without the giant hand coming in from the side. Just a thought. Either way, very well done! 7
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 08/08/2005 09:43:39 PM
Cool idea and shot. I think that this lighting though made the small figure noticeably a cutout. Still, it's a great capture.
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 08/08/2005 09:21:05 PM
a little hobbit. i think you should have burned the boy a little... IN PS! not with a match..... sicko
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 08/08/2005 08:56:20 PM
Nice picture - i thought it was a little figurine the first pass, but i see now it is a reeel leetle boy hehe.
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 08/08/2005 06:47:49 PM
this is an great shot 9
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 08/08/2005 06:44:58 PM
Very good idea...however, I think that it would have been better, if possible, to not have the hand in there. I'm thinking perhaps someone looking over the trunk at the house would have given a more appropriate demension to this illusion. Another small discrepency is the lighting on the boy figure. There is not sunlight on the house, hand or tree causing shadows, however the boy's arms and hair are lit causing shadows on his shirt and face.
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 08/08/2005 02:46:19 PM
That's great, I love the detail, great lighting, good texture!
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 08/08/2005 11:15:38 AM
very good.
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 08/08/2005 08:44:46 AM
He can come and sweep mine!! Neat idea!
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