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Dead & Lost
Dead & Lost
marvin


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: D&L (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-P10
Location: Reykjavík
Date: Aug 26, 2005
Aperture: F/2,8
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/8 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Aug 26, 2005

 Put the skull in a dark corner. Used small flashlight to lighten it up, took the photo with night macro. Used autolevels and sharpened it, reduced noise with noise reduction. Used dodge and burn here and there.

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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/11/2005 04:50:47 AM
Surely dead, but I must agree that 'Lost' does not strike me too well.. perhaps the darkness is supposed to convey this?

I have a feeling that your image did not suffer as much on technical merit as it may have on whether viewers thought it fit the challenge or not.

As far as shooting advice is concerned, I would simply suggest filling the frame a bit more so that the skull took up a larger portion of the picture - there is some wasted black space at the bottom and top - cropping this off (or getting in closer) would improve the photo a bit, in my opinion.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 09/04/2005 05:30:16 PM
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Message edited by author 2005-10-05 07:38:22.
Pentax K-S2
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF for Pentax
 09/02/2005 09:35:42 PM
This doesn't do too much for me. Focus seems a bit off, but that is hard to get right on a dark set.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 09/02/2005 04:00:59 PM
nice lighting
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Apple iPhone
 08/29/2005 06:58:16 PM
SKULL!! :D
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 08/29/2005 07:25:15 AM
Creepy, but I like it!!!
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