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Challenge: Triptych (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Bedroom
Date: Nov 13, 2005
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20, 1/25
Galleries: Humorous, Diptych / Triptych
Date Uploaded: Nov 13, 2005

 I've wanted to do a "group" shot of my "band" for awhile (I have a small home recording studio, and play keyboards as well as guitar, bass, and drums), and this seemed like the perfect challenge for it. My original idea was to do a serious entry, until I realized that the guitar headstocks would overlap with the next frame over.

Processing included (in no particular order) merging the three images, adjusting levels, sharpening, cloning out small things, cropping out larger things, resizing, and adding the border (pixel-by-pixel in some places--tedious!) Also, when merging the files, I cut-and-pasted copies of the guitar headstocks from one image to the next one over--hopefully that's not frowned upon too much.

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Thanks for all the kind and helpful comments everyone! I was mostly happy with how this one turned out, and it's currently my highest-scoring entry--woohoo!

I plan on eventually redoing some of the softer-focused panels, and adding one or two more with my keyboard and maybe a microphone, and using it for a CD cover.

Now all I have to do is record the CD. Piece o' cake...

Statistics
Place: 39 out of 234
Avg (all users): 6.2130
Avg (commenters): 7.7241
Avg (participants): 6.1587
Avg (non-participants): 6.2583
Views since voting: 1708
Views during voting: 536
Votes: 277
Comments: 33
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 11/27/2005 10:33:17 PM
i like the depth. the extra level in this triptych is well executed.
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 11/22/2005 02:15:18 PM
Agreed! Great work!
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 11/21/2005 03:21:48 AM
Surprisingly low finish for such a well-wrought piece of work, IMO. I like it very much.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/20/2005 11:49:49 PM
Creative, clever and good use of the triptych with the connecting overlaps. Bumping up.
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 11/20/2005 09:04:05 PM
Very very nice work here... 10
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 11/20/2005 11:58:57 AM
Beautiful and creative.
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 11/20/2005 02:56:28 AM
This one should be the winner. I keep coming back to it over and over again - there isn't anything better that I've seen yet.
Congratulations!
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 11/20/2005 02:23:26 AM
Very clean and effective use of framing.
One of my top 10 favorites in this challenge.
Kudos for the creativity, and bumping to a (9).
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 11/19/2005 09:59:03 PM
I like the idea and the differences between the frames, but wish there was more going on in the background instead of plain white.
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 11/19/2005 06:49:31 AM
Awesome! This is a creative take on the framing, that's for sure. The first two could stand to be as sharp as the last, but this is really great!
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 11/18/2005 01:41:36 AM
Excellent idea, very well executed, 10
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 11/17/2005 06:05:25 PM
so, is this a one man band? good setup
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 11/17/2005 03:06:59 AM
i like the 3d effect!
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 11/16/2005 08:26:06 PM
I like very good
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 11/16/2005 04:57:43 PM
great concept :) and well played with the layers.
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 11/16/2005 01:10:16 PM
Another creative one. I like the idea a lot. The lighting is just a tad cast (red), but your composition makes up for it. 10 otherwise...9 for now.
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 11/16/2005 11:40:43 AM
I would like to know how to get parts of one panel to overlap into another panel.
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 11/16/2005 04:24:41 AM
Very creative. Executed well. Interesting and engaging photo. Well done.
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 11/15/2005 10:43:57 PM
This is really cool! Not something I've seen before and well executed. Definitely one of my favorites in the challenge.
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 11/15/2005 09:09:00 PM
clever
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 11/15/2005 07:40:25 PM
Clever! I like it. Thinking out of the box. (ha ha.) The colors seem a wee, tiny bit flat to me, but still, a really good use of the format.
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 11/15/2005 01:52:37 PM
Nice one man band you have got goingn there! Extra point for letting the story pop to the frame and get in the way of the next "member". Very neat conception.
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 11/15/2005 01:39:07 PM
Very well done. One of my favorites.
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 11/15/2005 01:08:22 PM
Nice job of connecting the three pictures. Good luck.
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 11/15/2005 11:38:18 AM
I love how the guitars cross over the panels. I can't figure out how you did it. I hope you explained -- I want to see when we are done. Very creative and well done. I love it!
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 11/14/2005 09:38:35 PM
Pretty clever! Good luck!
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 11/14/2005 07:16:47 PM
I have to learn how to do this. Need a singer?
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 11/14/2005 09:17:36 AM
Very creative
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 11/14/2005 07:28:49 AM
hahah. very well done
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 11/14/2005 03:43:06 AM
Very creative and nicely done!
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 11/14/2005 03:23:55 AM
Heck of a nice piece of work. Conceptually first rate. The leftmost panel doesn't seem quite as crisp and pure as the other two, and that bothers me a bit.
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 11/14/2005 02:06:13 AM
Very clever and funny. I like it.
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 11/14/2005 12:46:49 AM
very good idea! Like it a lot :0) Wish your focus was a bit better (or does it just need sharpening?) One of the two...
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