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Wolverine
Wolverine
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Challenge: Single Light Source II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Location: Long Beach, Calif
Date: May 30, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Emotive, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: May 30, 2006

Single flash, shot at a reflector on the ground. Converted from RAW.

Cloned and burnt the butter knives to make them look badass... removed some tatt's from my side... USM... Crop...

P.S. I'm not really wolverine... This usually only happens in Los Angeles' traffic.

Statistics
Place: 130 out of 238
Avg (all users): 5.4087
Avg (commenters): 7.1429
Avg (participants): 5.2703
Avg (non-participants): 5.4663
Views since voting: 761
Views during voting: 436
Votes: 252
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
06/10/2006 12:28:36 AM
Hi from the Critique Club!

Critiquing this challenge has me wondering about the mental health of DPCers:)) The incredible range of subjects chosen for Single Light Source leaves me fascinated. How on earth do you see the challenge title and then think 'Ahh! Wolverine!'. Not that I'm complaining...especially the way you have done it:)) I fell in love with him after the movie..so I am not complaining:))

I like the composition; the outstretched arms and the head back are perfect. But I'm not so sure about the crop...I want to love it but...You need, I think, some space above him for him to scream in to...not much..but more than here. If you had lifted your arms/hands a little higher, you could have cropped out the pants and increased the space at the top.

With low key, darker images like this, you always have to be aware that not all monitors are calibrated properly, and that what looks OK on yours or my screen, might be too dark on some of the voters screens...I say that, because I think you should have scored higher, and that this might be an explanation?

I like the subtle contrast and nice tones you have achieved with the lighting and post production, they enhance the emotion of the image. I also appreciate the effort and creativity that went into this.

A well executed image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/06/2006 01:38:37 AM
Nice emotion. Good composition. I would prefer to see his pants a little more. They blend into the background and he looks like he's floating.
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06/06/2006 01:08:40 AM
It's pretty silly the way you placed the claws between your fingers.
But the lighting and the expression works.

Oh yeah, the hair also. Yeah.
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06/05/2006 05:22:23 AM
need bigger sideburns! :-)

well done
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06/02/2006 02:46:34 PM
Interesting
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06/01/2006 11:58:25 PM
The centering of the model works well here as the outstretched arms balances the image. I like the raw emotion that is pouring out from his expression. Good use of lighting and well exposed.
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05/31/2006 07:25:34 PM
Hugh would be so proud!
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05/31/2006 04:38:52 PM
I like the idea of it. Wheres the hottie Jean Grey?
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