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Silent Majority
Silent Majority
Gene L.


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Corporate World (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-2100UZ
Location: Kirkland, WA
Date: Jul 25, 2002
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Jul 27, 2002

In virtually every city there are armies of cube dwellers that make up much of the muscle of the corporate world. For every production line producing a cell-phone, CD player, or any other such product, there is a corresponding office somewhere full of people quietly sitting behind their computers and stacks of books and paperwork cranking out some part of the next product that will hopefully propel their company to the next corporate milestone.

I know the photo looks rather artificial, but processing was really quite minimal. The coloring was achieved by converting the photo to tri-tone sephia. I then adjusted the tone curve in the shadows to get the metallic look.

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 116
Avg (all users): 5.4659
Avg (commenters): 7.2800
Avg (participants): 5.1444
Avg (non-participants): 5.6478
Views since voting: 689
Votes: 249
Comments: 26
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/03/2002 03:19:00 PM
in-camera solarization? interesting effect.
08/02/2002 06:18:00 PM
Excellent affects
08/02/2002 04:47:00 PM
Cool effect. Would like to know how you did it. karmat
08/02/2002 01:20:00 PM
I love the post-processing, especially the ways the man looks metallic. The glasses seem to be the only reminder that he is a person instead of just another part of the corporate machine.
08/02/2002 06:35:00 AM
A good candidat for "How'd they do that?" Nice work
08/01/2002 05:56:00 PM
fairly good framing... and i like the filtering. Also, you did a fairly good job of taking a picture of a monitor... Which can be a pain sometimes.
08/01/2002 05:28:00 AM
Nice set up. Clever use of b&w 6 sjgleah
07/31/2002 05:47:00 PM
The boss needs you, you don't need the boss. To learn more about the detramental effects of capitalism and statism, go to www.infoshop.org
-Ben
07/31/2002 09:35:00 AM
Like the effect you have. Really like the hair. Must be a viewsonic monitor though, don't see any flicker on that picture :)
07/31/2002 02:02:00 AM
I can see the email now: BTW, your 401K is bankrupt...
07/30/2002 05:40:00 PM
I really like the image but the title is just not clicking for me
07/30/2002 03:00:00 PM
The silvery finish is just odd.
07/30/2002 09:49:00 AM
Love it - I can say no more (10).. I don't really know why I like it - it just jumped out and slapped me in the face... Just a great picture... Good luck...
07/30/2002 12:38:00 AM
Whoa - too much Photoshop! Very distracting. I think the sepia tones of this would have worked really well without adjusting any of the levels.
07/29/2002 10:31:00 PM
I like the way this pic makes me think in relation to the challenge. Special effects play well also to show emotion...
07/29/2002 10:12:00 PM
wow..excellent I love how you adjusted the levels...one of my top few
07/29/2002 07:37:00 PM
This is a very creative view! I do wonder how it was done, but I have to believe it was "legal", so I will vote accordingly. The person is wonderfully wierd, I don't know how you "got there", but I like it. The back wall seems to have been "hurt" by the image manipulation, smae with part of the desk. Somehow, the paper and the monitor screen came through well. 8 Swash
07/29/2002 06:25:00 PM
nice digital edit best image yet
07/29/2002 04:10:00 PM
Image not very sharp (file box). Looking at the person's effect, I think you played with the levels and curves a lot but you must have used a mask to restrict the effect to only a small portion of the image. Hope I'm not mistaken.
07/29/2002 02:58:00 PM
:) this is how i feel some times at work, great shot
07/29/2002 02:36:00 PM
I really like this for the challenge...photogragh clearly communicates it's message with viewer!! I like how the guy looks almost like chrome. How'd you do that? 10 Lisa
07/29/2002 01:16:00 PM
This is one of the most effective uses of post pricessing that I have seen on DPC so far... it does a nice job of adding to the mood and moving the mood towards the interpretation of the challenge rather than just being something 'cool'... good shot :) - jmsetzler
07/29/2002 09:34:00 AM
good use of effects.
07/29/2002 08:35:00 AM
Very nice.
07/29/2002 12:38:00 AM
This is a really cool shot, but I'm more than interested in how you pulled off the effect. Something with the color depth maybe? I do like the message of this shot.
07/29/2002 12:33:00 AM
I'm going to assume this was done legally. It's an awesome effect, either way.


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