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Decalcomania
Decalcomania
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Challenge: Faceless Portrait (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Reykjavik
Date: Oct 8, 2006
Aperture: F 4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Oct 8, 2006

 decalcomania |d??kalk??m?n??|
noun
the process of transferring designs from prepared paper on to glass or porcelain. • a technique used by some surrealist artists that involves pressing paint between sheets of paper.

ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French décalcomanie, from décalquer ‘transfer a tracing’ + -manie ‘-mania’ (with reference to the enthusiasm for the process in the 1860s).

This is a tribute to the artist René Magritte, he was a Belgian surrealist artist and I think that work he best known for is The Son of man, you know the english gentleman standing and got a green apple hoovering in his face.

post progres: crop, rotate, curves, hue/sat x 2, channel mixer, usm, resize, smart sharp

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 185
Avg (all users): 6.3244
Avg (commenters): 7.0625
Avg (participants): 6.0706
Avg (non-participants): 6.4786
Views since voting: 2638
Views during voting: 429
Votes: 225
Comments: 22
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 10/16/2006 08:22:47 AM
I love the idea, but it needs more work on the presentation - how about a 7!!! :O_O:
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 10/16/2006 06:47:31 AM
I'm glad this was appreciated - even if it did not win a ribbon. Nice work which inspires as well as entertains. Your appreciation of painting is an important part of the subject of photography, IMO.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/15/2006 01:14:39 PM
Very interesting. Here I would have explored moving the subject over to eliminate the gap and then cropped it left right at the end of the hat. The concept is good and the overall feel is great. Bumping up.
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 10/15/2006 01:50:05 AM
the line coming down leaving that little negative space by the neck is very unfortunate - cool idea
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 10/14/2006 06:24:37 PM
Your photo stops me in my voting stride. I'm trying to figure it out. 8.
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 10/12/2006 07:22:55 PM
Very cool
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 10/12/2006 10:37:23 AM
Oh boy, you want us to press that button requesting verification don't you ;-)
Now is it a piece of card or is it photoshop ...... heheh - nice work, made me smile.
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 10/12/2006 10:00:01 AM
well executed bit of Magrittism. 7
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 10/11/2006 05:46:05 PM
intersting composition and duo-tones. the mix of both creates a great tension in the shot. One of my ribbon picks.
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 10/11/2006 04:38:38 AM
Nice shot! Magritte is one of the best. and this picture is great
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 10/10/2006 01:46:27 PM
Interesting. Good imagination.
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 10/10/2006 12:40:00 PM
Clever shot. Needed a bit more focus, but it's a good entry.
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 10/10/2006 12:36:39 AM
nice metaphor
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 10/09/2006 12:13:58 PM
I've come back to this several times. It's really interesting. Avant garde. I sense that the subject is slightly less tack sharp than I'd like. The clever imaginative take is great though. 7
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 10/09/2006 12:09:04 PM
Brilliant. A 2nd Magritte homage. 8 and fave here - the idea is excellent.
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 10/09/2006 11:02:06 AM
VERY creative and artistic!! 10!
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 10/09/2006 10:10:52 AM
great idea, i love the message !
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 10/09/2006 09:28:48 AM
Nice shot and shows a lot of creativity. But where is the essence of the person in this shot?
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 10/09/2006 08:13:09 AM
This looks too fakey to me.
 10/09/2006 04:24:32 AM
thats clever!
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 10/09/2006 01:51:24 AM
clever and creative...a great idea that should see this in the top few
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 10/09/2006 12:31:21 AM
interesting composition
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