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Challenge: Exit (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Shanghai, China
Date: Jan 22, 2007
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 23, 2007

 Maybe a bit too dark for this crowd, but I decided to interpret the theme "Exit" as an emotional release... the mouth, the eyes, the expression leads the emotions outside your body, through the "exit". This comes as I just spent my last weekend "celebrating" the one year anniversary of two of my best friends' deaths.

It's a loose interpretation of the rules, but I guess I've always liked to bend rules a little - and it seemed appropriate to me, this week in particular.
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In more specific techy details, this is a studio picture. Two 800 watt strobes places on either side of me with 85cm square softboxes. The camera was on a tripod and I activated the triger by hand. Simple.

The black and white conversion is a 32 step action that I have automated in Photoshop.

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 142
Avg (all users): 5.2038
Avg (commenters): 7.7500
Avg (participants): 4.9608
Avg (non-participants): 5.2813
Views since voting: 839
Views during voting: 281
Votes: 211
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/30/2007 05:33:57 PM
I really like all the lines on his forhead and nose. I wouldn't want to get in an argument with this guy.
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 01/29/2007 12:59:57 PM
Nicely captured. Love it.
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 01/28/2007 01:44:26 AM
I love how you fill the frame with the image and cut off part of his mouth. Beautiful image.
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 01/27/2007 12:13:31 PM
Good different take on the challenge - the close framing works very well.
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 01/26/2007 04:53:05 PM
i like the concept
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 01/26/2007 11:37:22 AM
exiting of words and emotion is really creative and right on target! great job this shot is done very well
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 01/26/2007 11:29:46 AM
The way you only shot his eyes and mouth shows his anger being released. I like the idea.
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 01/26/2007 11:15:24 AM
I like the sense of emotion displayed in this photo. You gave a much deeper meaning to the word exit.
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 01/25/2007 07:50:58 PM
I feel the need for this sometimes. Great clarity!
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 01/24/2007 03:48:01 PM
Great image, but the subject lacks intensity.
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 01/24/2007 08:34:21 AM
This guy looks crazy, really good photo, the scream looks a little understated though (if that makes any sense) maybe a little more emotion could of been put into the scream, still a good shot though
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 01/24/2007 04:40:49 AM
this is nice, I hope it helped! at least it always helps me:) great with this tight crop, too
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 01/24/2007 12:15:08 AM
awesome take on the challenge! also woulda been great for the fill the frame challenge. nicely done. great choice of b&w. 8
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