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Five O'Clock Shadow
Five O'Clock Shadow
Artan


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Negative Space III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Home
Date: Jun 18, 2007
Aperture: f25
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/15s
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jun 18, 2007

 I shot a similar image sometime ago, but couldn't fully recreate it in the time I had available and under basic editing rules. Either the shadow looked good, or the razor, but no both.

I therefore took a shot of the shadow ( this is a genuine shadow) Printed it off and put the razor in front of the print to create the final image

Here is the original I lit the image from below to ensure the shadow would be off the final image.
Here is the Original

Processing steps
A lot of playing in RAW converter to try and lighten the background whilst keeping the shadow strong.
Then in in CS3
Levels adjustment
Colour adjustment
Cloned some sensor dust to left of shadow
Neat image
Cropped to Size
Sharpened
Added Boarder of about 10% grey to make the image look whiter
Saved for DPC

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Place: 89 out of 374
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Avg (commenters): 7.0000
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Views during voting: 262
Votes: 186
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2007 09:05:31 AM
Clever idea...the shadow looks pretty neat. Nicely done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/25/2007 09:44:56 PM
Love the title. Color, clarity, comp, and content are all good. Fits the challenge well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/25/2007 02:36:03 PM
Nice creativity, good colors. Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/24/2007 12:14:16 PM
nice title
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/24/2007 01:46:41 AM
Something about this photo grabs me...I'm really not sure what. Maybe its because your placemnt and lighting has given the razor humanlike qualities.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2007 11:31:24 AM
Um, ok....I like the shadow image. Great title. The color is almost too bold for the image as the shadow color is so soft. Great idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2007 03:20:05 PM
Very interesting and well done. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2007 10:08:36 AM
:)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2007 10:55:13 PM
Creative, nice shoot, well thought out and executed. Maybe a bit to saturated in the blues for me, but still a very good shot. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2007 10:26:45 PM
Good execution
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/20/2007 12:56:56 AM
inventive,crisp,fun /9
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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