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Day 3. 50 days square crop. @ elle's work
Day 3. 50 days square crop. @ elle's work
roz


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Collection: 005 - JULY 07. SQUARE CROP
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: mt.annan/campbelltown south of sydney
Date: Jul 4, 2007
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Fashion, Candid
Date Uploaded: Jul 4, 2007

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Comments: 16
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 went with my boyfriend greg, to pick up his daughter from work .. her name is elle ... i was waiting in the car just outside the hairdresser's where she works .. i noticed her boss at the counter making phone calls and doing stuff .. the combination of her boss and the poster just underneath was impossible to not photograph .. i did not get out of the car ..
it was already getting a bit dark which is why there's a reflection of the lights in the glass .. it would've probably been better without them ..
this is processed A BIT!! .. and for this 50 days, i think i read somewhere, that if we process, then that's ok as long as we give the processing steps ..

opened jpeg in CS2 ..
cropped but couldnt do a square crop because i lost too much of the image that i felt was necessary .. so i then increased the canvas size width to make the image square .. i then used xero soft vignette on the sides .. you can get this plug and heaps of others for free at this site xero free plugs
i then created a mask of that layer and erased the bits of the vignette that i didnt want to affect the rest of the image ..
i then did a levels adjustment layer where i gave image a bit more contrast and lightened the poster woman coz she was too dark ..
did another adjustment layer in selective colour where i increased the red and yellow ...
i then did filter/stylize/emboss and made it blending mode overlay ..
resized, sharpened and saved for web ..

i did a different process with another photograph of the same scene using the dragoniser action, but didnt put it in here coz i didnt give it a square crop .. i only realised that i could do the square crop by increasing the size of the canvas after i'd put the other one into my portfolio .. this is it ..



i just did another process, basic edit, and did the square crop without increasing the canvas size or anything .. the border is created by the doorway ..


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 11/05/2008 05:00:13 AM
I like all those reflections, there is so much to look at.
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 07/18/2007 12:42:17 AM
All your square crops are successfull..... well done sweet friend.....
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 07/14/2007 02:17:15 PM
this is nice its true would have been better with out the lights but its ok i like it.
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 07/08/2007 09:08:34 PM
Beautiful. I love these images that combine different things in unusual ways. The whole series are lovely.
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 07/07/2007 10:05:26 PM
Good capture. It almost looks like a multiple exposure. I like the way the poses of the figures seem to be interacting.
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 07/07/2007 01:11:27 PM
this is an interesting capture, roz. looks like a mural!
 07/05/2007 01:50:28 PM
Neat shot, everything really works well together!
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 07/05/2007 12:33:07 PM
This is great! I love that it is so intimate, wonderful shot!
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 07/05/2007 06:41:06 AM
WOW! Very nice!
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 07/05/2007 12:47:52 AM
That's so cool. She looks as surreal as the poster.
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 07/04/2007 10:43:42 PM
so many great layers of things to look at here! very collage feel to it... i like!
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 07/04/2007 05:34:02 PM
Took me a moment to take it all in, then I realized how cool this image is! The human looks as posed as the models in the picture, and almost as 2D! Your reprocessed image linked here is a lot cleaner and looks awesome w/o the halos etc., but the image of the models in the window is darker -- I liked the brighter images in the original. Bottom line, very impressive!
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 07/04/2007 12:20:41 PM
That cool looking -- it almost looks like she is their "superior" and is watching over them. I kinda like the reflections in this scene -- adds to the "urban" feeling of it.
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 07/04/2007 11:38:50 AM
Rare Species - that's the icing, Roz! Great catch. I love reflections like that, adding layers to a subject and giving it a twist - you have such a good eye!
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 07/04/2007 10:48:12 AM
I like your processing -- a nice collage feeling to the shot.
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 07/04/2007 10:20:35 AM
I like it... gives a sense of "in the moment" and you can make out her face quite well. KUDOS roz!!!
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