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Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Scene It! II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: bathroom
Date: Nov 4, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Vintage, Studio
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2007

 I couldn't get the perfect white background with the dark silhouette (//www.craigerscinemacorner.com/Images/psycho%20shower.jpg) so I gave it a little 'darker' twist instead :-)

And yes i put my 5d in a running shower to get this shot.

PP - dodge/burn, duotone, curves, ni, guassian blur, usm, hue/sat, sel col

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 83
Avg (all users): 6.2768
Avg (commenters): 7.3529
Avg (participants): 6.1915
Avg (non-participants): 6.2994
Views since voting: 1807
Views during voting: 431
Votes: 224
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/28/2007 07:06:22 AM
Awesome mate. This is superb.
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 11/17/2007 05:29:09 PM
nice work !!

the depth makes it.
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 11/12/2007 12:51:44 PM
Great interpretation of the Psycho scene (hope it doesn't give me nightmares ;-) Excellent shot.
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 11/12/2007 11:38:44 AM
I'm so surprised that didn't do better. DAMN. It's good.
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 11/12/2007 02:12:50 AM
Evil dark feel! Great work Nick!!!
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 11/12/2007 01:25:11 AM
unmistakable Hitchcock imagery, beautiful interpretation.
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 11/12/2007 12:59:22 AM
Gah.. hope the camera survived!!

Loved this out of all the psycho shots.. interesting perspective (looking out from the shower) and the processing is spot on.. hella creepy.. nicely done :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/11/2007 07:55:10 PM
I don't care for the processing here. It just seems really blurred and the proportions seem off. I wouldn't have guessed Psycho, wouldn't have guessed anything really, its difficult to tell what this may be.
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 11/11/2007 07:07:22 PM
Scary. Thrilling. Eery. Suspenseful. Alfred Hitchcock would be proud. You managed to convey a very strong emotion without resorting to gratuitous violence & gore.
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 11/10/2007 11:10:07 PM
The best shower - psycho that ive rated so far
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 11/10/2007 09:02:46 PM
Ah, from the victim's POV. A little different, and effective (blur and harsh lighting help focus on the fear that knife would engender in the victim).
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 11/10/2007 07:17:08 PM
Excelent. You've created a mood and a feel that is very true to the original.
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 11/09/2007 11:56:54 PM
Creative lighting but too difficult to pin point purpose of image - what should I be looking at.
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 11/09/2007 03:07:46 PM
I like the old film stock feel you have recreated here. one of the better psycho shots., nice use of shadows/light. 8 well done.
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 11/09/2007 11:27:07 AM
Good job with shower curtain and view from inside shower. shreak shreak shreak. psart 8
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 11/07/2007 09:23:25 AM
That is uber creepy. Love the lighting and editing.
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 11/06/2007 03:39:07 AM
nice atmo created with postprocessing, cool composition , 8
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 11/05/2007 04:54:53 PM
I like the processing on this one. Very scary.
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 11/05/2007 03:59:35 PM
Fantastic creativity, the lighting and mood of this shot is spot on. Hope to see this on the front page
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 11/05/2007 11:16:54 AM
Great setup and idea. Your editing on the shot works very well for this shot. I like the duotone look and lighting. Great work.
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 11/05/2007 08:35:35 AM
cool lighting and processing to add some edge - great job of highlighting the knife and smoothing the remainder of the background
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 11/05/2007 02:17:34 AM
nice work! very cinematographic
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 11/05/2007 01:21:53 AM
TOO many psycho entries and it kind of puts me off but this is my favorite of the group its dark and scary and just really really cool
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 11/05/2007 12:26:34 AM
not a bad captured feeling. 7
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 11/05/2007 12:11:27 AM
love the edit...has a real spooky feel about it...good luck with this 9
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