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Childe Rowland at the Dark Tower
Childe Rowland at the Dark Tower
Kelli


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Challenge: Fairy Tales II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S9000
Location: Lakeview Memorial Park, NJ
Date: Dec 1, 2007
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.003s
Galleries: Black and White, Children
Date Uploaded: Dec 1, 2007

 Childe Rowland

Yes, it is a fairy tale! I thoroughly enjoyed the books (the Dark Tower/Gunslinger) series written by Stephen King which was inspired by this and Robert Brownings Childe Roland to the dark tower came. Childe Roland to the dark tower came.

This was taken in the cemetery my grandfather is buried in. I have no idea what the purpose of the building was, but it's longer used. If you go at twilight, it's really creepy.

Editing: Some filters applied and faded, high pass applied and faded. Cloned out some small branches and and odd metal piece that was sticking out of the tower. Dodge/burn. Resized and USM.




Statistics
Place: 56 out of 82
Avg (all users): 5.1364
Avg (commenters): 5.3000
Avg (participants): 5.2564
Avg (non-participants): 5.1069
Views since voting: 1390
Views during voting: 368
Votes: 198
Comments: 24
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AuthorThread
 02/25/2008 06:15:34 PM
Nice shot and a good book series ;)
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 12/23/2007 12:13:19 AM
I think you got some interesting comments, Kelli. :) Looks like my suggestion to try to rescue some detail in the shirt just netted you one complaint about it being flat gray. Sorry!
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 12/10/2007 01:38:42 AM
Well I liked it alot! I thought it looked like it would be a very fitting cover to the book (and I loved that series, too.) Maybe overedited for DPC's tastes, but as I said, quite fitting for the book after which it's titled!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/09/2007 10:10:52 PM
I like it - dark and eerie - pretty cool! Love the shadow from the tree.
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 12/09/2007 09:24:16 PM
I see this as the first in a series of popular books and movies.(Harry who?)
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 12/09/2007 05:21:16 PM
The sword isn't visible enough against the tower, but the shadows against the bricks are great.
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 12/08/2007 07:32:41 PM
nicely done
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 12/08/2007 11:22:28 AM
Interesting idea. Something about the contrast looks wrong here, though. For example, what should be white on the boy's shirt is actually a sort of burnt, flat gray. If there were any way to fix that, that would increase the impact of the photo. Good try though, those shadows on the tower create a really neat effect!
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 12/07/2007 11:41:48 PM
Cool stuff. Reminds me of Link in Zelda.
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 12/07/2007 06:32:18 PM
cute shot.
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 12/07/2007 12:50:50 PM
very dark and mysterious, great concept and shot :]
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 12/07/2007 09:57:12 AM
i can't say that i like the processing on this.
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 12/06/2007 10:52:01 PM
Interesting use of pp. Not sure I like the major dodging and burning.
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 12/06/2007 12:09:50 PM
It's a bit unfortunate that the sword is on the same line than the tower edge, because you lose perspective. Else it's great.
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 12/06/2007 12:55:10 AM
Zelda. That's what I'm thinking. Nice shot.
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 12/05/2007 06:53:52 PM
I like the shot and what I think you're trying to do but this is one of those images that feels overedited with too many filters and post processing. I really think it would do better in simple black and white with only level tweaks.
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 12/05/2007 04:23:47 PM
The idea is good. Having the sword blade running exactly along the line of the tower kind of hides it.
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 12/05/2007 06:47:20 AM
Very fitting image and processing.
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 12/04/2007 03:14:49 PM
interesting, great concept, but maybe a little too overprocessed for me. 7
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 12/04/2007 08:56:19 AM
Something about the lighting on the figure doesn't look right and appears superimposed into the tower image and seems very disconnected. Holding the sword in the air comes across to me as being comical which is quite the opposite feeling I get from the tower and the sky and this further adds seperates the tower and figure. Lovely tones and patterns on the tower, would have had more impact on its own
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 12/03/2007 08:40:04 PM
Uh...something looks off with the subject. Like the arm is in the wrong spot. I'll have to take another look later...
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 12/03/2007 06:42:29 PM
I think without the filter you used this would have doe much better. The light and shadows on the tower are great, but you lost a lot of details with the edit.
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 12/03/2007 09:24:46 AM
cool idea. Maybe the processing is a tad over? 7
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 12/03/2007 12:32:06 AM
woa, is that kid really there?! wierd picture...
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