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"Where Did You Say This Hand Basket Was Taking Us?"
"Where Did You Say This Hand Basket Was Taking Us?"
mikaylaraine


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hell (Basic Editing)
Camera: Samsung S730
Date: Dec 10, 2007
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1
Galleries: Humorous, Studio
Date Uploaded: Dec 9, 2007

 Post Challenge: LOL 5.99! so close to a 6! very happy with the top 20 finish, if only i had broken the 6 mark :)

so i had this great idea about "to hell in a hand basket", if only it weren't basic editing! i really wanted to photoshop "real" little people into the basket, but this was the best i could come up with for basic. i hope you at least enjoy the humor if nothing else.

thanks to my friend sarah for drawing the little people for me to cut out, and thanks also to my friend kim for helping me with the set-up. basically, i made a little cut-out and taped it in front of a flashlight set under the cloth inside the basket. exciting, i know :) i had to use much less light than i wanted for this shot in order to not wash out the people shadows. a brighter flashlight in the basket made it hard to tell what the people were supposed to be, so in the end this is what i decided on. i hope i don't get knocked down too much for the graininess (is that a word?) of the red cloth... it was a lighting nightmare... and i've still got a lot to learn.

post-processing in CS2
Crop
Hue/Saturation to desaturate all the hues except for red
Color balance to make the arm look ghoulish (yes, those weird blue tones are purposeful!)
Levels/Curves, Highlights/Shadows, Brightness/Contrast (all little tweeks)
USM
Save for web
more USM
TADA!

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 80
Avg (all users): 5.9906
Avg (commenters): 7.1250
Avg (participants): 5.7273
Avg (non-participants): 6.0389
Views since voting: 1739
Views during voting: 386
Votes: 213
Comments: 10
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 12/19/2007 05:20:32 AM
Ooh great idea, I must have missed this in voting :( What a fab idea - I would have voted 9.

Sorry!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/18/2007 10:52:34 PM
Interesting use of shadow!
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/18/2007 10:23:22 AM
So THAT'S what a handbasket looks like. ;-)
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II
 12/17/2007 09:45:00 AM
Nice visual of an old saying!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 12/16/2007 11:43:14 AM
Cool shadow effect:)
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Olympus E-510
Olympus 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
 12/15/2007 10:01:06 PM
Its the title thats the real kicker...made me laugh out loud right away.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/15/2007 11:06:54 AM
Very clever idea, great looking final product: colors, composition, focus, lighting, all click together.
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 12/15/2007 10:58:23 AM
One of the most interesting concepts I've seen and a wonderful shot! 9
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
 12/12/2007 10:35:56 AM
Great Idea
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Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 12/12/2007 08:16:17 AM
very creative concept
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