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Challenge: Abstract Emotion (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S1000fd
Location: My bedroom
Date: Sep 24, 2008
Aperture: F/3.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/4 secs
Galleries: Abstract, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Sep 26, 2008

 I drew a love heart on white paper and stuck it on the wall beside me for this shot, with the intention of cropping out the top half of my face afterward. I know it's not entirely abstract since you can tell it's a face and a love heart but I thought it fitted the bill well enough. I contemplated cloning out that little lick of hair but decided not to bother. I'm fairly pleased with it as it is, though I don't anticipate many others will, since I know not a lot of people care for the bright washed-out look.


Edits: I cropped it, cloned out one or two specks, adjusted brightness using levels, then tweaked the contrast. I denoised twice to help smooth over the pen lines on the heart and then burned it a bit, changed the colour channel to make the photo warmer and added a border to match. I think I may have used sharpen at one stage but I can't quite recall. This is the most I've ever done to a photo as editing's really not my strong suit.

Statistics
Place: 87 out of 140
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Avg (commenters): 6.0000
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Views since voting: 903
Views during voting: 258
Votes: 141
Comments: 10
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AuthorThread
 10/06/2008 05:21:33 AM
I like the simplicity of this shot, not hugely abstract but certainly emotive. Knowing that its your now the smile is really easy to spot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/05/2008 04:19:15 PM
... and we have NO IDEA whose lips those are....... nice work.
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 10/02/2008 05:34:06 PM
i Like it!
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 10/02/2008 04:06:21 PM
A very nice photo. This is my second time around looking at it and I see now somebody asked for validation and you've passed. That's great! (It wasn't me: I NEVER ask even if it's a clear violation. Anyway...) There is lot's of emotion in the photo to me, it is however, lacking in the abstractedness I was hoping to find as well in this challenge. I'll bet it does well anyway as it is very pleasing to the eye.
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 09/30/2008 10:12:29 AM
not exactly what i consider abstract, but definatly an elegant photo that would do well in a portrait challenge. the sharpness of the girl is stunning, especially her lips
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 09/29/2008 09:49:07 PM
This is not abstract sorry
 09/29/2008 08:57:26 PM
Doesn't really seem 'abstract' to me... but certainly 'emotive'.
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 09/29/2008 08:32:21 PM
I think I would like the heart to be slightly less vibrant so that my attention went more to the lips.
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 09/29/2008 03:04:21 AM
Love-ly.
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 09/29/2008 12:03:36 AM
I really like the simplicity of this
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