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Profound
BrianR


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Challenge: Abstract Emotion (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Home, Hervey Bay.Queensland Australia
Date: Sep 24, 2008
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 0.5
Galleries: Abstract, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Sep 27, 2008

The model is my wife Carol,

Opened raw Light room 1.4.1
Toned

CS3
Create mask Gaussian Blur
Mask Eyes Channel mixer
Selective color
Dodge & Burn
NI
Brightness Contrast
Crop
Border

Abstract Emotion
Abstract adj. 1 Abstract ideas may lead to concrete plans:


The Title: Profound is a synonym of Abstract. (Readers Digest, Word Finder.)

The Photo, a portrait was not processed to be like a normal photo and to create and Abstract look to it by Gaussian blur and still be able to see the color skin tones and lines, the abstract colors, (Eyes & Mouth)as well as the full frame crop is essential for abstract if you read the professional photographers when researching.

Emotion: I believed there were a number of emotions that could have been seen in the photo, Sadness, Stern, Intense, Strong, and Love etc. I was leaving this up to the viewer.
This went way past the viewer’s imagination in this art form doing a portrait, as this is where I am coming from for this challenge, ok I may not have pulled it off as for DPC, for me this is a very ABSTRACT portrait.

You will see that professionals do not always photograph the human form to not be identified, leaving it as a visual form to be seen.

Yabba Dabba Doo I Won A ribbon

Statistics
Place: 139 out of 140
Avg (all users): 3.6343
Avg (commenters): 3.4444
Avg (participants): 3.4000
Avg (non-participants): 3.7975
Views since voting: 1025
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 134
Comments: 11
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10/06/2008 11:38:22 AM
Oh Brian! DARN! The Brown ribbon! I've been saying all along as I peruse the results of this challenge that the voters were freaking BRUTAL in this challenge! They were BRUTAL!

But if you are yaba-daba-doo'ing. . .well, then, I guess a macabre sort of Congratulations are in order :)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/05/2008 09:38:23 AM
omg
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10/03/2008 01:53:35 PM
Not sure if this is interesting, or just weird looking, but it made me stop and examine it for a few moments, so it deserves a good vote for making me stop. I think this one is teetering on the fine line between photography and digital art.
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10/02/2008 04:30:57 PM
This is so bizarre I want to give it a 10 - but, I can't. It reminds me of 'Peggy' on the TV show: 'King of the Hill'.
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09/30/2008 10:15:36 AM
ok, not abstract enough for me. kinda creepy with her nose gone...hey it looks like you photoshopped the whole face together or really sharpened it or something....
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09/29/2008 11:09:02 PM
WOW
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09/29/2008 08:45:42 PM
Hmmm... This doesn't seem abstract at all to me... and it does seem a bit overprocessed for a 'regular' photo. *sigh* sorry.
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09/29/2008 08:15:09 PM
Was this meant for the portrait challenge, because I'm not really getting abstract out of this. And it's a bit over processed.
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09/29/2008 03:16:58 PM
Sorry I didnt get this image.
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09/29/2008 11:11:25 AM
far too processed.
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09/29/2008 12:28:51 AM
Not really abstract in my opinion. And I'm not really feeling any particular emotion.
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