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Mr. Frosty's Icy Gaze and Chilling Touch
Mr. Frosty's Icy Gaze and Chilling Touch
aplomb76


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Superpowers (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Lens: Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Location: Sagamihara, Japan
Date: Nov 30, 2008
Aperture: f/6.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250 sec.
Galleries: Studio, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2008

 I used canned air turned upside down to freeze the sun glasses. I strapped a bottle of dry ice with hot water in it to my side and ran a hose up my sleeve to guide the smoke out to my hand.

I also froze an apple with some nice icicles, but I couldn't figure out how to incorporate it well.

The background was some rubbery, stretchy stuff I got from a craft/hardware store, Tokyu Hands. I will miss this store when I go back to the U.S. It has so much great stuff in it. I posted the background on my ceiling to get the nice even lines reflecting the light. My camera was on a tripod pointing up, and I stood on my sofa bending over the camera.

Between my glasses melting, the hot water getting to cool, the hose sliding out of the bottle, and simply not knowing how well my pose fit in the frame this was a pretty painful shot, but I'm happy with the outcome.

raw tools
crop
sharpen
healed moles
layer mask - blur back
second layer - unsharp mask on smoke
scale to 720px
burned cabella's logo
healed spot on background

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 65
Avg (all users): 5.8616
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 5.8333
Avg (non-participants): 5.8682
Views since voting: 1431
Views during voting: 318
Votes: 159
Comments: 7
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/05/2008 12:14:39 PM
Would of been nice to add a cooling filter over the skin tones... nice work with the smoke
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 12/04/2008 11:26:45 AM
I love the background and think the smoke effect is great.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2008 03:46:29 PM
The more I look at this, the more I can appreciate how much time and skill has gone into the setup. Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2008 10:37:08 AM
very good, nice concept, executed fairly well. The only thing that i can say is dropping the chin just a tad would have had more of an impact and the glasses would have been more prominent. Very nicely done on the sharpness and colours. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2008 08:27:49 AM
Great choice mr. Frosty!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2008 02:06:38 AM
i like the chilling touch. nice effect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2008 01:06:55 AM
Above the average and thats for sure, I like the frost on the glasses, the pose, and the background light, the smoke effect makes it even better, very well done,
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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