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Challenge: Free Study 2009-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f1.2L
Date: Feb 1, 2009
Aperture: f/14.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 16, 2009

 I have been wanting to rework my entry for "Dichotomy" last summer for quite a while. I liked the concept but the quality of the photo itself bugged me. My friend visited Austin to shoot with me and he wanted to shave off half his beard and after some more tweaking and makeup this is what we came up with. I am very happy with this as it is pretty unsettling. The interesting thing about this shot is that I didn't really edit it very much at all. I cloned out some minor imperfections on the clean side of his face and straightened the part in his hair a bit, but the effect of shadows on the left side were done with makeup and BW conversion. I didn't want a sharp line down the picture so I made sure the BW conversion made the division line clear without being a sharp line.

Statistics
Place: 78 out of 436
Avg (all users): 6.1111
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.0187
Avg (non-participants): 6.3261
Views since voting: 1273
Views during voting: 299
Votes: 153
Comments: 15
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 03/08/2009 11:55:29 AM
What a FASCINATING and thought-provoking image. Well done!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/06/2009 03:23:28 PM
Fantastic, my first 10. Quirky, excellent lighting and a great model. Nice work!
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 03/06/2009 11:54:24 AM
random?
 03/05/2009 10:19:41 AM
Interesting..I like the shaven side best.
 03/04/2009 01:16:59 PM
I would like to know how you did this. A good muted photo.
SPEAKS WELL TO TITLE!!
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 03/04/2009 11:39:32 AM
great shot, lies alright lol 10
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 03/03/2009 10:56:00 PM
That's just crazy!
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 03/03/2009 06:55:12 PM
YES! I love it when people get others to do crazy things like this. Did you make him walk around the mall like this after the shoot? That is awesome...10 from me.
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 03/02/2009 12:35:00 PM
Interesting and nicely done! One small problem. the line that runs from where the hair ends at the base of the neck on the left to the bootom centre of the frame needs to be blurred a bit nore, I think.
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 03/01/2009 07:15:41 PM
Very creative, wonderful execution. Powerful and disturbing image. No vote.
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 03/01/2009 06:41:27 PM
Wowsers! Very bold, and thought provoking image. I like it. Nice job.
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 03/01/2009 12:34:07 PM
Very well done and executed. 6
 03/01/2009 03:57:39 AM
Very clever and works well (8) from me - now let him go to the barbers...
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 03/01/2009 01:44:09 AM
WOW!!
 03/01/2009 01:16:15 AM
Wow he shaved his chest too? Well done, extremely well done. This looks to me like lovethelight
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