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Challenge: Drama (Basic Editing)
Collection: Stories
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Tranquility, NJ
Date: Aug 25, 2009
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 5
Galleries: Black and White, Horror
Date Uploaded: Aug 25, 2009

Used a timer and a couch-cum-tripod. Set up the focus and exposure settings manually. For PS, some curves and then a b/w conversion with some red and a lot of yellow.

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 104
Avg (all users): 4.8390
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 4.6829
Avg (non-participants): 4.8780
Views since voting: 715
Views during voting: 330
Votes: 205
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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09/16/2009 04:35:34 PM
this had me thinking and it should of done better.
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09/06/2009 11:34:05 AM
Hi from the Critique Club,

You asked for your shot to have an in depth comment from a member of the Critique Club.

Interesting shot, I am not too sure what you are going for here , I am getting mixed messages with the things in your shot.

There is almost an Edgar Allen Poe thing going on with your bird and books and light. Those are excellent, you have done very well to get such clean focus. I like the brightness of the light, it is over powering and in your face and I am getting a slight headache from looking at it all the time. I am not sure what message you are trying to convey with your model. There is just a blank look on his face but he has clenched fists. Is he supposed to be intimidating? If he is , he needs a facial expression and some depth into his eyes as they are just black black holes right now. Maybe a scowl would have helped mesh this whole shot.

This is definitely one of the more dramatic shots in this competition and the more you look the more you think and see.

Excellent , well done, I am off for some asprin

Message edited by author 2009-09-07 10:46:23.
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09/02/2009 10:43:02 AM
The clenched fists really make you look tough Don. Cool shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/01/2009 04:50:00 AM
Had you taken a photo of the bird, and the bird only, with the available light, I think you would've finished among top 40 or something. Now it's more funny than dramatic, but something tells me you went for that approach :p
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09/01/2009 04:23:36 AM
It took me a second to get the clapper reference there - very funny idea, nice use of shadows.
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08/27/2009 07:36:59 PM
Whoa - dude - I swear I didn't mean to clap....don't hurt me! Very nice menacing shot - love the bird up there...so Edgar Allen Poe : )
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08/27/2009 05:32:27 PM
my... brain.... hurts
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08/27/2009 12:00:03 AM
I like the concept and the title. Good job getting exposure on the subjects face and some light on the books with the bare lamp blazing into the lens.
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08/26/2009 09:19:48 AM
Dam you clapper!
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08/26/2009 12:27:56 AM
This one made me laugh. 6
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