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No place to hide from lustful eyes
No place to hide from lustful eyes
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Challenge: Grunge II (Expert Editing)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: New Jersey
Date: Apr 8, 2012
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 200
Shutter: various
Date Uploaded: Apr 10, 2012

 three exposures combined using HDR Efex Pro

resulting image edited using Capture NX2
-selective brightness/contrast
-unsharp mask
-crop
-export to TIFF

TIFF edited using Canvas X
-duplicate of original image created, tinted, made transparent, and overlayed slightly out of horizontal register
-image from DPC texture library made transparent and overlayed under dodge mode
-layers combined and exported to a new TIFF

TIFF reopened with Capture NX2
-additional adjustments to contrast/brightness
-slight crop
-size and save for DPC submission

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 120
Avg (all users): 5.9512
Avg (commenters): 6.1250
Avg (participants): 5.8871
Avg (non-participants): 6.0164
Views since voting: 714
Views during voting: 241
Votes: 123
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 04/19/2012 07:46:11 PM
Powerfully menacing - you've used a great selection of props to tell a dark story. The looming shadow is terrifying.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 04/19/2012 03:00:57 PM
A very demented image, in a good/interesting way.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR
 04/17/2012 03:32:39 PM
Perfect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/16/2012 02:13:39 PM
This is the only photo I cannot rate. I am personally disturbed and therefore biased.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/15/2012 12:24:22 AM
shadow is cool, good story telling
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony SLT-A33
Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED
 04/14/2012 03:39:12 PM
Chilling.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Ricoh GR III
Fujifilm XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR
 04/13/2012 06:57:52 PM
Very disturbing image as you wanted. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/13/2012 03:42:56 PM
sick I'm sure on purpose thanks for reminding me of my worst nightmares don't know if it should be a 1 or a 10 gotta go vomit
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS
 04/13/2012 10:13:37 AM
Quite disturbing. I might have made the child's drawing a bit bleaker than rainbows and holding hands.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/13/2012 02:37:44 AM
Love that shadow!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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