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となりのトトロ ~ [My Neighbor Totoro]
となりのトトロ ~ [My Neighbor Totoro]
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Distracting Elements II (Extended Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Lens: Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM for Canon
Location: Bosco di Sant'Antonio (Sant'Antonio Woods)
Date: Oct 12, 2016
Aperture: 1.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Oct 19, 2016

 Well well well...

I shot this on the same "Foliage, Fences, Extended Free Study" session, which is currently one of the worst paying DPC Shooting sessions I've had this year (almost) :\

My girlfriend Giulia, who is a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki's work, had the brilliant idea of bringing the Totoro-shaped cape I gave her as a "side present" for last year's Christmas.

Since Totoro is the Keeper of the Forest, I thought about this simple, humble homage to Miyazaki's film, となりのトトロ (which is Tonari No Totoro, My Neighbor Totoro).

I didn't realize this was an extended editing until sisto told me; I was sure I read "standard"...

So I thought: why not having some fun with this.
But I was drown by lots and lots of work, so I had, as usual, very little time to edit this.


And this is the result!

I hope you'll like it.


This is the one I was meant to enter, before noticing the "extended" ruleset.



Cheers!

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Sony Alpha a7 III
Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 for Canon
 10/31/2016 05:32:31 AM
Originally posted by vawendy:
Ok, I'm really loving this, but I so much want it to be darker/moodier. It's wonderful, but seems incredibly bright... 7 as is, but I think it could have gone up to a 9. It's so close...


Thank you for the feedback Wendy!

Being this a tribute tu Miyazaki's work, I wanted to give it a "dreamy" and fantasy feeling, if this were a "regular" forest shot with a "regular" distracting elements I'd have made this much darker, as you suggested.

But I'm glad you liked the overall idea, and again, thank you for stopping by and commenting!
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 10/30/2016 11:25:29 AM
Ok, I'm really loving this, but I so much want it to be darker/moodier. It's wonderful, but seems incredibly bright... 7 as is, but I think it could have gone up to a 9. It's so close...
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