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Harvey
Harvey
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Challenge: Movie Titles (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Powell, Ohio
Date: Jan 10, 2005
Galleries: Portraiture, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2005

 The Movie "Harvey" was made in 1950 by Henry Koster. It starred Jimmy Stewart, who played a man that was visited by an 6'3.5" tall invisible rabbit. The whole story was based on a play done by Mary Chase.

More more information (and the poster that I based the picture on) see the following link:

//us.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/

So the biggest challenge for this shot? The lighting. The freaking lighting, it took so long to get it right. Any sort of fill flash on me and it'd wash out the shadow. I had to keep myself lit and shadow casting, along with the cutout shadow casting, and the view of the camera sans the cutout but with me, my shadow, and the cutout's shadow.

At this point, I thought: Maybe I should just do a literalism on a title.

But it was too late to turn back, and I reminded myself of the purpose of DPChallenge: to better improve my skills as a photographer. Doing something easy wouldn't be improving those skills. Doing something that's near impossible... that's another story.

Right, so, where was I. I'll start from the beginning of this shot, to give you a chronological idea, from conception to uploading.

Conception: I sort of slacked off on this challenge... I didn't start thinking about it until the weekend. I thought of doing something about Dr. Strangelove, but I didn't have Slim Pickens available to ride an atomic bomb, mein fuhrer... heh. I was looking through my DVD collection and this image hit me like a bag of trout.

Ech, I'm tired. More when I feel like it.

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Fujifilm FinePix S5100
 02/26/2005 12:39:31 AM
Oh, that movie is one of my family's favorites! Great shot. The model's expression is so Jimmy Stewart - like, so pleasant, optimistic, and almost childlike!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D80
 01/18/2005 10:43:02 PM
Fantastic!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 01/18/2005 04:11:55 PM
Great shot, Great Idea! Love the expression and the idea but how'd you get that big 'ol bunny shadow!? ;-p
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5
 01/18/2005 04:48:27 AM
Ahhh. A giant rabbit. Looks like some dust specks up there too.
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 01/17/2005 02:09:06 PM
At first I thought the image was relatively well done but it didn't hold any real interest for me. Over the week though this has grown on me. While the photo doesn't have to relate to the movie, only the title. I think you've done a good job relating to both.
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 01/15/2005 10:16:21 PM
Well done.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 01/15/2005 02:26:11 PM
A very clever idea - never saw the movie, but it's about an imaginary rabbit, right? Unfortunately, I think the fuzzy edges of the shadow makes it seem like the rabbit is sitting way closer to the camera than the human, which I guess you had to, in order to make cast such a large shadow? I'll stop rambling now. To recap: Great idea, nice execution, just a minor quibble.
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Kodak DC3200
 01/15/2005 01:50:42 AM
great photo
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Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
 01/14/2005 05:26:12 AM
i didnt know the movie, but i like the photo. 8 from me
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 01/13/2005 08:59:03 PM
Nice job on this! Nice shadow of Sylvester The Cat (just kidding). One of my favorites.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/13/2005 11:14:44 AM
this is cute!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 01/13/2005 10:42:05 AM
Would love to see you offering prints!

Message edited by author 2005-01-19 00:14:13.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 01/12/2005 10:37:19 AM
Yay! Harvey!! Love the dude's face, but bunny could be more bunnylike. Nonetheless, it's one of my top choices. 9!
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