Photographer’s Notes
I am a 54 year old amateur photographer, married to someone who would not be understanding about my interviewing women regarding the prospect of taking their picture au natural – let alone actually taking said photos. The chances that I would take a real nude photo are therefore somewhere in the range between zero and none. So out of the box is where I have to start in this challenge.
My interest runs more to the nude female of the species. I had seen Guys & Dolls recently and the aphorism “dolls” had kind of stuck with me. That led me to “paper dolls,” “beauty is only skin deep,” “paper thin,” and other free associative drivel.
Girls play with "paper" dolls. Boys play with warm blooded dolls. What about boys playing with paper dolls. This in turn led me to the kind of paper dolls an older boy might like to play with. And a photo idea was born.
Oddly the greatest challenge I had was cutting out the dolls. I am rotten at paper dolls. And finding a doll design that would reveal enough is a lot harder than it looks. Placing it correctly to meet the challenge ain't easy either. Give it a try if you doubt me.
I had fun with this challenge. I hope you enjoy the results.
Post Processing
Cloned Out a Few Distracting Bits
Darkened a Hot Spot
Reduce Noise (Neat Image)
Sharpened (Lab Color Method)
Levels (RGB)
Select Scissors
Increase Saturation (Hue/Saturation)
Brightness/Contrast (15/5)
Crop
Resize (Bicubic Sharper)
Cloned Out a Few More Distractions
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Camera Data
Nikon D70
2005/08/18 15:37:34.7
JPEG (8-bit) Fine
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: VR 24-120mm F/3.5-5.6 G
Focal Length: 32mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted
1/6 sec - F/27
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Optimize Image: Vivid
White Balance: Preset
AF Mode: AF-S
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Normal
Sharpening: Auto
Image Comment:
Noise Reduction: OFF
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I originally started posting on "photo.net" and there you get a rating 1-7 for creativity and 1-7 for aestetics. this most definately would have gotten a 7 for creativity. and the aestetics are beautiful. very nicely done. IMHO it should have gotten a much higher rating... but then there's no accounting for taste
Boy with long, dirty nail on his left thumb... Should have used those scisors on him, first and this would get one more point. It is, however, technically well executed and quite funny, at least original.
Less obvious interpretation of the challenge, nice concept. Seems a bit flat though (I'm often guilty of this myself and am learning to recognize it), and a bit off color(just a bit too red I think).
This is quite a fun shot, the glare on the right doll is distracting, as are the clippings. I think it's a loose grasp of the challenge however. I wish you luck.
Hmm, interesting, but I don't think realy portrays the nudits that most people are expecting to see.
The lighting is good, maybe a little yellow in the shadow on the left. I think you have mixed lights creating these colours.
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