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Challenge: Your Shadow II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Art Building
Date: Feb 2, 2006
Aperture: f/2.1
ISO: 120
Shutter: 1/30th
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 2, 2006

 I thought of this almost immediatly after I saw the challenge. Thanks to scalvert for the inspiration.

Took a picture of myself, photoshopped it to total black, tranferred it to a powerpoint presention and projected the "shadow" onto a white screen. Then put the camera directly under the projector (tripod on top of a table) and set the self timer and took a bunch of pictures. Tried using a flash, another desk lamp I brought with me, the overhead lights, but eventually ended up only using the projector for the lights. This was the last shot I took because I finally got the position (body position, and hand position) and expression I was going for.

Um, editing. More editing on this entry than I usually do: grayscale, cropped, healed/cloned the shadow behind me, healed a few spots here and there, turned up the levels (high contrasted), image size, bit of burning, and usm.

Soli Deo Gloria - only to glory of God.

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 106
Avg (all users): 6.6000
Avg (commenters): 7.7273
Avg (participants): 6.4615
Avg (non-participants): 6.6500
Views since voting: 2555
Views during voting: 517
Votes: 245
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/10/2006 08:11:52 PM
Very cool and lovely b/w. Congratulations on your top ten finish.
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 02/10/2006 12:33:55 PM
Really great shot. Your shadow oviously combs his hair more than you.
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Olympus SP-570 UZ
 02/10/2006 01:34:15 AM
haha. Thomas, I voted on this one, and I didn't even realize it was you in the picture... I obviously need to pay a little more attention to the pictures I am voting on. haha... good shot friend.

mH

Message edited by author 2006-02-10 01:34:44.
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/10/2006 01:17:06 AM
Way to go Thomas!
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/10/2006 12:16:57 AM
Great job - congrats on top 10.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
 02/09/2006 03:00:22 PM
I like this idea. It would be nice to have the shadow more in focus though.
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Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Panasonic DMW-LTZ10 1.5x Teleconverter
 02/07/2006 03:35:31 PM
Great concept
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Sony DSLR-A550
Sony E 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/07/2006 06:39:51 AM
Nice and clean.
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 02/05/2006 08:26:10 AM
Nicely done. Love the idea, very inquisitive feel.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/05/2006 04:55:06 AM
Simple but great! BW works well, I also like the composition. The boy's expression is talkative and reflects both curiousity and uncertainnes because of the relationship with the shadow.
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Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z5
 02/04/2006 10:56:52 PM
i want this one to win
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Canon EOS-10D
 02/03/2006 07:28:07 PM
simple but touching, looks like a sudden meeting between two worlds. I'm sure this is what you intended...
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 02/03/2006 07:17:34 PM
simple, but powerful. Nice job.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/03/2006 02:21:55 PM
Like this. simple effective composition.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega O.I.S lens
 02/03/2006 02:09:31 PM
Clever. I like the simplicity of this.
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Canon EOS-5D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 02/03/2006 11:14:06 AM
nice and simple
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Kodak Z7590
 02/03/2006 07:32:43 AM
great photo - reminds me of Peter Pan
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Fujifilm X100T
Pentax DA 70mm f/2.4 Limited
 02/03/2006 01:58:36 AM
Cool. Well done.
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Sony Mavica CD250
 02/03/2006 12:23:23 AM
Very cool!
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