When I first stumbled on this website I just couldn't believe the standard of photographers and their work. I had given myself the entire of 2006 to get a ribbon and that was wishful thinking. To get a blue against the genius of photographers like Joey and elsapo is far beyond my expectations. As you can probably tell, I'm over the moon with this result - Thankyou so much to those that voted.
I also want to publicly thank my wife and photography 'buddy', (manic35 - //dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=44751) for all her help. Without your help baby, this photo would not have done this well by far.
Okay, this is starting to sound like an Oscars speech...time to pull the pin! _______________________________________
I must say I had a lot of fun with this one! Originally I had used the clone tool to substantially alter my shadow into the winged crusader. My wife in her wisdom told me I would be disqualified as you are only allowed minor cloning so I had to approach the problem from another angle.
I took 4 meters of her black backdrop material and made myself a shadow. I placed the material on the driveway and then went back to the camera to take the shot. I had to run down steps and get in position for the exposure - Buy the end of the shot I was beat!
The building is a local hospital and at one stage during the night security came out and wanted to know what the hell I was doing with a nine foot Batman cut-out in their driveway!! This is why I love DPC, I can’t remember the last time I did something so crazy in photography.
Edit: This photo was taken with white balance set to 'Tungsten White Balance'.
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PS Editing:
Levels, (entire Image)
20% Saturation, (Entire Image)
Bit of Dodging on the shadow, (you could see the grated roller door's shadows on it)
Little Clone tool around the ears,
Resized,
USM,
Saved for web, (73%).
Cheers Matt
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I've seen this picture before Matt and I loved it, now too I sitll have the same admiration :)
I think it is one of the best pictures I've seen on DPC,
All the best and to my favorites :)
Thanks everyone for the positive responses this photo received - Greatly appreciated. I had a stack of fun doing it and can't wait for the next 24hr challenge. Cheers Matt
cool idea. that green light area is an interesting juxtaposition with the main subject's lighting. very good, though i find it odd having him staring out of a closed parking garage. did he forget to get his parking pass validated at the movie?
LOL - actually this was the only flaw in my plan but I was hoping no one would really pick up on it and just be too involved in the whole feel of the shot. But you managed to pick it!!!! BTW, I'm sure Batman goes to the movies too, you know!
Well-deserved ribbon. Congrats. I like your choice of location, and the funny thing is, the light on the bottom left really adds to the overall composition. Good job. :)
I must ask your forgiveness. When I looked at your shot, I thought it was brilliant but a sure disqualification because of the obvious cloning problem. How wrong I was and how sorry I am. I gave hyou 5 and should have given you 10.
You live and learn. I will in future rate a shot on its merits irrespective of if it might or might not be disqualified.
I just watched Batman Returns for the first time a few days ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm also a big fan of the animated series which I felt was some of the best animation on TV.
I really like how the colors in the lighting match those in the movie so well. I ripped that movie to watch on my brand new PDA and that was when I realized how dark and tungsteny that whole movie is.
I know it probably would have taken a fair bit of work to work out, but I would have liked the bottom furling of the cape to look a bit better.
THIS IS AWESOME..... well done on your ribbon, so very well deserved... thanks for the info on how it was done... and great to see someone else do silly things with photography... top shot...
Excellent "outside the box". (sigh) If only I had thought of this... I believe a photo like this makes everyone rethink the amount of effort they put into their submissions. Congratulations!!!
Pretty cool shot, one of the best in the challenge. The batman shadow perhaps a little too "solid" compared to the shadow that is coming from the grate so I am not surprised this had to be validated but nice work, got an 8 from me.
Absolutely great choice of location in which to stage this shot - the mysterial industrial nature, the strong greens and yellows and the gritty textures are very suggestive of a futuristic sci-fi setting. I'm guessing the "shadow" is a black paper cutout into which your real shadow falls and is lost? Great composition, great colours, great textures, great lighting, great idea!
cool idea. that green light area is an interesting juxtaposition with the main subject's lighting. very good, though i find it odd having him staring out of a closed parking garage. did he forget to get his parking pass validated at the movie?
Nice composition. Very cool image. That is a totally great setting for this creative concept. Curious how you did it. Is that a cutout on the ground? I'm wondering how the voters will receive this photo. I for one, am digging it :-) A refreshing, clever break from the 'ominous shadow lurching over crouched, frightened person' shot. Would stand on it's own nicely even outside of the context of this challenge. Nice job, and good luck :-)
brilliant. everyting here is cool. the shadow looks a little over-crisp (assuming this was cut out of black paper or something ... but the size is right-on looking at the door shadows. 9
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